- It finally happened, Snap files for an IPO (CNET)
- Kids are going wild for YouTube videos of adults dressed as superheroes (TubeFilter)
- Toys-to-life gaming isn’t going anywhere, at least if these companies have anything to do with it (Entrepreneur)
- What does Netflix CEO Reed Hastings think about Facebook’s video push? (Recode)
- Belle’s box-office power rivals that of superheroes, according to presales of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (MarketWatch)
- Laurene Powell Jobs, Disney’s largest stakeholder, cuts her shares in half (Variety)
- Meanwhile, is the House of Mouse designing a roller coaster controlled by human emotion? (The Independent)
- Snapchat sees AR animations in the future of its Lenses (Tech Times)
- Change is in the air for Oscar-nominated animation house Japan’s Studio Ghibli (The Verge)
- Psychologists say parents should spend less on toys and more on family getaways (The Telegraph)
- First DreamWorks, now Disney reaches a multi-million-dollar settlement with animation workers in wage-fixing lawsuit (Variety)
- Facebook may be getting into the TV game (The Verge)
- In its Prime: Amazon accounted for more than half of all US e-commerce growth last year (CNBC)
- Long-awaited remake of animated cult classic film The Secret of Nimh lands a director (Bustle)
- Pick-up game takes on new meaning, as study says physical activity curbs depression among kids (Science Daily)
- The Boy Scouts of America opens its doors to transgender boys (NPR)
- It turns out lots of people will shell out US$10 to unlock full Super Mario Run content (The Verge)
- Will data help people raise better kids? These bloggers are trying to find out (Technicaly)
- The hairy truth: Study says children like their pets more than their own siblings (Tech Times)
- Walmart scraps its Amazon Prime copycat, but ups the ante with free two-day shipping (CNET)
- A shrinking DVD market has Sony taking a US$962-million writedown on its movie biz (The Hollywood Reporter)
- More bullies lurk in the schoolyard than they do online (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Faces of the future: A look inside the wild, teen-driven YouTube beauty scene (Wired)
- Kids’ Lego addictions, explained (Fortune)
- An iPad isn’t going to replace the laptop—it actually has far more potential (The Verge)
- Ex-DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg’s new venture just raised US$600 million (The Hollywood Reporter)
- More departures at ABC Australia—this time it’s the pubcaster’s COO (News Australia)
- Boys and girls become affected by gender stereotypes at age six (Mashable)
- Cinematic virtual reality is trying to make its breakthrough, starting with Sundance (The Verge)
- The only online ad that costs as much as a Super Bowl TV spot? A sponsored snapchat filter (AdWeek)
- Spying new tech and STEAM trends at London Toy Fair (New Atlas)
- The best kind of boredom leads to creativity (Wired)
- MTV and Nickelodeon are using data in an innovative way to improve customer experience (Forbes)
- At least Paramount overshadowed Disney in one area last year (Barron’s)
- The advertising world is ready for quality over quantity (Recode)
- Game-changer or late to the game? Amazon launches a US$20 monthly subscription service for STEM toys (The Verge)
- Warner Bros. has taken over the former Disney studio behind Infinity (Polgon)
- Apple’s ad agency sees the future of tech toys in these two startups (Fast Company)
- Will parents put their trust in the latest kids personal assistant, NannyBot? (Springwise)
- One more point for mobile TV: Snapchat is going to use Nielsen ratings to sell ads (AdWeek)
- Amid slumping box office returns in Asia, Japan finds a way to soar (Variety)
- Stop, rebuild: Verizon cuts 155 Go90 staffers and is tapping former Vessel execs to reshape the streaming service (Variety)
- See who scored this year’s Best Animated Feature Oscar noms (Mashable)
- Daddy’s girl: Mattel’s new Barbie marketing campaign shows fathers playing with the iconic doll (AdWeek)
- Where do kids get their screen addictions? From their parents, of course (The New York Times)
- Android is now letting its users try out mini versions of apps without ever downloading them (The Verge)
- Livestreaming may be down, but global app revenue continues to climb (AdWeek)
- Wanda Group’s AMC is paying US$930 million for a group of theaters in the Nordic and Baltic regions (Variety)
- Rogue One crosses the US$1-billion mark, with Moana right behind it (Forbes)
- The Razzies are out and a lot of YA films made the list (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Wait, that’s all? Teens make up only 8% of 1.9 billion mobile gamers worldwide (alistdaily)
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