- After a Happy Meal-induced hiatus, Ronald McDonald returns with a new TV and web strategy (The Wall Street Journal)
- Analysts predict Android will take over half of the smartphone market by next year (Mashable)
- American teens are downloading less music, yet their loyalty to Apple’s iTunes continues to strengthen (Techland)
- Disney cruises dock at a new island…Manhattan (USA Today)
- More than 50% of American women surveyed said they purchased a smartphone as a direct result of having kids (Advertising Age)
- Dish Network wins the bid for Blockbuster. Now what? (MarketWatch)
- New research surfaces about the impact of violent video games on kids (GameSpot)
- Fox brings Rio and a dose of augmented reality to the breakfast table (MediaPost)
- THQ and Random House join forces in the name of transmedia storytelling (Wired)
- The News Corp-Shine Group purchase becomes official (Variety)
- How Illumination Entertainment’s Christopher Meledandri is teaching Hollywood a lesson in animation economics (The New York Times)
- With 10 million downloads in 10 days, it looks like Angry Birds Rio has struck a chord with fans (Mashable)
- Selena Gomez, Dylan Sprouse and Miley Cyrus among the big winners at Saturday’s Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards (The Wall Street Journal)
- Disney is expected to break ground this week with its Shanghai theme park (Bloomberg)
- Fox taps into the growing US Hispanic market with a new media unit and a family-oriented cable channel (The Wall Street Journal)
- With the help of specialized agencies, Facebook boosts its rolodex of advertising friends (All Things D)
- Fox expands its deal with Netflix, gives ’em Glee (CNET)
- Walmart survey finds some interesting stats on the lengths parents will go to keep their kids safe online (Sync)
- Sony Online Entertainment undergoes restructuring, slashes hundreds of jobs (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Meanwhile, the largest global retailer of video games is trying its hand at digital distribution (All Things D)
- The Governator is back and working with Stan Lee on a TV and comic book series (The Hollywood Reporter)
- One transmedia expert discusses ethics in storytelling (Wired)
- Hollywood officially tunes into premium VOD (Variety)
- Justin Bieber looks to star in a new film that’s sure to ignite a female frenzy (Los Angeles Times)
- H&M, the world’s second-largest fashion retailer, is feeling the rising cost of cotton (Reuters)
- Coca-Cola gets more serious about the Fanta ‘Less Serious’ global campaign (Advertising Age)
- New study tracks both the benefits and drawbacks of kids heading online (CNN)
- In an effort to attract younger, digital-savvy fans, Major League Baseball opens the season with a new social media strategy (Mashable)
- TV still trumps the internet when it comes to ad dollars (Advertising Age)
- Business moguls Mark Cuban and Kevin O’Leary invest in online toy rental service (TechCrunch)
- Parents find nursery rhymes outdated, but educators are singing another tune (Reuters)
- Kung Fu Panda scribes take on Candyland, Univeral’s upcoming film based on the Hasbro game (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Self-publishing wunderkind gets four-book deal for her YA fiction (The New York Times)
- New research on the viewing habits of India’s kids (MSN)
- New fight erupts over cable carriers broadcasting via iPads in the US (The Wall Street Journal)
- Too busy to read your Tweets? Don’t worry there’s a toy for that (CrunchGear)
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