- Disney flirted with buying 21st Century Fox film and some channel operations… (CNBC)
- …which is not great news for Netflix (Fast Company)
- Mattel’s tech plans take another step back – shelving Hello Barbie until 2018 (ABC News)
- Forget Instagram: Holograms could be the new way people make and share memories (The Verge)
- Too much of a good thing – viewers overwhelmed by all the TV options (Variety)
- What sequel fatigue? Thor: Ragnarok makes thunderous North American debut (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Amazon heads to the Shire: The SVOD is looking to adapt The Lord of the Rings for TV (Variety)
- Surprisingly inappropriate videos are making their way onto YouTube Kids (The New York Times)
- Disney doubles down on AR, releasing a Star Wars headset in partnership with Lenovo (Forbes)
- Is an AI watchdog the answer to keeping kids safe online? (Digital Trends)
- Lucasfilm’s president is planning for Rey, Finn and more to stick around after the new Star Wars trilogy wraps (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How Spin Master’s PAW Patrol has managed to take the world by storm (Canadian Business)
- What’s fuelling massive LOL Surprise sales numbers? YouTube, of course (Quartz)
- A new Brat Pack? The founders of Niche have launched a social video startup (Recode)
- Queen of the jungle: Beyonce will play Nala in the live-action remake of The Lion King (The Verge)
- Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba reported 61% growth in Q3, massively beating expectations (TechCrunch)
- Thanks to the Switch, Super Mario Odyssey is the fastest-selling Mario game in the US ever (Polygon)
- Why Nielsen’s new Netflix ratings level the playing field between broadcasters (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Wall Street is concerned about Star Wars gaming sales (CNBC)
- The US quinceanera industry is raking in close to US$1 billion, and Mattel wants in on the party (Marketplace)
- Why you’re about to see a lot more toys at Walmart stores (Ad Age)
- Inside Amazon Studios’ executive purge (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Talent agency CAA wants to incubate tech and media companies through a new Vancouver startup (Tube Filter)
- Picture This Clothing is turning kids artwork into custom outfits (Fast Company)
- That’s the spirit: In the US, Halloween has reached record candy, costumes and decor sales (NPR)
- Leeds University research is raising concerns about VR technology and kids (The Guardian)
- Spider-Man: Homecoming and PS4 games drive up Sony’s Q2 earnings (Variety)
- Why Disney needs to make some big video game acquisitions (CNBC)
- Google is set to dominate the voice-assistant market by 2021 (AdWeek)
- Content piracy is expected to cost streamers a whopping US$50 billion by 2022 (Variety)
- Strangers Things merch signals a change in Netflix’s monetization model (Advertising Age)
- Here’s how Halloween has become a US$1-billion industry in Japan (Quartz)
- Why Snap’s Spectacles glasses never really saw the light (Tech Crunch)
- Dialing in: Viacom looks to US mobile phone networks to help with loss of young viewers (Reuters)
- Samsung wants to compete with Amazon’s line of low-cost, kid-friendly tablets (The Verge)
- YouTube viewership on TVs is up 70% from last year (Recode)
- Netflix looks to Asia for its next 100 million subscribers (CNET)
- Food for thought? Why dressing up as Moana for Halloween is more controversial than kids think (Quartz)
- No matter how much money Netflix and Amazon spend, 80% of people are still watching old content (Quartz)
- Move over princesses, the most popular Halloween costume this year may be Wonder Woman (Reuters)
- A Silicon Valley shoe company is stepping into the kids footwear space (CNBC)
- Hulu’s CEO is jumping ship to Sony Pictures Television (Engadget)
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