Kidscreen

November 24, 2009

• Major box office return expected for The Princess and the Frog as Disney includes limited releases and high ticket prices for the event (Los Angeles Times)

• The art behind the stitches of LittleBigPlanet (BoingBoing)

November 23, 2009

• Temporary pop-up shops go permanent in the UK (AdAge)

• Social gameco Zynga may be valued at US$1 billion (Bloomberg)

• What’s going down at Disney in the Rich Ross administration (Los Angeles Times)

• China’s vidgame biz could account for a whopping US$6 billion by 2010 (Wall Street Journal/Digits)

• Nintendo Wii to carry paid video content (CNet News)

• Ten titles advance in the Oscar race for best animated short (Hollywood Reporter)

• American Library Association marks second-annual National Gaming Day this past weekend (Washington Post)

• Retail stocks on the rise in advance of the upcoming Black Friday (Wall Street Journal)

• Shocker: The Twilight Saga: New Moon smashes box office records on its opening weekend (Variety)

November 20, 2009

• Have you heard? The Twilight Saga: New Moon opens today and the reviews are pouring in (Chicago Sun-Times)

• Disney to debut The Possibility Shop, its first branded entertainment program sponsored by Clorox (AdAge)

• Is Foursquare the next Twitter? (CNN)

• Thoughts on buying GameStop after mediocre Q3 results (BloggingStocks)

• YouTube goes 3-D too (BoingBoing)

• Facebook now valued at a cool US$9.5 billiion (Mashable)

• Mickey Mouse sues Donald Duck. Yes, really. (Hollywood Reporter)

November 19, 2009

• Former Nick prez Albie Hecht readies new IP for iPhone release (New York Times)

• UK retail sales see another rise (Bloomberg)

• Inside China’s CCTV upfront (AdAge)

• New Moon mania hits social media and sees a whopping 81,000 tweets for the upcoming movie (Mashable)

• Behind the scenes at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter (io9)

• It’s never game over for Mario as Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. Wii gains traction (San Francisco Examiner/AP)

November 18, 2009

• Rich Ross halts Disney’s US$150 million production of Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

• Activision Blizzard says Modern Warfare 2 sets record across entire entertainment industry, not just video games (CNet News)

• Why brands should be willing to redefine themselves to stay relevant (AdAge)

• One opinion on why Electronic Arts will eventually lead the video game industry (SeekingAlpha)

• Twilight books hit one million in sales at Brit retailer Waterstone’s, faster than Harry Potter (London Telegraph)

• What’s harder: Balancing 117 toys on a single Lego block or knocking it down after all is said and done? (Neatorama)

November 17, 2009

• Sports Authority to start selling Nintendo products… (Wall Street Journal)

• …Meanwhile, the American Heart Association says active Wii games may provide actual exercise (Reuters)

• Only two of the top 30 grossing films of the decade are original IPs (SlashFilm)

• Should we teach kids how to Google? (The Atlantic)

• A Q&A with Twilight/New Moon screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg (Los Angeles Times/Hero Complex)

• How to propose to a woman with the world’s largest Pokémon collection (Neatorama)

November 16, 2009

• US democrats introduce The Healthy Kids Act to curb obesity in kids and teens (Wall Street Journal/Washington Wire)

• Brands leave their mark on children’s brains (BPS Research Digest Blog via GeekDad)

• My Little Pony, the first of many Hasbro properties to get the TV treatment on new JV channel with Discovery (Hollywood Reporter)

• Do UK shops need to step up their digital footprint? (AdAge)

• Fairies take flight in YA novels (New York Times)

• One social gaming company’s take on how to succeed in the emerging market (CNet News)

• Can Fantastic Mr. Fox be an Oscar contender? (Los Angeles Times/The Envelope)

• On Comcast’s aspirations to be a major communications player (Los Angeles Times)

• Want to run a contest on Facebook? It has to be approved first – and it’ll cost you (CNet News)

• Team Jacob fans can scream now – Mattel is completing the Twilight trio with the werewolf doll (Entertainment Weekly/Pop Watch)

November 13, 2009

• Vivendi sees tumble in Q3 net profits (BusinessWeek)

• Blockbuster also takes a hit in its third quarter as consumers rent movies via other means (Star Tribune/AP)

• Now social gaming company Playdom snaps up US$43 million in venture funding, exec makes Hollywood comparisons (CNet News)

• Retailers pin hopes on holiday cards for seasonal shopping… (USA Today)

• … while one in five shoppers plan on using Facebook and Twitter to save on holiday shopping (Seattle Times/AP)

• Canuck province Ontario invests another US$24.7 million into digital sector (Government of Ontario News)

• Employers sidestep recruiters to tap social media (Globe and Mail)

• UK scientists receive US$8.1 million grant, which could be used to build Harry Potter-style invisibility cloak (London Telegraph)

• Be careful where you ‘meep’: How can a 1980s Muppet cause so much trouble? (ABC News/Go)

November 12, 2009

• A record 20 animated films to contend for best animated feature film at the Oscars (ABC News Go/AP)

• Rich Ross shakes up Disney’s brass (Hollywood Reporter)

• Ubisoft CEO says Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time movie could outperform Pirates of the Caribbean (Kotaku)

• Why digital agencies are ready to lead the way (AdAge)

• The future of movie rentals: Buy DVDs or wait 30 days? (Mashable)

• Little games could see big deals after EA’s acquisition of Playfish (Reuters)

• Walmart turns a spotlight on exclusive Garanimals toy line (InStore Marketer)

November 11, 2009

• UK supermarkets enter price wars for toys (Times Online)

• US TV viewers increased consumption from last year: Nielsen (MediaPost)

• How experiences are becoming the new advertising (AdAge)

• FarmVille creator Zynga on EA’s Playfish acquisition (BusinessWeek)

• Why puppets are all the rage (The Toronto Star)

• Twilight among the top nominees of the People’s Choice Awards (Associated Press)

• Harry Potter and Transformers brought strong turnaround for Cineplex (Financial Post)

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