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• UK entertainment execs form Wildseed Studios and will make up to 50 content investments over the next three years (Wired)
• Nearly a quarter of the world’s population is social networking – that’s a whole lot of status updates (eMarketer)
• Disney is leading the licensing game, but it’s interesting to see by how much and because of which properties (Variety)
• Apple’s iOS 7 mobile operating system will come with a curated kids gaming category (Polygon)

8 hours ago Kidscreen Staff

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• Cooler weather – and demand for electronics- impacts Toys ‘R’ Us’ bottom line (The Wall Street Journal)
• Cause for a Vegas-style celebration? In time for Licensing Expo, news that the entertainment licensing industry grew by 2.8% last year (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Man of Steel speeds like a bullet, earning big bucks on opening weekend (Forbes)
• Will Apple win the Smart TV race? (Time)

1 day ago Kidscreen Staff

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• Disney sets film release dates for 2014/15… (L.A. Times)
• …Meanwhile, Spielberg and Lucas predict massive implosion of film industry (The Independent)
• Twitter opens up performance analytics to all – see how those 140 characters are working for your brand (TechCrunch)
• When will it hit the mass market? Jedi-like hover bike takes off (Wired)

4 days ago Kidscreen Staff

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• It’s a plane! No, it’s a sequel! Zack Snyder-directed Superman 2 fast-tracked at Warner Bros. in advance of Man of Steel debut (Deadline)
• Is 3D TV going bust? Disney to shut down 3D ESPN channel, citing lack of consumer tech adoption (Reuters)
• Attention marketers – Facebook now supporting hashtags #latetotheparty (Mashable)
• Sour pusses? Study finds Lego mini-figure faces getting angrier (The Guardian)

5 days ago Kidscreen Staff

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• Parents lead tablet ownership trend in US (Pew Research)
• Is the venture cap model broken for gaming startups? (TechCrunch)
• Sign o’ the times: Greece shuts down national pubcaster (The Guardian)
• Fox sets animated feature film slate for 2017-2018 (Deadline)

6 days ago Kidscreen Staff

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• Sony unveils PS4 – undercuts new Xbox by US$100 at retail (All Things D)
• New Ernst & Young study says digital will generate majority of entertainment income by 2015 (The Wrap)
• An examination of the kind of content that’s king in the SVOD wars (The Motley Fool)
• Intel is buying content for its new TV service and its paying up to 75% more than cable (Reuters)
• US tween discount retailer Five Below continues expansion, sales soar (Bloomberg)

7 days ago Kidscreen Staff

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• SpongeBob and the looming SVOD war between Netflix and Amazon (The MotleyFool)
• Google celebrates Maurice Sendak’s 85th birthday with an animated tour (CNet/Google)
• This year’s top 50 creative thinkers in entertainment, tech and advertising (AdAge)
• A peek inside the creative process of specialty toyco Melissa & Doug (New York Times)
• On the eve of E3, the worst console game ever made, resurfaces (Mashable)

8 days ago Kidscreen Staff

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• Amazon Kindles head for one of the world’s largest mobile markets (CNET)
• And as Kindles enter China, DreamWorks Animations’ The Croods is on its way out (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Video games have sparked many ethical debates, but the latest study finds that they actually make kids more morally aware (The Independent)
• After conquering the world of adolescent girls, Justin Bieber sets sights on space (Mashable)

June 7, 2013 Kidscreen Staff

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• Study finds US parents are generally lax about kids’ digital-media usage (CNN)
• PriceWaterhouseCoopers forecasts entertainment and digital media landscape in 2017 (paidcontent.org)
• What Amazon looks like in India (Mashable)
• The Lone Ranger makes friends on Disney Infinity (Venture Beat)

June 6, 2013 Kidscreen Staff