• MTV parentco Viacom’s net profit triples (Wall Street Journal)
• Analysts bullish on Marvel stock (The Globe and Mail)
• Echoes of the UK: France bringing down new food and drink ad rules (Beverage Daily)
• Cat in the Hat turns 50 (The Toronto Star)
• TV, ad industry conspiring to keep scientist quiet on kids TV report? (AdAge)
• Shakeup afoot in Aussie toy retail market (The Daily Telegraph)
• Meanwhile, Aussie government gets ready to review kids TV standards and legislation (ABC News Online)
• Target profits up 19% (Bloomberg)
• Asda warned against mixing alcohol and plush toys (Marketing Week)
• Bootleg-Barney costume maker busted (New York Post)
• CBBC animated series on child poverty gets award nod (BBC)
• The FCC drops the hammer on Univision Communications for failure to air educational kids content (New York Times)
• Blame TV: New Brit study says TV causes everything from sleepless nights to cancer (Sunday Herald)
• Bit Torrent download service finally goes live with Hollywood majors onboard (Wall Street Journal)
• That’s communitainment! New study renames social networking phenomenon (Media Post)
• Report says video download sales will outstrip ad-supported model (Financial Times)
• Disney Consumer Products outfits grownup brides with Princess duds (Wall Street Journal)
• After, um, Targeting higher-end goods, Wal-Mart reverts to everyday-low-price strategy (MSNBC)
• E-Bay shopping list: Virgin Mary-shaped potato chip, Britney’s shorn locks…TV ad time (paidContent)
• Smart TV makes for smart kids (The Seattle Times)
• Rumors of major changes coming to KOL, Bird flying the coop (paidContent)
New online anti-piracy weapon (New York Times), Old guard media giants playing game of digital chicken over copyright? (New York Times) Distribution lessons: iPod brand trumps wireless carrier stranglehold (Wall Street Journal) , Comic book hub launched on MySpace (Media Post) , Viacom getting Joost’d? (Wall Street Journal)
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