June 6, 2007

•Woolworth’s says challenging times ahead in UK market (The Financial Times)
• Sony makes lay offs in gaming division (gamesindustry.biz)
• The lowdown on new niche marketing (AdAge)
• Weighing in on kids TV & the obesity debate (Broadcasting & Cable)

June 5, 2007

• Mega Brands to put Magnetix back on shelf (The National Post)

• Wal-Mart cuts back on growth plans (Yahoo! Finance)

• Amp’d Mobile seeks bankruptcy protection (BusinessWeek)

• Upstart interactive publisher Brash takes on Hollywood-inspired video games (paidcontent.org)

June 4, 2007

• BestBuy, Blockbuster to sell online downloads (Variety)
• Wiz Kids files suit over Wizards of the Coast patent (ICV2)
• Chilean parents naming kids after online nicknames (The Santiago Times)

June 1, 2007

• Sales are up, but book biz looking for next Potter (The New York Times)
• The Wall Street Journal gets caught In the Night Garden (The Wall Street Journal)
• Forever blowing bubbles: 35,000 UK kids attempting to break Guiness record (Toy News)
• AppleTV: Not ready for prime time (BusinessWeek)

May 31, 2007

• Is Wal-Mart too cheap for its own good? (The New York Times)
• Sales of tween girl fanzines are on the rise (The New York Times)
• Museum honors artistry of Tezuka, father of Astro Boy (Wired)

May 30, 2007

• From the ‘Ooh, that’s Cool’ file: Sony unveils ultra-thin TV (The Miami Herald)
• Hamleys opening in India (Manchester Evening News)
• Borders posts US$35.9 million Q1 loss (The Wall Street Journal)
• Payback time: George Lucas asks YouTube founders to donate to film school, fund creation of legit content (paidcontent.org)

May 29, 2007

• Wii shortage to continue into rest of ’07 (gamesindustry.biz)
• Wal-Mart inventory pileup threatens China’s manufacturers (The Wall Street Journal)
• Hollywood gets into 3-D, glasses and all (The New York Times)
• London’s Tate Modern to host high-brow sleepover for kids (BBC News)

May 28, 2007

• Restoration Hardware getting into baby biz (Kids Today)
• Gossip and the grade-school girl (The New York Times)
• Chinese toys hazardous? (BBC News)
• Disney on track to generate US$1.5 billion in digital sales this year – ‘digital’ includes online theme park travel bookings, however (CNN Money)

May 25, 2007

• Target Q1 profit up 18% (Yahoo! Biz)
• Venture capitalists hot to finance films (paidcontent.org)
• Toddler and Wii not necessarily compatible (gadget lab/Wired)
• Ahoy! Pirates – Roeper reviews At World’s End (Chicago Sun Times)

May 24, 2007

• Cutting the kilobytes: putting kids on a media diet (CBS News)
• Valley of the virtual dolls (Businessweek)
• Hasbro shareholders encourage non-toxic production (SocialFunds)
• TV Upfronts stall thanks to commercial ratings ruckus (Mediapost)

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