- Google Play apps were downloaded 19 billion times in Q4 2017 – 145% more than Apple apps (Tech Crunch)
- Nintendo kills off its first mobile app Miitomo (Gizmodo)
- Why brick-and-mortar toy stores aren’t going anywhere (Polygon)
- Upping their social game: How mobile game developers are appealing to teens (Games Industry)
- HBO is targeting older Harry Potter fans with experiential marketing (alistdaily)
- Toys “R” Us Canada will keep all 83 of its stores open amid US closures (Financial Post)
- Sky’s foray into original films will begin with animated comedy Monster Family (Digital TV Europe)
- Game developers are flocking to Nintendo Switch as the console continues to rake in sales (The Verge)
- What exactly is the future of Hulu following the Disney-Fox deal? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- YouTube is investing US$5 million in creators who use their voices for positive change (Polygon)
- In order to tackle unequal pay, TV writers are circulating an anonymous Google doc sharing how much they make (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Details emerge about V2, the latest video app from Vine’s co-founder (Tech Crunch)
- Apple is launching its own smart speaker, but can it compete this late in the game? (The Verge)
- An escape room in a box and a storytelling projector…will these be the big toys of 2018? (Forbes)
- Netflix reaches a market capitalization of US$100 billion, thanks to major subscriber growth (Reuters)
- Coco continues its awards show streak, scooping up two Oscar nominations (Variety)
- Let’s get ready to (virtually) rumble: Facebook has signed a big new eSports deal (AdWeek)
- Inside the wacky world of kids’ favorite YouTube stars (The Guardian)
- UK regulator says Fox takeover of Sky is not in the public interest (Digital TV Europe)
- Simplicity at its best? Amazon’s high-tech convenience store is finally here (Recode)
- How podcasts are affecting childhood development (Business Insider)
- Study shows female characters are taking a back seat in children’s books (The Guardian)
- Six months later, a look inside Nickelodeon’s high-tech R&D lab (Variety)
- PlayStation unveils Amiibo-like figures, but without near field communication functionality (PCMag)
- How Sesame Street has evolved since joining HBO (The New Yorker)
- Snap’s branded content team takes a hit with new layoffs (The Verge)
- Why CBS and Viacom are considering a merger (Recode)
- Oculus Story Studio vets launch Fable Studio and launch VR mini-series Wolves in the Walls at Sundance (UploadVR)
- Four Disney-managed YouTube stars struck a deal with Twitch to create live and on-demand content (Variety)
- Sony Pictures admits it is at a grow-or-sell crossroads (Variety)
- How people are using Amazon Prime, Netflix and Hulu in very different ways (Quartz)
- This is how parents of tween and teen social media stars handle their kids’ overnight fame (The Atlantic)
- Facebook is all about co-viewing now (Recode)
- A refreshingly real look at how Ellen Pompeo became TV’s US$20-million star (The Hollywood Reporter)
- YouTube’s newest plan to keep content clean involves removing thousands of creators from its ad program (Recode)
- Children and their Cheetos: New study says increased TV-watching among kids may lead to more junk food intake (MarketWatch)
- In a bid to get more people into theaters, T-mobile is offering US$4 tickets to 20th Century Fox movies (Variety)
- Facebook Messenger says the app is too cluttered (The Verge)
- Why some modern parents are living a life of “toy limitation” (Slate)
- Saudi Arabia lifted a 35-year ban on commercial cinemas and is kicking things off with two kids flicks (The Verge)
- Change is in the air: 70% of upcoming YouTube Red episodes are set to be directed by women (Tube Filter)
- Robots are better at reading than humans, according to a new Stanford University study (CNN)
- More than 590 million people used Instagram daily in 2017, and that number is set to grow this year (eMarketer)
- How Aardman’s Pantosaurus mobile game is raising sexual abuse awareness among kids (Games Industry)
- How the war between Bratz and Barbie reveals the inner workings of the toy industry (The New Yorker)
- Is there a place in the kids TV market for cryptocurrency? This new tech startup is banking on it (Boston Globe)
- Experts say voice assistants could ultimately be better than smartphones (CNBC)
- Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey leave Disney’s board, citing conflict of interest issues (Fortune)
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