Archive for June, 2008

Great Things Come in Small Packages (Manila Bulletin)

It sounds cliché, but great things indeed come in small packages, provided that their owners would be willing to wait or adapt to the packages’ smallness.

Tootsville.com toys with kids’ fantasy realm (Orlando Sentinel)

Two longtime business associates who have worked in the theme park and advertising industries are launching a new venture this week designed to take on Disney’s Club Penguin and Ganz’s Webkinz.

Now playing: Daily high school sports news (The Star Press)

The seventh annual Penguin Classic concluded Sunday. The field included 165 competitors, the largest field in the tournament’s history.

RES creates online theme park for kids (BizJournals)

Soaring fuel prices aren’t deterring RES Interactive LLC from launching a new theme park in July — a virtual one, that is.

Marchers, floats bring festive feel to parade (Connecticut Post)

  PHOTO SLIDESHOW BRIDGEPORT — There was no humbug, and definitely nothing ho-hum Sunday about the “Great Street Parade,” a highlight of the annual Barnum Festival.

New York Times Bestsellers List for June 29: paperback fiction (San Jose Mercury News)

1. The Shack by William P. Young. (Windblown Media, $14.99.) A man whose daughter was abducted is invited to an isolated shack, apparently by God.

Are developers overlooking the opportunities that lie in kids games? - Develop

Are developers overlooking the opportunities that lie in kids games?
Develop, UK - 3 hours ago
The piece, by Nick Gibson, says that this ignorance is allowing non-traditional games companies to swoop in with titles like Disney's Club Penguin MMO and
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A new adventure - Daily Breeze

A new adventure
Daily Breeze, CA - 9 hours ago
The virtual industry has caught the eye of such mainstream entertainment firms as The Walt Disney Co., which purchased the popular Club Penguin Web site in

Beth Kassab | Business Columnist - Orlando Sentinel

Beth Kassab | Business Columnist
Orlando Sentinel, FL - 10 hours ago
worked in the theme park and advertising industries are launching a new venture this week designed to take on Disney's Club Penguin and Ganz's Webkinz.

A new chapter in Judy Moir’s literary life - Times Online


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A new chapter in Judy Moir’s literary life
Times Online, UK - 19 hours ago
Testament of Gideon Mack on to the Richard and Judy Book Club. Hopes were raised then dashed by Penguin’s brief paddle in the Scottish literary pond.

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