- Keeping parents connected to their kids at school has landed startup Brightwheel US$10 million (TechCrunch)
- A new art projector toy really wants to emphasize the A in STEAM (The Verge)
- The UK is taking a modern approach to removing kids’ fear of the doctor, thanks to VR (Wired)
- How should everyone react when a child’s favorite YouTuber does something wrong? (The Boston Globe)
- More layoffs are expected at Disney-owned digital network Maker Studios (The Hollywood Reporter)
- While Amazon and Walmart engage in an e-commerce war, it’s the American consumer who really wins (Observer)
- Mulan’s Niki Caro will become Disney’s second female director to lead a US$100-million blockbuster (The Hollywood Reporter)
- This offline coding toy just nabbed a US$3-million investment (TechCrunch)
- Kids are naturally curious and tech-inclined, so does that make them good business people? (Entrepreneur)
- When Pokémon GO grows, will the flocks of fans follow? (Recode)
- Change in the airwaves? Disney’s CEO isn’t a big fan of commercials (Nasdaq)
- Australian kids are spending more time online than watching TV (ABC Online)
- IMAX launches a flagship virtual reality theater in L.A. (Variety)
- A lesson in stop-motion animation, courtesy of the man behind Lego Batman (Wired)
- Online retailers are doing what they can to avoid excessive discounting (eMarketer)
- Disney’s Maker Studios severs ties with PewDiePie over anti-Semitic videos… (Time)
- …While YouTube has pulled PewDiePie’s original series and premium ad status (The Verge)
- With trouble in Asia, Latin America is emerging as the film market’s next rising star (The Hollywood Reporter)
- This is why Snap is worth US$25 billion (Fast Company)
- Apple Music is at the core of the company’s original content push (TechCrunch)
- Kubo and the Two Strings rises to the top at the 2017 BAFTAs (The Guardian)
- The price of magic has gone up again at Disney’s US theme parks (Bloomberg)
- Adults have started using kids screen time monitoring apps to parent themselves (Digital Trends)
- Want to teach children empathy and emotion? Improv may be they key (NPR)
- Activision Publishing is reportedly laying off 5% of its staff (Business Insider)
- The Lego Batman Movie ruled the weekend with a US$55.6-million domestic debut (MarketWatch)
- The House of Mouse wants full ownership of Disneyland Paris (Variety)
- Talk about number one: First-born children are found to be smarter than their siblings (The Guardian)
- E3 will open its doors to the public for the first time (Recode)
- Can a great video game-inspired blockbuster ever exist? (The Atlantic)
- This Kentucky professor has launched an app that teaches kids empathy WKYT)
- US retail sales will rise this year, but online is where the real action is… (NRF)
- …So here’s how retailers can curb the Amazon effect (Forbes)
- How Facebook and coding helped this 12-year-old boy launch a hit title (Games Industry)
- Disney is looking to the future of virtual reality with a new startup (CNBC)
- Why the campaign against pink Lego bricks isn’t helping anyone (The Spectator)
- Screens really are doing more good than harm for kids (Science Daily)
- Disney’s long-awaited Avatar theme park will open in May (Variety)
- Another YA story comes to an end as Shailene Woodley turns down being in Divergent’s TV movie (Vanity Fair)
- UK schools are taking a new approach to safety by putting body cameras on teachers (The Verge)
- JK Rowling’s been good to Time Warner’s bottom line (The Hollywood Reporter)
- There are plenty of kids shows set in the wilderness, so why are they ignoring climate change? (Slate)
- School fail: More than half of teachers admit to stereotyping girls and boys (The Memo)
- Gen Z viewers are big fans of ads that feature diversity (eMarketer)
- Tech tools help manage kids’ screen time, but a face-to-face conversation between parents and children works wonders too (BBC)
- Looking at digital innovation through the eyes of a Depression-era kids book (The Atlantic)
- Disney and Zootopia win big at Annie Awards (Variety)
- It turns out no dogs were harmed—the video from A Dog’s Purpose was faked (The Verge)
- Super Bowl, by the (YouTube) numbers (TubeFilter)
- The real storytelling power of artificial intelligence (Fast Company)
- For better or worse, change is in the air at Viacom (Reuters)
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