As American Girl turns 40, Mattel grapples with bringing dolls into a new era
The original six American Girl historical characters — Kirsten Larson, Samantha Parkington, Molly McIntire, Felicity Merriman, Addy Walker and Josefina...
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Inside the rise of Gen Z’s nostalgia-fueled plush-toy craze as they delay adulthood
A guest poses for a photograph during the Jellycat Road Trip to Joy at Nordstrom Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.Jeff...
Brick trophies, a life-size pink Cadillac and a team sponsorship: Why Lego is going all in on F1
Formula 1 cars and a circuit made with Lego are displayed at the 2025 Canadian International AutoShow at the Metro...
Former Walmart U.S. CEO Bill Simon questions stock drop: 'It was about as good of a quarter as any retailer could have in any environment'
Walmart's former U.S. CEO Bill Simon thinks Thursday's stock drop is bizarre.The big-box retailer lifted its full-year sales and earnings...
How the Maker of ‘Fortnite’ Beat Google and Got Its Mojo Back
Videogame boss Tim Sweeney is on a winning streak.His company, closely held Epic Games, defeated tech behemoth Google in court...
WSJ News Exclusive | Activision Blizzard to Pay More Than $50 Million to Settle Lawsuit That Spurred Microsoft’s Takeover
Updated Dec. 15, 2023 10:35 pm ETActivision Blizzard has agreed to pay more than $50 million to settle a high-profile...
TikTok’s Owner Wanted to Create a Hit Videogame. It Failed.
SINGAPORE—TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance has bet billions on videogames since 2019, setting up its own creative unit and acquiring buzzy...
New OpenAI CEO Emmett Shear Lands at Center of High-Stakes AI Boom
Emmett Shear’s sudden appointment as OpenAI CEO late Sunday puts him at the center of high-stakes drama within the company...
WSJ News Exclusive | ‘Wait, Netflix Has Games?’ Streaming Giant Plans New Videogames Based on Its Hit Shows
Updated Oct. 16, 2023 1:11 pm ETLast year Netflix put up a billboard on Los Angeles’s Sunset Boulevard to poke...
Microsoft’s Activision Buy Extends Nadella’s Decade of Deals
Updated Oct. 13, 2023 12:17 pm ETMicrosoft closed its $75 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the largest in a decade of...
Saudi Arabia Once Banned Videogames. Now, It Wants to Export Them.
Listen to article(3 minutes)RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—For years, this kingdom’s Islamic clerics waged a war on videogames, banning popular titles such...
Gap Poaches Mattel Executive Who Revived Barbie to Be Its CEO
Richard Dickson, president and chief operating officer at the toymaker, is taking over as Gap’s next chief executive. Source link
FTC Pauses Effort to Block Microsoft-Activision Deal
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Microsoft and Activision Blizzard Extend $75 Billion Merger Deadline
The extension, until mid-October, allows the companies to continue with efforts to gain regulatory approval in the U.K. Source link
Microsoft and Activision Blizzard Still Committed to $75 Billion Merger
The companies plan to continue work to resolve lingering regulatory issues. Source link
Call of Duty Will Stay on PlayStation After Microsoft-Activision Deal
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FTC Loses Latest Bid to Halt Microsoft-Activision Merger
An appeals court ruling clears a path for the $75 billion acquisition to close while litigation continues. Source link
FTC Continues Fight to Block Microsoft’s $75 Billion Deal for Activision
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Microsoft’s Court Win Puts U.K. Regulator in Challenging Spot Over Activision Deal
Britain’s antitrust watchdog, the only major regulator preventing the deal from closing, says it is ready to consider a new...
Lina Khan Is Taking on the World’s Biggest Tech Companies—and Losing
The FTC chair’s court loss against Microsoft, which the agency is appealing, marks another setback in her fight to block...
