- Marvel’s film universe is reshaping Hollywood, so what’s the secret to the studio’s success? (Fast Company)
- Ahead of Netflix’s Q1 earnings, analysts are worried about the SVOD’s focus on originals (CNBC)
- Ready to Snap? Instagram Stories has become more popular than the app it cloned (eMarketer)
- Where does Toys “R” Us fit into a booming toy industry? (The Washington Post)
- Meanwhile, fans rejoice as Star Wars toys go Vintage…again (Gizmodo)
- Bring on the nurture: A study says babies develop racial bias as early as nine months (The Toronto Star)
- Beauty and the Beast is nearing that elusive US$1-billion mark (Variety)
- This social marketing agency’s Tug of Hope initiative will pull at the heartstrings (Springwise)
- Why universal pre-k programs can not only improve kids education, but also their health (Business Insider)
- Is Niantic taking full advantage of its Eggstravaganza Pokémon GO Easter event? (Forbes)
- Digital divide: Peak TV has had a different meaning to the US show writers readying for strike (Advertising Age)
- Bringing a galaxy far, far away a little bit closer, Star Wars VR headsets will launch at children’s hospitals (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Tamagotchis are back in a big way in Japan (CNET)
- Moshi Monsters studio extends its existence with new funding and a loan renegotiation (Bloomberg)
- If Facebook builds it, they will come: The platform’s Messenger app now has 1.2 billion users (Recode)
- Wall Street analysts say Disney films haven’t even reached their apex yet (CNBC)
- A teddy bear that can connect parents and kids from afar is taking off on Kickstarter (The Verge)
- How has Lego been able to massively turn around its brand since the dark days of 2003? (Stuff.co.nz)
- More than half of US households are using SVODS, and a whopping 75% of them are Netflix subscribers (TechCrunch)
- The virtual reality biz is expected to hit US$75 billion by 2021 (Variety)
- Meanwhile, this YouTube Red kids series bakes a live-tour experience into a new animated world (Family Tech)
- Bundling boom: North Americans and Europeans are spending more than ever on combined TV services (Digital TV Europe)
- Toys “R” Us is seeing a new future in viral marketing (Fortune)
- The surge in collectible toy sales may have little to do with kids (Inverse)
- Pokémon Go is still going strong with 65 million monthly users (AdWeek)
- Snapchat’s biggest growth is coming from its personalized emoji app (Recode)
- Disney officially finds way for The Rock’s Jungle Cruise (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Nintendo’s Switch console could end up being bigger than the Wii (Bloomberg)
- New research finds kids on the autism spectrum struggle to read facial expressions (Reuters)
- Screen time is bad for tots? And four other myths about children and their devices (The Huffington Post)
- Why films like The Boss Baby can be difficult for adoptees and foster kids (The New York Times)
- YouTube TV has officially arrived in the US, and the boob tube may never be the same again (Wired)
- The American retail sector will likely have its worst quarter in four years (eMarketer)
- Australia has rolled out a new curriculum to combat sexism early on, but will it help? (ABC Australia)
- Young, sporty and Chinese: What the Black Power Ranger says about his big-screen role (Variety)
- Videogames are making the wealthy even richer in Japan (Forbes)
- Amazon may be shelling out US$70 million in refunds for in-app purchases… (CNET)
- …Meanwhile, Amazon’s physical bookstores signal the company’s next retail chapter (CNBC)
- The best way to get kids off their screens is for parents to do the same (CBC)
- The latest company to give Snapchat a run for its money is, surprisingly, Microsoft (TechCrunch)
- The pillars behind NBCUniversal’s billion-dollar push into data-based advertising (Adweek)
- The changing face of internet privacy, now that President Trump has repealed protections imposed last year (Recode)
- Can you reinvent a series the fifth time around? Shrek 5′s writer says he can (AV Club)
- Google releases its guide to what Gen Z teens think is cool (The Verge)
- A carnival ride that measures a passenger’s physiological response? The future has truly arrived (Fast Company)
- A YouTuber has figured out a way to game the platform’s algorithm (TubeFilter)
- Unlike Netflix, Amazon is quickly becoming a cinema industry darling (Quartz)
- Boss Baby overtakes Beauty and the Beast at the box office with a US$50-million opening weekend (Deadline)
- Meanwhile, in Japan, Sing has been striking a major chord for three weeks in a row (Variety)
- Coding might be the key to helping kids on the autism spectrum learn effectively (The Huffington Post)
- Not to be outdone by copycats, Snapchat introduces a search function (TubeFilter)
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