• Disney shuts down Zemeckis’ IMD Studios, laying off 450 people (Reuters)
• Nick using Degrassi to test the telenovela waters in the US (NY Daily News)
• News Corp. expected to net US$400 million from Avatar (Bloomberg)
• Alice in Wonderland passes US$200-million mark in just over 10 days (L.A. Times)
• Changing Japanese consumer mindset might have global consequences (BusinessWeek)
• MGA Entertainment mulling over going public (L.A. Times)
• Predictions for the upcoming Bologna Children’s Book Fair (Publishers Weekly)
• Fox sets release date for 3rd Chipmunks outing (Variety, reg. req’d)
• The truth about Twitter – only 21% of users are active ones (Mashable)
• Speaking of Twitter, meet its new competition Bubbly (AdAge)
• US demographics are changing, is your marketing plan prepared? (Nielsen)
• We’re not in Kansas anymore – Warner Bros. looking to remake Wizard of Oz in 3-D (L.A. Times)
• Gymboree to expand into Middle East (San Francisco Business Times)
• Hasbro sells US$500 million worth of notes (Zacks)
• Ew! Girl cooties – Disney refashions Rapunzel as a tale with boy appeal (L.A. Times)
• Online retail sales forecasted to reach US$250 billion by 2014 (TechCrunch)
• Teen social shopping site raises first round of funding (paidcontent.org)
• Sony’s new 3-D TV sends warning signals to kids (Wall Street Journal)
• Got an idea for a new product? This site might just make it for you (Quirky.com)
• Alice‘s US$116-million weekend adds more fuel to 3-D film fire (L.A. Times)
• Iger talks Disney’s green strategy and plans to keep tweens/teens engaged (Wall Street Journal)
• Apple takes stance on ‘cookie cutter’ iPhone Apps – innovate or perish (TechCrunch)
• Walmart losing ground to high- and low-end competition? (AdAge)
• Early-learning content not a vocabulary builder for one- to two-year-olds (The Guardian)
• Web-to-TV devices in 24% of US homes (MediaPost)
• Best Buy to launched revamped digital video download service (The Wall Street Journal)
• Former MySpace CEO jumps into social online games biz (L.A. Times)
• The Smurfette principle – A quick history of gender and animation (Salon)
• BBC unveils planned cuts, radio, websites most affected (The Guardian)
• US Journal of Pediatrics study says too much media could hurt kids’ health (CBC)
• Jockeying for advertisers underway as US kids upfront season begins (Broadcasting & Cable)
• How Lionsgate intends to ‘kick ass’ on Twitter to promote new comic book-based movie (AdAge)
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