- Leaked document reveals Facebook helped advertisers target vulnerable teens (Forbes)
- It’s more than just dress-up…how damaging are plastic surgery apps to little girls? (ABC Australia)
- A Netflix hacker is holding new episodes of the SVOD’s original show hostage (The Guardian)
- Once valued at US$400 million, Yik Yak is sold off for a scant US$1 million (The Verge)
- This Japanese bot wants to help toddlers think logically (Springwise)
- Amazon shatters earnings expectations (CNET)
- Sony, meanwhile, sees its profits cut in half (Variety)
- Why Roblox has the potential to surpass Minecraft as a cultural phenomenon (Games Industry)
- Kids need better social media education in order to avoid disturbing live videos (CBC)
- Retail’s new stand in the internet era (Advertising Age)
- Senators are saying Australian Kids TV is in a ‘fight for its life right now’ (Huffington Post)
- Disney takes a swing at another live-action remake with Ewan McGregor playing Christopher Robin (Hollywood Reporter)
- Four out of five children say they aren’t protected from inappropriate content online (ITV News)
- Remember the kids who crashed the BBC interview? They now have their own cartoon (Mashable)
- Still don’t believe in the power of influencers? They doubled a fashion company’s profit last year (Guardian)
- YouTube Kids officially touches down on smart TVs (TechCrunch)
- Disney is trying to avoid the competition by announcing release dates for The Lion King, Frozen 2 and more (Vanity Fair)
- A Doritos bag that plays the Guardians of the Galaxy 2 soundtrack? Talk about a bold marketing move. (Advertising Age)
- After making its way into China, Netflix now gains ground in South Korea (The Hollywood Reporter)
- It just keeps growing, and growing, and…Instagram hits 700 million monthly active users (The Verge)
- Netflix finally enters China with an original content licensing deal (Forbes)
- The Writers Guild of America inches closer to a strike against prodcos (Variety)
- Dress-up apps may have faces of all colors, but parents have to pay a price for anything that’s not white (Glamour)
- What do Winnie the Pooh and SpongeBob have in common? They’re yellow, and apparently, that matters. (AV Club)
- When it comes to his own kids, Bill Gates may be as low-tech as it gets (Mashable)
- Netflix raises US$1 billion to finance new content and more (Venture Beat)
- Kids are naturally resilient, but where do we draw the line? Tech guru Sheryl Sandberg weighs in (New York Times)
- Are Disney’s Star Wars lands in for a rocky roller coaster ride? (The Guardian)
- Public poll: This is what consumers really think about VR (AdWeek)
- Emojis have turned into modern gargoyles (The Verge)
- YouTube is trying to teach UK kids about fake news and hate speech (BBC)
- A nail in the coffin for eavesdropping toys? California is aiming to ban them. (BuzzFeed News)
- Netflix can’t go it alone in Russia and is looking for a partner to help in the region (Hollywood Reporter)
- Meanwhile, Netflix’s competitor in emerging markets just raised US$90 million (TechCrunch)
- The director of the new movie Free Fire used Minecraft to block and design the whole thing (WIRED)
- How does a Chinese toddler prepare for an Ivy League school? With Peppa Pig, of course (Quartz)
- Perhaps Marvel can save slumping IMAX sales (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Talk about quick service: Australian youth can now apply for jobs at McDonald’s through Snapchat (Springwise)
- YouTube Live is eclipsing Twitch in viewer growth, but it still falls short in monetization (TubeFilter)
- How mobile publisher Jam City stays true to iconic brands like Peanuts and Smurfs (alistdaily)
- Facebook’s new augmented reality tech has some major real-world implications (Fast Company)
- Not to be outdone, Snapchat also rolls out new AR features (eMarketer)
- Have parents gone too far behind the vlog cameras? (New York Magazine)
- Not just Star Wars: Disney has Minnie Mouse to thank for its legendary licensing year (CNBC)
- How Mattel’s budding construction toy empire has its sights set on Lego (Fortune)
- Netflix on the verge of 100 million subs, but misses Q1 growth forecasts (Variety)
- …And what’s next for the streamer? It could be theaters (The Verge)
- Kids love their tablets, but good old-fashioned TV is still number one for viewing (Toronto Star)
- Walmart continues its battle with Amazon but has to cut 300 HQ employees in the process (Forbes)
- Hasbro wants to pull off what only Marvel has been able to do – build a cinematic universe (Motley Fool)
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