• Warner releasing flicks online before DVD in effort to stop piracy in Korea (The Financial Times)
• US retail sector sheds 40,000 jobs in September (Forbes)
• Major toycos vowing to keep holiday playthings under US$20 price point (Bloomberg)
• PBS Kids Sprout gets to know blogosphere to make marketing gains (AdAge)
• Disney India puts four features into production (Reuters)
• Toys ‘R’ for grown-ups now (Christian Science Monitor)
• Using video games as bait to hook readers (New York Times)
• Disney Chihuahua top dog at box office (Variety)
• Brit tab likens Conservative leader to Bob the Builder (The Sun)
• Wii comes to Marriott Hotels (Game Daily)
• Target says it offers competitive toy prices (CNN)
• Nintendo promises to ship more Wiis for Christmas (New York Times)
• Hollywood agrees to digital roll-out (Reuters)
• Hong Kong Disneyland scores loan to firm up expansion (Google News)
• Studios sue to bar DVD copying machine (New York Times)
• Nintendo unveils new DS (Daily Tech)
• Mattel moves to stop production of Bratz (The Boston Globe)
• Top 100 media players mark 4.6% annual growth (AdAge)
• Wal-Mart backs down in Japan, closes 20 stores, cuts 6% of workforce (Reuters)
• UK parents say childhood overly commercialized, but lukewarm on legislating marketing (Brand Republic)
• Apple threatens to pull the plug on iTunes if royalty rates go up (PaidContent)
• Paramount extends deal with Marvel (Variety)
• WWE feels the pain as Dow dips (The Live Feed)
• Credit crunch takes a bite out of McDonald’s (Advertising Age)
• Becks signs kids’ book deal (Contact Music)
• Marvel’s Thor might have a director (Variety)
• This year’s Christmas toys have a retro look (Times Online)
• Big Media growth slowest since 2001 (Silicon Alley Insider)
• Philip Glass to write opera about the life of Walt Disney (BroadwayWorld.com)
• Sorcerers’ apprentices concoct new adventures (Los Angeles Times)
• Tough times for Hollywood (Portfolio.com)
• Indian retail market to reach US$450 billion by 2015 (Business Standard)
• Walmart unviels new e-commerce site in booming Brazil (Reuters)
• Disney signs Depp to long-term deal (Variety)
• Yahoo! overhauls the way it sells display ads (New York Times)
• Lego Batman hits shelves (Wired)
• Oprah joins cast of new Disney animated feature (Reuters)
• Is Christopher Paolini the new J.K. Rowling? (The Toronto Star)
• Islamic Ken and Barbie hit the market (Islam Today)
• New Star Wars video game has The Force behind it (Variety)
• Bollywood billionaire to bankroll new Spielberg studio (Guardian)
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