• 3-D makes more money for DreamWork’s Dragon, doesn’t draw more people (L.A. Times)
• Schneider in the spotlight – profile on iCarly creator’s latest Nick project, Victorious (New York Times)
• Ex-Walmart executive to open new children’s retail concept (Chicago Entrepreneur)
• Australian Food and Grocery Council says junk-food-marketing reduction initiative a success (ABC News)
• MTV Networks building iPad co-viewing apps (AdAge)
• OMG, Team Jacob forever! Taylor Lautner’s werewolf a hit with voters at Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards (Entertainment Weekly)
• Nintendo DS 3-D a stretch for kids…(Industry Gamer)
• …and how in the heck is it going to work, anyway? (Wired)
• 25% of UK eight to 12s on Facebook, MySpace or Bebo (The Guardian)
• Fiction hot, digital not at Bologna Children’s Bookfair this week (Publishers Weekly)
• Color us sparkled – Twilight graphic novel sets sales record (icv2)
• Mattel’s got a top-secret transmedia property in the works (New York Magazine)
• Spin Master’s play for the girls’ aisle (Fast Company)
• Money being left on the table? Web video watchers OK with more ads (MediaWeek)
• FTC to mull over new restrictions on collecting data from children online (MediaPost)
• 3-D movie boom leads to ticket price hikes at US theater chains (L.A. Times)
• Pow! Bam! Jack Kirby’s heirs take on Marvel, Disney over IP rights (New York Times)
• Lenders waive debt test on HIT Entertainment (Dow Jones via NASDAQ)
• Video gaming sends boys’ test scores sliding (BusinessWeek)
• Apple scrambles to secure content deals for iPad (The Wall Street Journal)
• Carl Icahn launches hostile takeover bid for Lionsgate (L.A. Times)
• A guide to Justin Bieber for old people, a.k.a. anyone out of the tween demo (Gawker)
• The gloves come off in US$1 billion Viacom vs. Google fight (New York Times)
• iCarly‘s Cosgrove signs seven-figure deal for 26 more eps (The Hollywood Reporter)
• 4Kids to return to Japanese import roots? (icv2)
• US FDA cracks down on tobacco sales to kids (BusinessWeek)
• New study shows more US kids extremely obese (Time)
• It’s a watermelon; it’s the DeathStar – you decide (GeekDad)
• Nintendo headed to top of entertainment industry heap (L.A. Times)
• Google and co. looking for TV foothold (New York Times)
• Former Walden Media chief opens new family-focused studio, Bedrock (The Wrap)
• Barnes & Noble exec shakeup positions US retailer to be bigger player in online sales and digital content (paidcontent.org)
• Consumer insight – Middle-age teens more cautious than their parents (AdWeek)
• HIT Entertainment renegotiates debt to stave off breach of bank covenant (The Telegraph)
• Like, OMG…not – Close friends, not social media, sway sales with teen girls (MediaPost)
• Shopping aisles at cutting edge of consumer research (AdAge)
• Forget March Madness and US college basketball, check out Muppet Madness! (GeekDad)
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