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Kids' Digital Books Take the App Route

Picture this: A child cozies up for a bedtime story, but with an electronic book that allows her to, say, tickle a character, record her own voice reading or complete a maze.

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Start-up Hires CBS, Google Veteran

Patrick Keane, a digital-media veteran, was named the chief executive of Associated Content Inc., a start-up that syndicates user-submitted articles and video on the Web. Mr. Keane, 38, was most recently chief marketing officer of CBS Corp.’s CBS Interactive, a role he had been transitioning out of since earlier this year. Prior to that, he was a sales-strategy executive at Google Inc. who spearheaded the company’s planning with large advertisers and agencies.