• Is the concept of a best friend disappearing among overscheduled US kids? (New York Times)
• Toy Story 3 proves biggest opening ever for a Pixar film (L.A. Times)
• US kids upfront sees spike in advertising prices (AdAge)
• Small Japanese firm behind groundbreaking Nintendo 3DS graphics (VentureBeat)
• UK kids TV funding fears grow (Guardian)
• Disney buys first Twitter trending topic ad for Toy Story 3 (TechCrunch)
• Tween/teen social network Bebo sold for under US$10 million to private equity firm only two years after Aol paid US$850 million for it (paidcontent.org)
• iPad is child’s play for toddlers (Toronto Star)
• OMG, don’t make us choose – Twilight’s New Moon, Justin Bieber lead noms for US Teen Choice Awards (MTV.com)
• Jonas Bros., AOL team up for new music site, Cambio (The New York Times)
• Waiting for the trickle down effect – MTV moves from reality to scripted programming focus (The Wall Street Journal)
• The most successful teen celebrity entrepreneurs (Forbes)
• Phineas and Ferb and Wayne Newton do Licensing Show (YouTube)
• Google TV a bigger deal than you think (Forrester Research)
• Karate Kid kicks some box-office butt (L.A. Times)
• Closing the gender gap – a profile on Build-a-Bear founder Maxine Clark (Forbes)
• Identifying the world’s 30 hottest brands (AdAge)
• American Eagle expanding kids retail concept from online to bricks-and-mortar stores (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• Mr. Potato Head joins long-standing list of Elvis impersonators (CBS News)
• Disney/ESPN and the future of 3-D TV (Investor Guide)
• Healthy yet steady growth in store for free-to-play gaming industry (Venture Beat)
• Safety, cost and entertainment driving younger cellphone use (The New York Times)
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