• Canada’s Rogers Communications to fund Michael Eisner’s internet production biz (Variety)
• J.C. Penney launches juniors line from the Olsen twins (USA Today)
• How studios are dealing with life after DVDs (New York Times)
• Wired editor Chris Anderson on freemium biz models (TechCrunch)
• Toyota exec says car sales are down because of realistic video games (Kotaku)
• On making new Mileys and the Disney teen machine (Time)
• Studios back new Technicolor 3-D format (Variety)
• Hush-hush operations in the Lego Concept Lab are compared to working for the CIA (London Telegraph)
• Hollywood gushes bloodsuckers in vampire boom (Associated Press)
• Can Jeffrey Katzenberg save Shrek the Musical? (L.A. Times)
• Do kids need to learn cursive handwriting? (Wired/GeekDad)
• Disney to soon unveil new on-demand tech that will do away with DVDs (Wall Street Journal)
• American Eagle tests out 77kids apparel concept store (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• A look behind the art and motion of Capybara Games’ Critter Crunch (BoingBoing)
• Check out this Lego diorama in pop-up book style (Neatorama)
• Li & Fung’s purchase of Wear Me Apparel is the first of more acquisitions (Bloomberg)
• Online ad spend expected to dip in 2009 (AdAge)
• Jakks Pacific lays off more than 100 employees (Los Angeles Business Journal)
• And now, animated bunnies reenact Twilight in 30 seconds (Angry Alien)
• Does it make sense for media companies to consolidate again? (Variety)
• Where the Wild Things Are dominates the box office this past weekend… (MTV.com)
• …while Disney/Pixar’s Up sees top heights at the international box office (Hollywood Reporter)
• Walmart’s Project Impact puts damper on store sales (AdAge)
• Are theme parks making a comeback? (Reuters)
• Retailers lure customers with in-store events to bring sales boost (L.A. Times)
• Studios crack down on social media usage by actors and execs (Hollywood Reporter)
• Ted Turner would put a spotlight on Captain Planet if he took control of Cartoon Network (MediaPost)
• Where the Wild Things Are reviewed (Chicago Sun-Times)
• Toy Story voted greatest ever animated film (London Telegraph)
• On translating short kids books to the big screen (MSNBC)
• Good meme marketing can be the key to marketing success (AdAge)
• Augmented reality is a fad, but it’s also the future (Fast Company)
• Consumers downloading more video games as recession hits retail game sales (Reuters)
• World of Goo vidgame developers offering the title as a pay what you want (Mashable)
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