December 12, 2007

• Can comics save the day for brands? (Advertising Age)

• One license too many? 2007’s worst (and best) brand extensions (BrandWeek)

• No holiday slow down for WGA strike (Variety)

• How did Yule log TV start? (Slate)

December 11, 2007

• While it’s still verboten in most kids entertainment, product placement packs punch in adult-skewing shows (MediaPost)

• Freelancers walk out at MTV in NYC (The New York Times)

• An inside look at multi-player games (Slate)

• Spielberg out of DreamWorks? (Radar Online)

December 10, 2007

• DreamWorks and Nick team up (Los Angeles Times)

• How the discounters hurt themselves (Advertising Age)

• Talking Jesus doll all the rage (Dallas Morning News)

• Microsoft bringing ads to mobile devices (C/Net News)

December 7, 2007

• Big opening day for Compass in the UK (Variety)

• Disney opens UK portal, Europe to follow (Yahoo!)

• Target misses Target, blames toys (Wall Street Journal)

• Xbox 360 could rival Wii sales this Christmas, according to analysts (PC World)

December 6, 2007

• Facebook not long for this world? (Fortune)

• Webkinz tops Google Trends 2007 list as hottest social network (Search Insider, MediaPost)

• Toy scare boosting Wal-Mart’s bottom line? (Forbes)

• McDonalds condemned for putting ads in children’s report cards (Marketing Daily)

December 5, 2007

December 4, 2007

• What’s online streaming video worth these days? ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox to generate US$120 million in revenue (Financial Times)

• Yo Gabba Gabba does big online numbers thanks to college-age hipsters (Ad Age)

• MySpace to sell performance videos (New York Times)

• Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck summonsed to Italian court (news.com.au)

December 3, 2007

• Vivendi to acquire Activision, create rival to Electronic Arts (The New York Times)

• HAHA Nick TV laughing all the way to the bank in China? (Asia Media Journal)

• Disney to up interest in India’s UTV to 51% (The Times of India)

• Pepsi and Amazon link up to offer free MP3s (EfluxMedia)

November 30, 2007

• Tech for tots (New York Times)

• BBC Trust chairman sends out kids tv warning (The Guardian)

• Hong Kong toymaker apologizes for Aqua Dots debacle (AFP)

• How long should copyrights last in the digi age? (C/Net)

November 29, 2007

• Disney formalizes digital acquisitions strategy, goes on hunt for startups with price tags under US$20 million (paidcontent.org)

• Tech toys hitting even younger demo (The New York Times)

• A look inside the Tokyo Robot Exhibition (The Washington Post)

• Toy recalls boosting video game sales? (L.A. Times)

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