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Cynopsis: Kids!11/18/11 Good morning. It’s Friday, November 18, 2011, and this your first early morning briefing. Cartoon Network acquires the TV rights to The Annoying Orange internet property.  Inspired by the viral sensation, with 850 million views on YouTube, a new half-hour TV series will premiere in 2012 as part of Cartoon Network’s […]

Cynopsis: Kids!11/17/11 Good morning. It’s Thursday, November 17, 2011, and this your first early morning briefing. Producer/distributor 9 Story Entertainment (Almost Naked Animals, Peep and the Big Wide World, Wibbly Pig, Wild Kratts) expands into consumer products by acquiring a 50% interest in The Monster Factory Company, a creator/manufacturer of plush monsters.  9 […]

Cynopsis: Kids!11/16/11 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, November 16, 2011, and this your first early morning briefing. Mattel is launching Stardoll by Barbie, a new line of collectible Barbie dolls based on Stockholm-based Stardoll, the girl-targeted virtual fashion and gaming community, in the US this month.  This is the first time that online fashion […]

Cynopsis: Kids!11/15/11 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, November 15, 2011, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. Disney Online acquires five-year-old Babble Media, a parenting platform that features 200+ mom bloggers.  Babble Media will be part of Disney Interactive Media Group’s Mom and Family portfolio and serve as a blogging platform about […]

Cynopsis: Kids!11/14/11 Good morning. It’s Monday November 14, 2011, and this your first early morning briefing. Cyn opsis: Kids! presents a new A Few Questions For… Answering a few of our questions this week is Jeff Kinney, bestselling author and illustrator/cartoonist of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, which are published by Amulet […]

Cynopsis: Kids!11/11/11 Good morning. It’s Friday November 11, 2011, and this your first early morning briefing. We are now just one week away from Summit Entertainment‘s release of (insert fingers in ears now) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn  Part 1, which opens Friday, November 18, 2011.  Building on the anticipation of the release Yahoo! […]

Cynopsis: Kids!11/10/11 Good morning. It’s Thursday November 10, 2011, and this your first early morning briefing. Nickelodeon unveils plans to launch a new mom-targeted multi-platform effort called NickMom, which includes debuting as a primetime, ad-supported nightly programming block. The two hours of original content will replay immediately after (9p-1a), on Nick Jr. a year […]

Cynopsis: Kids!11/09/11 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, November 9, 2011, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. New digital media publisher Backlit (www.backlitfiction.com) launches its first teen-targeted e-books series, Borrowing Abby Grace, The Start-Up and The Dig, via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Apple.  Other young adult e-book titles set to debut […]

Cynopsis: Kids!11/08/11 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, November 8, 2011, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. Disney Interactive and YouTube are partnering to create family friendly video destinations on both Disney.com and YouTube.com beginning in early 2012.  The move is part of Disney Interactive’s ongoing effort to provide content to its fans […]

Cynopsis: Kids!11/07/11 Good morning. It’s Monday, November 7, 2011, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. Cynopsis: Kids! presents a new A Few Questions For… Answering a few of our questions this week is Adina Pitt the VP/ Content Acquisitions and Co-productions, Cartoon Network and Boomerang. Based in NYC, Pitt is responsible […]