August 11, 2008

• Baby ‘Boomlet’ gives birth to new opportunities (Yahoo!)

• Italy’s economy unexpectedly shrinks; nears recession (Bloomberg)

• Real life Harry Potter invisibility cloak (Associated Press)

• DreamWorks deal to be announced soon (Reuters)

• Kid mag titles are not happy campers (MediaPost Publications)

• Sega Day coming to Japan (Wired)

• Disney buys stake in Indian broadcaster (Economic Times)

• Turner’s GameTap on the block (The Atlanta Journal-Constitutional)

• US retail slowdown continues (New York Times)

• Google offers free music in China (Los Angeles Times)

• Why is there no Dark Knight video game? (Associated Press)

• Top ten casual games (Forbes)

• Steve & Barry’s sold for US$163 million, operations continue (The Wall Street Journal)
• Tweens trading in paper and glue for virtual glitter at scrapbooking site Glogster (The Salt Lake Tribune)
• Life after Wii: Nintendo chief talks about company’s next moves (The Wall Street Journal)
• Casual gaming boom going bust? (Forbes)
• No real consumer demand for DVD on-demand (paidcontent.org)
• Aussie parents say no to junk food advertising (The Age)

August 1, 2008

• Disney pushes back big budget flick Prince of Persia (Variety)

• ESA makes new annual report public (GameDaily)

• Italian media group sues YouTube for copyright infringement (Financial Times)

• The movie-download food chain (Salon)

• Disney beats forecasts (Los Angeles Times)

• Videogame merger leaves some hot properties homeless (Variety)

• A first look at the new Harry Potter film (YouTube)

• Viacom has some problems (Wired)

• Woolworths shares dive to all-time low after warning of ‘marked’ downturn (The Independent)

• Dollars spent on marketing to kids much lower than thought (Advertising Age)

• Electronic Arts shares down after missing quarterly expectations… (C/Net)

• … but, Nintendo still thrives (New York Times)

• Nick snaps up Eisner’s animated series (Variety)

• Kraft’s Q2 shows payoff for marketing efforts (Advertising Age)

• Avril Lavigne’s YouTube jackpot (Guardian)

• US lawmakers to ban toxins from toys (AFP)

• Bratz juror dismissed, MGA seeks mistrial (Reuters)

• Dark Knight continues its dominance (Variety)

• Crocs’ earnings take nosedive (Globe and Mail)

• Facebook fends off clones (Wired)

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