May 26, 2010

• Sesame Street ratings up 60% with new format (The Hollywood Reporter)

• At US$1-million a pop, is Disney spending too much on store makeovers? (BNet)

• World’s biggest retail supplier Li&Fung amasses US$1 billion for future acquisitions (BusinessWeek)

• Bieber still makes time for twitter and two million female followers (TechCrunch)

• World play: Time wasted on Google’s Pac-Man tribute totaled 4.8 million hours (CNET)

May 25, 2010

• Dell’s new tablet makes its European debut (BBC)

• Potty humor, reality filling diaper ads (The New York Times)

• Warner Bros. Intl. passes US$1 billion mark in record pace (Variety)

• Wendy’s Frosty gets hot for social media (Mashable)

May 21, 2010

• The marketable road to tween stardom (CNN)

• Dora gets dragged into Immigration debate (Associated Press)

• Google TV: A game-changer for interactive ads (Ad Age)

• Sibling rivalry? iPad outsells Mac two to one (Mashable)

May 20, 2010

• SpongeBob could soak up serious cash in animation art auction (Auction Central News)

• Disney seals seven-figure deal for live-action Cinderella script (Deadline/Nikke Finke)

• Is Branson making a videogame comeback? (Venture Beat)

• Pakistan adds YouTube to social networking ban (The New York Times)

May 19, 2010

• BBC urged to dish out more dollars for children’s content (Guardian UK)
• Digital kids may not be such a disaster after all (L.A. Times)
• Togetherville – a new social networking site for kids and their geeky parents (Geek Dad)
• Facebook dumbs down privacy for users (Wired)

May 18, 2010

• Disney’s plans for milking Marvel’s catalogue of characters (L.A. Times)
• Can The Hub lure toy rivals to buy airtime? (AdAge)
• NBC’s digital studio grows its slate of branded content (AdWeek)
• Move over Bieber, your 15 minutes might just be up (Popeater)

May 17, 2010

• Look out for Mattel’s new 360˚ property Monster High (SmartMoney)

• Sony creating iPad rival? (Bloomberg)

• With two billion views per day, YouTube tops networks’ primetime viewership (Wired)

• Online games, the new movie marketer? (The New York Times)

May 14, 2010

• AddictingGames opens virtual goods store (Venture Beat)

• Former Procter & Gamble CFO tapped to work on Michelle Obama’s ‘Let’s Move’ campaign (AdAge)

• HD movies on your Mac or PC, brought to you by Netflix (Mashable)

• Study says low-quality child care has lasting effects (The Washington Post)

May 13, 2010

• Club Penguin misses sales goals, Disney saves US$350 million (New York Times)

• Silly Bandz, the next Webkinz? (Ad Age)

• Cablecos, broadcasters, movie studios working to put TV everywhere and keep Apple at bay (L.A. Times)

• Verizon, Google in cahoots on iPad rival (The Wall Street Journal)

May 12, 2010

• VOD is the only platform cable execs can agree on (L.A. Times)

• Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood names worst toy of the year (New York Times)

• Glittering vampires vs. the blue cat people – New Moon and Avatar dominate MTV Movie Award noms (MTV.com)

• Zoodles: Healthy for kids’ online browsing (Venture Beat)

• Tween virtual world Woozworld spins off from developer (TechCrunch)

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