June 25, 2008

• Disney.com looking at overhaul (New York Times)

• Doll dispute a warning to Hollywood moonlighters (Reuters)

• Former Cartoon Network animator’s crazy creatures inhabit Natural History Museum show (Wired)

• Viacom in downward spiral (Washington Post)

• Games that Europe loves to play (Forbes)

• Toymakers frustrated by patchwork of safety rules (Washington Post)

• Candy is a sweet spot in the sour economy (Associated Press)

• Wii hardware shortcomings coming to surface (Globe and Mail)

• Facebook edges MySpace in unique visitors (Financial Times)

• Jonas Brothers begin world denomination (Slate)

• Disney sells Movies.com to Comcast (Variety)

• Former Mr. Conductor and comedy legend George Carlin dies (VOA.news)

• Cartoon Network plans Indian theatrical film biz venture (The Financial Express)

• Cookie Monster takes on Colbert (Oliver Willis)

• Cellphone options pile up (New York Times)

• Disney rides again with Toy Story mania (BusinessWeek)

•TRU relies on cool factor to heat up holiday sales (Reuters)
•Tokyo Toy Show courting adult consumers with female companion robots, soy bean simulators…(Malaysia Star)
•…and Robot-manufacturing consortiums (The Globe and Mail)
• Not dead yet: Marketers still need traditional media (The New York Times)
•What about the children? DreamWorks/Viacom split about to get ugly (L.A. Times)

June 18, 2008

• Look out kidcasters: content migration online may undercut cable operator (i.e. MSO) payouts to networks (AdAge)

• Grown-up intrigue as Barbie maker Mattel fights for Bratz rights (Los Angeles Times)

• Sony Ericsson releases new Wii-like phone (Casualgaming.biz)

• Wal-Mart gets an image makeover (WWD.com)

• US Tesco chief dons lucky shirt to fend off criticism (Financial Times)

• Disney revs up tween star machine (Wall Street Journal)

• Paramount surpasses US$1 billion box office mark overseas (Reuters)

• The man behind Big Bird (Canoe)

• Spore releases the inner Pixar (Wired)

• How much would Strawberry Shortcake’s makeover really cost? (MainStreet)

• Yahoo! strikes deal with Google as Microsoft talks end (Bloomberg)

• Keeping it cool with iCarly’s Cosgrove (USA Today)

• The 20 best kids’ films of all time (TimesOnline)

• Is this Hulk incredible? (Variety)

• Smurfs going on a big screen adventure (Guardian)

• Screen Actors Guild challenges rival union’s pact (Reuters)

• More girls, little ones, try to take back the Multiplex (New York Times)

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