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CHICAGO, February 13: Oprah Winfrey has revealed the 61st Oprah’s Book Club selection, A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle, and will join the author to teach a 10-week webcast series of classes on Oprah.com. For the first time ever, readers …

STAMFORD, February 13: According to alternative media research firm PQ Media, spending on branded-entertainment marketing grew 14.7 percent to a high of $22.3 billion in 2007, and is projected to expand another 13.9 percent in 2008 to $25.41 billion. The …

ATLANTA, February 13: Bakugan, the hit anime series that has been successful in Japan and Canada, is making its U.S. debut on Cartoon Network on February 24 at 9 p.m. Furthermore, Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE) has been appointed as the …

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, February 13: After voting overwhelmingly to end the strike yesterday, the members of the Writers Guild of America were able to return to work today, as the networks scramble to salvage what’s left of the current season. …

VANCOUVER, February 13: Aly Jetha and Shabnam Rezaei have launched the Canadian-based animation studio Big Bad Boo Studios, and have tapped industry veteran Glen Kennedy, who has worked for Cartoon Network and Walt Disney Television, among others, as the company’s …

WASHINGTON, February 13: Steven Spielberg is ending his stint as artistic advisor for the opening and closing ceremonies of this year’s Olympic Games in Beijing, after failed attempts to convince the Chinese government to play a greater role in ending …

JAKARTA/NEW YORK, February 13: A new children’s series from Sesame Workshop, titled Jalan Sesama, will premiere next week on the Indonesian channel Trans7. Produced by nonprofit educational organization Sesame Workshop in association with Jakarta-based Creative Indigo Production, Jalan Sesama features …

LOS ANGELES, February 13: Joel Surnow, the executive producer and co-creator of FOX’s 24, is leaving the Emmy Award-winning drama ahead of his contract expiring in April. According to published reports, Surnow is taking advantage of the series’ postponement—a result …

NEW YORK/ATLANTA, February 13: Independent children’s animation producer Animation Collective has licensed its preschool series Ellen’s Acres to Boomerang Latin America. The 52×11-minute comedy features a 5-year-old girl named Ellen, her feather duster, her radial tire, the hotel she owns …

BARCELONA, February 12: According to a consumer-behavior study conducted by Ericsson and CNN, more than a third—34 percent—of respondents ranked TV as the most in-demand mobile application and almost half—44 percent—of the respondents stated that they would adopt mobile TV …