• Sesame Workshop lays off one-fifth of workforce (USA Today/AP)
• Hulu now the #2 video site next to YouTube (AdAge)
• First impressions of Disney’s D23 (Motley Fool)
• Don’t mess with the 59-foot Gundam robot guarding Tokyo. He’ll be watching you. (Gizmodo)
• Bedtime-themed programming not a hit with some parents (MediaPost)
• Marvel pushes back The Avengers to 2012 (Reuters)
• Is there money in kids’ animated films video games? (Gamasutra)
• What demographic is reading Twilight? (Examiner)
• Daniel Radcliffe and Miley Cyrus top Forbes’ list of Hollywood’s Most Valuable Young Stars (Forbes)
• Kids virtual world market due for a major shakeout in 2009 (AdWeek)
• TV advertising upfront Stateside to be subdued affair this year (The New York Times)
• New tween gaming company SuperSecret raises US$10 million in capital (paidcontent.org)
• Sony Pictures cuts 350 jobs (The L.A. Times)
• It’d like to buy China a Coke…soft drink giant to plough US$2 billion into the country’s technology and retail distribution infrastructure (BusinessWeek)
• The backlash grows against the new tween Dora (The Globe and Mail)
• Retailers and marketers play to the sense of smell to entice consumers (Daily Press)
• The adult-targeted Barbie Bridal line joins the Barbie Golf collection in Japan (Reuters)
• Bling is out, understated is in with young girls fashion (USA Today)
• A blog that delves into children’s books of the past (BoingBoing)
• What can tween girls read after Twilight to sate their thirst for paranormal fiction? (USA Today)
• I, Robot – elementary kids in Japan get Saya, the android teacher (Gizmodo)
• How the digital age permeated playthings of the past (Wired)
• A farewell to Circuit City. Now which competitors are poised to take the business? (Motley Fool)
• The DIY retail trend bucks economic downturn (AdAge)
• Google veep dishes on the future of the search (Gizmodo)
• Debating kids’ privacy on Facebook (Boston Globe/Child Caring)
• 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)
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