- More kids than you think are getting their news, magazines on mobile devices (MediaShift)
- Liberty Media puts in US$1.02 billion bid for Barnes & Noble (The Wall Street Journal)
- Later to The Governator? Schwarzenegger’s animated series and his acting pursuits are put on indefinite hold (The Hollywood Reporter)
- The Hot Wheels marketing stunts continue – expect a world record to be broken at this year’s Indianapolis 500 (Adweek)
- More bad news on the high street, family retailer Mothercare to close 110 stores (Telegraph)
- With millions of underage users on Facebook, the social network now faces legal questions about kids and advertising (Ad Age)
- Ghost Hunters court decision signals a victory for TV show pitchers everywhere (Documentary Television)
- Today’s US government privacy hearing shines a light on kids’ mobile apps (Washington Post)
- Disney Stores get a lot more interactive in an effort to keep kids in-house as opposed to online (Los Angeles Times)
- The US government continues to crack down on the issue of mobile location privacy (CNET)
- The internet: A snow day killer? (Techland)
- New Nielsen study suggest only 5% of US consumers own a tablet device (TechCrunch)
- Cash is no longer king at 7,000 European McDonald’s as touch screen computers replace cashiers – and the idea of ‘service with a smile’ (MSNBC)
- One US Federal Trade Commission director talks online privacy and social networks (Ad Age)
- Barnes & Noble’s Nook Color – perceived as a ‘beginner’ tablet – has reached one million app downloads (TechCrunch)
- Latest Pirates of the Caribbean film to be released on a record-breaking 402 Imax screens (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Disney trademarks SEAL Team 6, the Navy team that took down Osama Bin Laden. Prepare for action figures (Time)
- Sony’s PlayStation Network and Online Entertainment services are is back in business. But will the Sony brand bounce back as easily? (The Wall Street Journal)
- Miramax reinforces its digital strategy with a new multi-year distribution deal with Netflix (Variety)
- Walmart takes a stake in a Chinese e-commerce company (All Things D)
- Disney’s social games operator, Playdom, makes US$3 million settlement with FTC over children’s personal data breach (The Wall Street Journal)
- Facebook, meanwhile, faces its own lawsuit over the unauthorized use of data (TechCrunch)
- Talk about getting personal, cafeteria cameras in the US help the government track what – and how much – kids are eating (ABC News)
- The original Nintendo DS continues to outsell its more advanced 3D version (All Things D)
- Cartoon Network snaps up its first Chinese-animated film (Variety)
- Apple’s iAd platform no longer serving advertisers within kids’ apps (macstories)
- UK survey finds more than 50% of parents allow preschoolers to watch adult-targeting programs (BBC News)
- One global consulting boutique breaks down the secrets to Amazon’s e-commerce success (TechCrunch)
- Is a child’s fascination with screen time a cause or an effect of attention problems? (The New York Times)
- Why some US retailers have been able to crack the consumer code in China (Washington Post)
- Disney’s Q2 earnings come in below analysts’ expectations. Box office bust Mars Needs Mom held partly responsible (Los Angeles Times)
- Chocolate milk: US schools’ newest foe? (Washington Post)
- Newest report pins the number of underage Facebook users at 7.5 million (Chicago Tribune)
- With Kraft’s new Jell-O campaign, the proof of social media engagement may be in the pudding (Advertising Age)
- YouTube adds more than 3,000 films to its movie-rental service (The Guardian)
- Figures and facts help debunk these 10 myths about online gaming (Business Insider)
- Apple replaces Google as the world’s most valuable brand, and other chart-toppers (CNET)
- Three major publishers join forces on a new book recommendation website that’s peppered with editorial and e-commerce elements (Publishers Weekly)
- A decrease in overall broadcast-TV ratings may drive a double-digital price hike for this year’s upfront (Advertising Age)
- Not quite ready for primetime licensing – horror film icons take a turn on a crib mobile (Fearnet)
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