- Hasbro’s former CEO says US trade rules are getting tricky for toymakers nowadays (Reuters)
- Study says preschool education is most beneficial to middle-class kids (UC Berkeley)
- Will we ever really know if video games are harming or helping kids? (Polygon)
- Netflix has some competition in emerging markets as iflix fights for the streaming throne in Asia (Variety)
- The gendered toys debate takes a seat at McDonald’s (Stuff)
- Is Netflix’s success all thanks to its CEO? An early investor thinks so (CNBC)
- Rocky seas for Pirates 5, which came in under expectations but still topped the box office (Bloomberg)
- Meanwhile, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast surpasses US$500 million at the US box office (Variety)
- How Minecraft: Education Edition is reshaping the global education system (Games Industry)
- New York’s Museum of Modern Art is selling a US$200 collectible toy so popular it crashed its website (Polygon)
- Monopoly Man makes it big: Former Hasbro CEO becomes a billionaire (Bloomberg)
- Boss Baby is getting a sequel for 2021 with Alec Baldwin already signed on (Variety)
- Gen Z loves influencers more than any other generation – how to pick the right one so they’ll listen (Forbes)
- Trends on trends on trends: PewDiePie is now selling branded fidget spinners (TubeFilter)
- Facebook to pay up to US$250,000 per episode for longer-form original video content (Variety)
- Forget ballerina and firefighter: YouTuber is the most popular career choice for young people (TubeFilter)
- India is home to some of the most beautiful handmade toys, but technology is threatening to end that (Atlas Obscura)
- The parent track: Circle with Disney raises US$10 million (Tech Crunch)
- Sony, Disney and Lionsgate are all falling short on LGBTQ representation, says GLAAD (The Hollywood Reporter)
- US senators are weighing in on smart toys, pushing the FTC to do more (Engadget)
- But is there a future for child-friendly wearables? (Forbes)
- Google is adding family sharing to more of its apps, including YouTube (CNET)
- It’s all the rage, but is mindfulness meditation actually good for kids? (Vox)
- Turns out Gen Z is even more of an influencer generation than Millennials (TubeFilter)
- No filter here: Snapchat is blunt about its TV ambitions (Variety)
- Augmented reality is skyrocketing in the US (eMarketer)
- The land of misfit toys: Australia now has toy libraries to keep unwanted playthings out of landfills (ABC Australia)
- Why a child’s brain is drawn to fidget spinners (PBS)
- Lego has surpassed Google to be the world’s most powerful brand (Business Insider)
- Star Wars filmmakers think VR is a force to be reckoned with (CNET)
- Of all social media platforms, study says Instagram has the most negative impact on kids’ mental health (The Guardian)
- The FTC and its new disclosure policy can’t compete with influencers (Entrepreneur)
- Kickstarter is lending a hand to developers with an all-new Hardware Studio (TechCrunch)
- KidTECH Conference touches down in San Francisco (Eventbrite)
- Why TV adversaries Viacom, Fox and Turner are uniting against digital domination (AdvertisingAge)
- Lego goes green: Company makes its 100% renewable energy target three years early (Gizmodo)
- Facebook doesn’t want to miss the fun as teen-skewing video app Houseparty gains popularity (Recode)
- Netflix goes bananas for an animated movie about Michael Jackson’s chimpanzee (Variety)
- Amazon releases a new metric for book popularity, launching its own bestsellers list (The Verge)
- Amazon unveils a group of new tablets, including more editions for kids (The Verge)
- Disney gets into making Chinese-language content, striking a deal with Wudi Pictures (Variety)
- Fidget spinners are quickly flying off shelves, but did the surge in sales really come out of nowhere? (Yahoo Finance)
- Schools are collecting all kinds of personal data that can make kids vulnerable (Washington Post)
- The network winners and losers emerging in the new live streaming pay-TV world (Fox Business)
- Hackers got ahold of Disney’s Pirates 5 and are asking for a hefty booty to release it (The Verge)
- There’s going to be a lot more Kylos and Reys running around after The Force Awakens spikes name popularity (Quartz)
- The real reason people aren’t buying VR? They’re just not that into it (eMarketer)
- Instagram comes for Snapchat’s flower crown, launching selfie filters (TechCrunch)
- Myths and misunderstandings of linear TV’s place in 2017 (Advertising Age)
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