October 13, 2009

• Disney consults Steve Jobs to overhaul its mall-based stores (New York Times)

• Fewer and fewer venture capitalists are raising funds (VentureBeat)

• Nintendo prez on the mainstream success of video games (Washington Post)

• What’s the definition of a hit TV show, anyway? (AdAge)

October 9, 2009

• A Q&A with Toys ‘R’ Us CEO Jerry Storch (The Star-Ledger)

• Major studios shuffle exec teams as film industry struggles (Hollywood Reporter)

• YouTube reaches one billion (yes, billion) views per day (Mashable)

• Vidgame analyst predicts industry to rebound from declining figures (CNet News)

• Egmont signs Winnie the Pooh ebook deal for Nintendo DS (London Telegraph)

October 8, 2009

• Target enters retailer holiday toy price wars (Reuters)

• Will Wright on his Stupid Fun Club and keynoting New York Toy Fair (VentureBeat)

• Why ROI is a brand and marketing problem (AdAge)

• Swedish sixth-graders criticize gender stereotyping in Toys ‘R’ Us catalogue (BoingBoing)

October 7, 2009

• Wal-Mart to cut back DVD display space (Wall Street Journal)

• Strolling through Lego fan fest BrickCon 2009 in Seattle (CNet News)

• Is Facebook the most valuable source of traffic? (Mashable)

• Nintendo president anticipates holiday sales boost from Wii price cut (Financial Times)

• PopCap Games of Bejeweled fame secures US$22.5 million in funding (Gamasutra)

• For Disney’s Imagineers, the animatronic eye has it (BoingBoing)

October 6, 2009

• Nintendo tops Business Week’s World’s Best Companies 2009 list (Business Week)

• More price cuts and cheaper products on the way at Wal-Mart, leaving other retailers wary (Wall Street Journal)

• In-game advertising is thriving: Microsoft (VentureBeat)

• Retailers take a turn for the traditional in approach to stocking holiday merch… (Washington Post/AP)

• …while the National Retail Federation predicts slight decline in holiday sales (San Francisco Examiner/AP)

• A look at YouTube’s user experience research (TechCrunch)

October 5, 2009

• How Twitter can make or break movie marketing (AdAge)

• A look at the first authorized Winnie the Pooh sequel in more than 80 years (New York Times)

• Why Wii Fit Plus will appeal to kids (Boston Globe)

• Why women dominate social networking (CNet News)

October 2, 2009

• Is Bob Iger bringing on Rich Ross to be more involved with Walt Disney Studios? (L.A. Times/Company Town)

• Disney/Marvel deal could mean mass-market appeal for comics (Reuters)

• Toy retailers offer more deals and price cuts this holiday season… (Associated Press)

• …while toyco giants like Mattel and Hasbro rely on their classic brands (MarketWatch)

• Internet ad-spending tops TV in the UK (Mashable)

October 1, 2009

• What products will rule the toy aisle this coming holiday season? (Retuers)

• Is Comcast looking to buy NBC Universal? (L.A. Times)

• Check out the results of the International Gamers Survey 2009 (GamesIndustry.com)

• Vampires and Michael Jacksons aplenty expected this Halloween (Boston Globe)

• Disney wins Winnie the Pooh copyright case (The Guardian)

September 30, 2009

• 99% of online retailers plan to have Facebook fan pages (Mashable)

• The House of Mouse launches kids e-book subscription-based site at DisneyDigitalBooks.com (New York Times)

• When direct marketing becomes misdirected marketing (AdAge)

• Mattel releases first line of black Barbie dolls (Chicago Sun-Times)

• Kmart reveals own holiday hot list of toys (L.A. Times)

September 29, 2009

• Toys ‘R’ Us touts lower prices on holiday hot list (Houston Chronicle/AP)

• Industry surveys show that Halloween spending could take a dive (L.A. Times)

• UK retail sales see slight uptick (Bloomberg)

• A look at the burgeoning Russian market (Reuters Blog)

• Lack of consumer confidence doesn’t bode well for upcoming holiday spending season (CNNMoney)

• A Q&A with Stan Lee on vidgames (The Guardian)

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