- Hotel Transylvania 3 boosts Sony Pictures’ Q2 earnings (Deadline)
- The UK is working on a new digital tax that could generate more than US$500 million a year (CBC News)
- Why a holiday season without Toys “R” Us is good news for some (CNBC)
- PAW Patrol’s creator on why there may never be another blockbuster preschool IP again (Bloomberg)
- The unexpected digital divide: How rich kids stay away from screens in school, and poor kids are exposed to more (New York Times)
- Study: Few preschool apps are developmentally appropriate and teach kids anything (The Hechinger Report)
- Snapchat is expanding its AR technology to desktop and Twitch streams (Tech Radar)
- It’s getting harder to go see a family-friendly film—half of all movies released in the past 50 years are rated R (Variety)
- Is the future of British kids TV threatened by OTT platforms? (The Sunday Times)
- It’s not all roses: Netflix’s corporate culture is reportedly turbulent (CNBC)
- A compilation of surveys on Gen Z shows that…honestly, nobody knows anything about this generation (Quartz)
- Disney is reportedly looking at rebooting Pirates of the Caribbean to safe-guard against franchise fatigue (Forbes)
- Lesser of two evils—why Millennial parents think TV is the “good” screen (MediaPost)
- Facebook is apparently building a TikTok competitor to court the tween audience (TechCrunch)
- Why DHX’s SVP of animation production thinks this is the best time to be making kids content (BIV)
- UK government fines Facebook US$643,000 for failing to protect user data (The Guardian)
- Who will come out on top? The 25 animated films submitted for the 2019 Oscars (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Studios are digitally preserving their biggest stars to use beyond the grave (MIT Technology Review)
- Apple is reportedly planning a global rollout of its streaming service in the new year (9 to 5 Mac)
- Meanwhile, the techco’s CEO says he wants a GDPR for the rest of the world (TechCrunch)
- Esports is about to get a lot more lucrative and a lot less kid-friendly with the introduction of betting (Financial Post)
- The holiday e-commerce wars have begun: Target is offering two-day shipping and no minimums (CNBC)
- How the golden age of streaming is coming to a rapid end—and what it means for producers (The Verge)
- A new study sheds light on how schools are failing kids, not the other way around (Fast Company)
- Shane Dawson took home the coveted Creator of the Year prize at the Streamy Awards (The Hollywood Reporter)
- 100 websites that have shaped the internet as we know it (Gizmodo)
- When will it stop? Netflix plans to raise another US$2 billion to fund content (Variety)
- Instagram use in the US grew by 13.1% this past year, driven largely by Stories (eMarketer)
- The internet isn’t all bad—how technology is teaching kids to care about the world (PBS News)
- Why it’s important to give children toys that look like them (Mashable)
- Despite all the techniques and tips, the best way for kids to learn how to code is to teach each other (Forbes)
- Forget the Joker, DC Films has become Warner Bros.’ biggest adversary (Forbes)
- Why Netflix cancelling multi-season shows to make room for newbies is a good thing (Wired)
- Say cheese! This small UK mobile network is using Snapchat and Instagram to find customers (Digiday)
- Apple has plans to unveil an updated iPad, cheaper MacBook and new Mac mini desktop (Financial Post)
- Facebook hires former British deputy prime minister Nick Clegg to handle its PR crisis (CNBC)
- Why young streaming services don’t stand a chance against Netflix and Amazon (Bloomberg)
- Order in the court: Ebay sues Amazon for poaching its sellers (MarketWatch)
- The latest Facebook hack was the work of money-hungry spammers, report says (CNBC)
- Even tech execs worry about their kids’ digital addictions (Financial Post)
- Amazon Prime membership growth has slowed in the US, says CIRP researcher (Bloomberg)
- Hulu, meanwhile, plans to cater to more consumers with new “skinny” live bundle (Variety)
- Immigrant TV characters’ lives are more criminalized than reality, study finds (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Consumer watchdogs fear today’s children have an unhealthy digital diet (CTV News)
- Goodbye Big Bird: Original puppeteer leaves Sesame Street after nearly 50 years (The New York Times)
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