- Its stickiness goes well beyond slime: The algorithm that makes kids so obsessed with YouTube (The Atlantic)
- When it comes to internet video consumption, more Americans turn to Roku over Google’s Chromecast (Recode)
- Nintendo has the Switch to thank for its US$145 million in Q1 2017 profits (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Meanwhile, Niantic’s Pokemon GO fest didn’t pan out quite as planned (The Verge)
- Wonder Woman 2 will officially hit theaters in December 2019 (AV Club)
- Netflix is the top-grossing iOS app of Q2, with mobile revenue up 233% (Tech Crunch)
- Nielsen steps into the future as ratings will now include Hulu and YouTube TV (Reuters)
- Meanwhile, big-screen viewing helps YouTube reach 1.5 billion monthly viewers (Digital TV Europe)
- Hasbro’s CEO says the company is getting a big boost from eSports (CNBC)
- Who says Barbie needs to be blonde? Anne Hathaway may play the iconic doll in Sony’s upcoming feature (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Disney’s split with vlogger Jake Paul highlights the tricky business of appeasing two audiences (Variety)
- Why Lego and Warner Bros. click (The New York Times)
- Sink or swim: Financial-themed summer camps are growing in popularity (CNBC)
- Larger smartphones are driving down the tablet market (Recode)
- Aussie commercial TV nets want to scrap kids content quotas (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- YouTube TV is expanding across the US to 10 new markets (TechCrunch)
- Fairly OddParents creator Butch Hartman plots new YouTube-exclusive animated series (Polygon)
- Apple’s video-creation app Clips adds Disney and Pixar characters (CNET)
- Meanwhile, Disney Accelerator selection Kahoot! nabs an additional US$10 million in funding (Games Industry)
- They’ll grow into it: New expandable kids clothing line is designed to last six sizes (Fast Company)
- Abercrombie is cashing in on being cool in China (Bloomberg)
- Netflix can thank mobile phones for its big subscriber jump (Variety)
- A new digital platform is taking kids’ worst fears and turning them into relatable cartoons (Mashable)
- Celebs that are missing Comic-Con will still be there in life-size Lego form (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Use the force…or a cool Star Wars AR headset that Disney is releasing for US$200 (Forbes)
- One year later and still no app has matched the success of Pokémon GO (Recode)
- The magic may never end: Two new Harry Potter books are set for release this fall (USA Today)
- Now that’s some Comic-Con marketing: Amazon goes all out with 24-foot, emotive Tick replica (AdWeek)
- Her kid-friendly YouTube baking tutorials earn this celebrity chef US$6 million per year (NPR)
- NBC News is hoping to attract younger viewers with a daily show on Snapchat (Reuters)
- Netflix reaches 104 million members, with global subscribers outnumbering those in the US for the first time (The Guardian)
- Mattel’s longtime CFO is stepping down (Reuters)
- Nearly 75% of American kids have a video game console at home (Recode)
- Internet-connected toys have the FBI worried (CNBC)
- No Italian, no problem: London’s Royal Opera House and Twitter are releasing operas entirely in emoji (AdWeek)
- Doctor Who casts its first-ever female Doctor (BBC News)
- Wonder Woman is bigger than Harry Potter? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- A rising tide could lift all ships: What Amazon Prime Day really means for the retail sector (eMarketer)
- Meanwhile, Amazon is reportedly launching its own messaging app (The Verge)
- How do you win in Hollywood? You bet on girls (Forbes)
- Streaming services led the pack at this year’s Emmy nominations…and why that matters (Los Angeles Times)
- Cars 3 has a lot going on under its hood when it comes to mentorship messaging (The Atlantic)
- Resistance no longer: Disney gives a first look at its billion-dollar Star Wars lands (The Verge)
- An Afghan all-girl robotics team has been granted entry to the US after all (Endgadget)
- What actually needs to happen in order for VR to make it big (Fast Company)
- Asia’s online video biz is going to grow threefold to US$46 billion by 2022 (Variety)
- Hasbro explains why Rey hasn’t made her way onto the Monopoly board (The Verge)
- Kano launches its most affordable kids coding product yet (TechCrunch)
- Pinocchio’s nose does make for a great selfie stick: What Disney classics would look like in 2017 (Mashable)
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