• Are toy retailers really recession-proof after all…?(Newsday)
• …as Toys ‘R’ US reports a wider loss in Q3 (L.A. Times)
• Another best picture win for Wall-E (Variety)
• The Tale of Despereaux reviewed (The Hollywood Reporter)
• The Dark Knight cracks the AFI’s top 100 (Forbes)
• Get things started with a few sneak-peeks of Letters to Santa: A Muppet Christmas (Wired)
• DreamWorks gears up for TV ventures in the face of slow DVD sales…(L.A. Times)
• …Meanwhile, Shrek: The Musical prepares for its Broadway opening weekend (New York Times)
• Li & Fung sees stock decline after KB Toys files for bankruptcy (Bloomberg)
• TRU faces tough holiday season (BusinessWeek)
• KB Toys files for bankruptcy again (Bloomberg)
• A tour through the new House of the Future at Disneyland (The Atlantic)
• Move over, Mario: HarperCollins UK to make classic books available on the Nintendo DS (Times Online)
• Get your degree in video game design at New York University! No, really. (CrainsNewYork.com)
• Woolies closure sales begin (BBC News)
• Sony’s virtual world PlayStation Home launches (L.A. Times)
• Disney CFO says cuts to come, but won’t be as deep… (Variety)
• Hasbro CEO on translating playthings to the big screen (MarketWatch)
• Brit retail sales still on the decline (BBC)
• In pictures: The making of a zombie Barbie (BoingBoing.net)
• Amazon singled out as recession contender (BusinessWeek)
• 8,300 Dollar General stores offer further toy discounts (Yahoo! Finance)
• Rowling claims top spot on book list again, bumping Meyer’s Twilight series (USA Today)
• Retailers entice holiday shoppers with digital purchasing options (Wall Street Journal)
• iPhone enters mass market with a US$99 price point at Walmart (AdAge)
• Teens shell out hard-earned cash on virtual true-world brands (New York Times)
• Could this year be the best for video games ever? (Slate)
• Madagascar 2 scores worldwide box office hits (Variety)
• Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard reviewed… (Chicago Tribune)
• …and movie talks already in the works? (Cinema Blend)
• One small step for man, one giant leap for…teddy bear kind? (Wired)
• Hello Kitty-themed maternity ward helps to ease childbirth (The Daily Telegraph)
• Vidgame retailer GameStop bids for 400 Woolies stores (Reuters)
• November retail sales take a hard dive (Bloomberg)
• Weakest ad market since 2001 (AdAge)
• J.K. Rowling’s new book hits the shelves (Associated Press)
• Yahoo!’s top 10 searches in 2008 include Miley and…Naruto? (Entertainment Weekly)
• Warner Bros. to bring The Dark Knight back to the big screen in January (Variety)
• Popular Twilight tours booked into the new year in small town Forks, Washington (L.A. Times)
• It’s official, US in recession – let the bargain-hunting begin (Forbes)
• Sears posts loss, plans store closures (Reuters)
&bull: Viacom, Redstone sell stake in video game publisher (The New York Times)
• Widgets the Holy Grail of online marketing? (AdAge)
• …Well, they’re certainly working in the kidspace &bull (KidScreen)
• Mass media exposure harms kids? (USA Today)
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