- Netflix and Amazon will overtake UK cinema spending by 2020 (The Guardian)
- Elsewhere, Hollywood and SVODs are coming together to fight online piracy (Variety)
- An inside look at how GoldieBlox is disrupting the pink aisle (Insider)
- Long-form content now represents the majority of time spent watching video across all screens (Rapid TV News)
- Instagram’s newest feature looks squarely at Generation Z (Fast Company)
- Summer may have just started, but back-to-school shopping is already expected to grow by 4% this year (eMarketer)
- Interactive bedtime-storytelling wallpaper for kids is now a reality (Springwise)
- Edtech startup Mrs. Wordsmith has raised US$2.5 million in seed funding (TechCrunch)
- Talk about pocket change: This school principal will pay students to forgo screens over the summer (The Washington Post)
- TV execs have some strong opinions on viewership, ratings and Netflix’s long shadow (The New York Times)
- Microsoft launches the new (and more expensive) Xbox One X at E3 (CNET)
- Number one trillion: Amazon could be the first company to be worth a dozen zeros (Recode)
- Is a high-achieving kid really best? Or should parents be content with happy slackers? (The Guardian)
- UK consumer spending is down for the first time in four years (Bloomberg)
- Hulu says there are big advantages to not being Netflix (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Fans are in for a big ride if the upcoming Super Nintendo World theme park turns out anything like its teaser video (TIME)
- Why bringing VR to the masses has become quite complicated (Fast Company)
- Expected to swell to US$107 billion in five years, the smartphone accessory biz has turned to gold…literally (AdWeek)
- Perhaps Netflix isn’t keeping teens away from movie theaters after all (Los Angeles Times)
- This AR-fueled treasure hunt app wants to be the next Pokémon GO (CMO)
- Dream-crushers: Are reality TV shows about kids too mean? (The Guardian)
- Influencers are driving a new book publishing trend where authenticity is checked at the door (TubeFilter)
- It’s not just breaking ticket sales records, Wonder Woman is the most tweeted about movie of 2017 (Variety)
- How Norway’s The Future Group wants to revolutionize television with interactive mixed reality (alistdaily)
- Streaming services are now more common than cable subscriptions in the US (eMarketer)
- And here’s how Facebook and Google stand to benefit from TV’s downturn (The Atlantic)
- Snap’s newest acquisition will help it track users’ offline shopping habits (Venture Beat)
- Could putting kids in therapy prevent a generation of mental health disorders? (TIME)
- New wearable camera, Benjamin Button, uses AI to edit the best moments of a child’s day (Wareable)
- Why Wonder Woman’s record-shattering opening weekend shouldn’t technically be a milestone (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Social media, ad tech and omnichannel marketing are redefining Hasbro (AdWeek)
- One of the greatest turnarounds in history? How Lego pulled all of its pieces together (The Guardian)
- Kids can watch TV, but study says leave the bedroom out of it (Forbes)
- Why Marvel Star Wars comics are flying off shelves (IGN)
- Rovio chairman steps down after nearly a decade in the position (Games Industry)
- Remember all the darker and fake Peppa Pig videos? YouTube is now cracking down on inappropriate content (Variety)
- Disney CEO Bob Iger steps down from Trump’s advisory council over Paris climate accord decision (Los Angeles Times)
- Mario is coming to a computer near you, with an online Switch service launching in 2018 (TechCrunch)
- Even as ticket prices go up, Hollywood is pushing to make cheaper animated movies (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Steven Universe‘s creator on the power of empathy in animation (The Verge)
- Junk food ads targeting kids have been widely banned in the UK, so why is Canada lagging? (The Globe and Mail)
- Canadian pediatricians are recommending no screen time before age two, as well as limits for older kids (CBC)
- Mobile’s not going anywhere: Apple app downloads are up by 70% (TechCrunch)
- Meanwhile, Snapchat’s TV plans are getting advertisers excited (Advertising Age)
- There are lots of streaming competitors, but which one is Netflix most worried about? (CNBC)
- US teens are split when it comes to trusting ads (eMarkerter)
- It’s a lot of pressure, but can Wonder Woman save a stumbling summer box office? (Variety)
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