• Will Pixar ever give audiences a female hero? (Film)
• Disney to explore a Netflix-esque model for its massive film and TV library (Motley Fool)
• How dark superheroes get translated to kids toys (Wired)
• The Children’s Place sees flat same-store sales in February (Forbes/AP)
• Why the kid foodies with cooking shows and restaurant columns are a bad idea (Slate)
• German consumers tighten spending as January retail sales fell (Bloomberg)
• Why are young adults choosing books like 13-year-old girls? (Washington Post)
• Survey of parents find video games to be a great social experience for families (London Telegraph)
• 11-year-old British boy sells his McDonald’s toy collection for US$11,000 (Sky News)
• Goofbacca and Slave Girl Minnie? When Star Wars and Disney collide (Wired/GeekDad)
• Disney’s secret to keeping its kid audiences (Wharton School of Business)
• Predicting the shaky future of Blockbuster (Motley Fool)
• Amazon follows TRU’s foray into the used game business (Kotaku)
• Study on baby educational videos finds that TV doesn’t improve their IQ (CNN)
• Toycos turn to retro products to combat dwindling sales (Wall Street Journal)
• NY-area Toys ‘R’ Us stores testing used game sales and buy back programs (Kotaku)
• Miley hits the books with her memoirs Miles to Go launching today (BuddyTV)
• Batman hoodie boasts drawn muscles, utility belt and two mesh eye holes (Gizmodo)
• Virgin Megastores to close up shop nationwide (Orlando Sentinel)
• Entertainment Rights likely to be broken up (The Guardian)
• An interview with the man behind Springfield’s famous dysfunctional yellow family…(CNN)
• …as Fox picks up two more seasons of The Simpsons, woohoo! (Entertainment Weekly/Pop Watch)
• GM may not board back the Transformers sequel (AdAge)
• A look at the New York Children’s Film Festival (New York Times)
• Guinness World Records names Super Mario Kart top console game (Kotaku)
• Shopping malls reinvent strategies in economic downturn (Wall Street Journal)
• Euro retail sales down for ninth consecutive month (Bloomberg)
• Tween Brands suffers unexpected Q4 loss (MarketWatch)
• Second installment of final Harry Potter movie announced (MTV/MoviesBlog)
• Play Scrabble on an eight-foot board in your backyard (Gizmodo)
• Could these be musical instruments of the future? (Wired/Gadget Lab)
• Retail chains implement changes to keep consumer business (New York Times)
• How to attract confused tweens to websites (MediaPost)
• Disney denied TV license in Russia (Variety)
• The music industry’s catch-22 with Guitar Hero and Rock Band (Wired)
• SFX company Weta develops prosthetic, fully functional mermaid tail for double amputee (CNet News)
• GameStop CEO explains why developers shouldn’t be afraid of used games (Ars Technica)
• Rupert Murdoch takes the reins of Fox’s film and TV operations (Variety)
• UK retail sales still down, but dropping at a slower pace (BBC)
• Aeropostale to shutter Jimmy’Z stores to focus on new concept to target younger shoppers (Reuters)
• Attendance takes a nosedive at Disney theme parks, competitors vie for visitors (New York Times)
• Canadian retail sales see deepest plunge since 1991 (Bloomberg)
• Web-obsessed youth still flocking to the boob tube (AdAge)
• How to handle a Hannah Montana-themed sleepover (Wired/GeekDad)
• 10 kids under 16 whose gadgets could change the world (Gizmodo)
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