- DreamWorks is giving the feature-film treatment to children’s bestseller The Bad Guys (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Black Panther pounces on the US$1-billion mark at the box office (Polygon)
- Why a Toys “R” Us liquidation would gravely damage industry-wide innovation (Financial Post)
- Facebook is betting on augmented reality to lure back Gen Z (Forbes)
- Insiders say Toys “R” Us may soon liquidate its US operations (CNBC)
- How companies with kid-skewing VR projects are looking to build a nascent market (alistdaily)
- Are live TV, sports and ads still relevant? Netflix’s CEO says the SVOD will never touch them (The Independent)
- Frozen arrives on Broadway with something new to say (The Hollywood Reporter)
- A new movie-ticketing platform has raised US$60 million in funding from the likes of Disney, Lionsgate and more (Variety)
- Good, clean fun: The latest Instagram trend has tweens all over…soap? (Tube Filter)
- Snap is planning to cut nearly 10% of its engineering team (CNBC)
- Facebook has patented a self-balancing robot that has a screen, camera and mic (CNET)
- Mixed-reality startup Magic Leap lands an additional US$461 million in funding (Tech Crunch)
- Netflix is officially worth more than GE and Ford…and now it’s coming for Disney’s crown (Recode)
- Online movie ratings are almost entirely written by men, so what would happen if they weren’t? (Fivethirtyeight)
- A marketing company has developed a new way to measure influencers’ reach (AdWeek)
- That’s a lot of right answers: Trivia app HQ brings in another US$15 million in funding (Tube Filter)
- Archie Comics is going to Bollywood, following a deal between the brand and Graphic India (Variety)
- In the ongoing battle to limit screen time, Tencent has rolled out digital contracts for kids and parents (Rolling Stone)
- Artificial intelligence is making fake videos look more authentic than ever (The New York Times)
- Publishers are scratching their heads over Snapchat’s redesign (Recode)
- Start the parade: Disney’s US theme parks land on Google Street View (Tech Crunch)
- Nielsen wants to help advertisers succeed in “audience buying” (Variety)
- YouTube is struggling with inconsistent content moderators (WIRED)
- Continuing its awards sweep, Coco took home Best Animated Feature and Best Song at the Oscars (Polygon)
- Talk about home ownership: Amazon and Google Nest won’t sell each other’s products (Fortune)
- How trivia app HQ is creating a new on-demand viewing model (AdWeek)
- Disney’s revamped film schedule includes pushing Mulan to 2020 (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Freudian fun: A child psychologist reviews some of this year’s hottest toys (New York Magazine)
- Facebook says it had to nudge children into actually chatting on Messenger Kids (CNBC)
- Who’s using what: Pew Research Center dives into what the social media landscape looks like in 2018 (Pew Research)
- Seeing double? Despite lackluster Spectacles sales, Snap is working on a new version of its wearable camera (The Verge)
- A visit to Toys “R” Us and Maplin reveals why these retailers may be struggling right now (The Guardian)
- European pay-TV giant Sky is integrating Netflix for the first time (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Disney has shuttered its Movies Anywhere service amid legal dispute with Redbox (Variety)
- Pointing fingers: Experts say kids can’t properly hold their pencils because of digital devices (Global News)
- LEGO is launching sustainable, plant-based plastic pieces (CNBC)
- How Amazon Alexa is making its play to rule the AI space (WIRED)
- Why social app Vero beat Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat in the iOS app store last week (CNBC)
- A reunion for the ages: Disney and McDonald’s are joining forces for the first time in a decade (Ad Age)
- Netflix will likely have 700 original movies and shows available in 2018 (Tech Crunch)
- Being a YouTube star isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, with many creators struggling to make a buck (Bloomberg)
- Toys “R” Us is reportedly in talks to sell its growing Asian business to Fung Group (Bloomberg)
- Playing in the big league: Netflix officially spends more money on non-sports content than many traditional TV networks (Recode)
- Comcast crashes Fox’s bid for Sky with a US$31-billion takeover offer (BBC News)
- Samsung surprises Apple by partnering with Disney on its new AR Emoji feature (Tech Crunch)
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