Worldwide: The Lunar New Year means big holiday programming in the Asia Pacific markets. In South Korea, CN is going with Tom and Jerry; Disney may prove to have a thematic edge with the Year of the Rat.

In the Middle East and North Africa, CN is opening a branded theme park in Kuwait City. This coincides with publishing the English and Arabic versions of the Cartoon Network Magazine via Teshkeel Comics.

As the cartoon schedule in the Philippines is solidified, the country will see the premiere of two features (the epic "Urduja" and the children's fantasy "Dayo") from animators who cut their teeth on Disney, Warner, and CN productions.

Adult Swim, the late night channel which shares the air with CN, is not faring so well when it comes to timing. Black History Month finds them in the midst of controversy surrounding two un-aired episodes of Aaron McGruder's Boondocks. Advertising Age reports that a spokesperson for CN denies being contacted by BET or its executives, who were mocked on the shows.

A year after a guerilla marketing stunt for Adult Swim's Aqua Teen Hunger Force brought Boston to a standstill, pranksters placed a similar LED device at Fenway Park (The Boston Channel) and all over the city (MAKE: blog). It's another bizarre layer to an incident which has public safety officials defending their actions (Boston Herald) and even overshadows an MIT student's court case over her wearable LED causing a bomb scare (AP).

Musicans Neko Case, Kelly Hogan, and baseball player-turned-analyst John Kruk didn't seem to have a problem lending their free speech on a recent episode of ATHF.

General sources: Animation Insider, Cartoon Network Pressroom, World Screen News