- Disney may be courting third-party studios to join its Movies Anywhere service (Bloomberg)
- Are these the best connected toys of 2016? (Forbes)
- Tech’s role in the classroom has many benefits, but it is also perpetuating a homework gap (attn:)
- Digital TV nets are shelling out more ad dollars than last year (MediaPost)
- The Lion King joins the US National Film Registry, along with 24 other films (Vanity Fair)
- Sensing some big moves ahead…Disney Research has mastered a new real-time motion-capturing system (TechCrunch)
- Scrap those images of outdoorsy Swedish children: A study finds more than half of the country’s kids are too inactive (The Local)
- Good news for YouTubers, as marketers plan to increase their influencer-led budgets next year (eMarketer)
- Walmart’s e-commerce biz braces for Christmas procrastinators (Fortune)
- Why is China’s box office continuing to decline? (Variety)
- Moana, Zootopia and Sing are among this year’s Golden Globe nominees (Vanity Fair)
- Imagine what the world would be like if Star Wars or Harry Potter were never made (The Guardian)
- The kids aren’t exactly alright: US children are a lot less likely to out-earn their parents (NPR)
- Starbucks’ new Pokémon GO Frappuccino is here to resist the app’s cooling effect (Advertising Age)
- A high-tech Santa experience descends upon US malls (LIMA Ohio)
- The most popular YouTuber just hit 50 million subscribers, and he is about to delete his account (The Verge)
- UK kids don’t want to watch VOD content if it’s long (eMarketer)
- Following in Netflix’s footsteps, Hulu now lets people (including kids) create profiles (TechRadar)
- Are young vloggers sacrificing their childhoods? (Stuff)
- What Warren Buffett’s opinion about Walmart says about the mega retailer’s future (The Globe and Mail)
- UK bans online junk food ads targeting kids (BBC News)
- Still a long way to go, baby—STEM-focused toys are three times more likely to target boys than girls (The Guardian)
- Amazon is bringing the punk with its first animated feature based on Emily the Strange (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Gadgets aren’t going anywhere, despite what you may have heard (The Verge)
- A phenomenon as big as Pokémon GO deserves its own documentary, as decided by Japanese broadcaster Fuji TV (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Speaking of overnight sensations, this bestselling author just bought US$20,000 worth of Hatchimals (Clinton Herald)
- YouTube’s top videos of the year aren’t from influencers—they’re all from brands (The Verge)
- Things are going south for Canada when it comes to US exports, with Mexico jumping ahead to nab the number-two spot (Bloomberg)
- Less promotion, more product: Snapchat Spectacles’ distribution strategy may be its undoing (eMarketer)
- It’s more than just nostalgia. Vinyl is officially outselling digital in the UK. (AdWeek)
- Children’s headphones may be causing hearing loss (The New York Times)
- The originals keep coming for Netflix, which is aiming for 1,000 hours of in-house fare by the end of 2017 (Polygon)
- There’s a new boss in town: Lego CEO steps down, giving the reins to the company’s first non-Danish head honcho (Bloomberg)
- PewDiePie is still the highest-paid YouTube creator, hauling in US$15 million this year (Variety)
- Here we go again…these connected toys were pulled from shelves after spying on kids (The Next Web)
- Brands are doubling down on live video, but is it a sustainable model? (AdWeek)
- Here’s what kids really think about all of those connected toys (The Guardian)
- Comedian Amy Schumer will likely be the face of Sony’s live-action Barbie film (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Will Brexit lead to a talent brain drain for UK startups? Digital minister Matt Hancock weighs in (TechCrunch)
- In China, movie blockbusters shine incredibly bright, but quickly fade away (Forbes)
- Developed by a nine-year-old girl, this talking teddy bear is making Syrian refugees feel at home (The Toronto Star)
- Some of YouTube’s biggest stars are seeing 40% drops in viewership, so who—or what—is to blame? (TubeFilter)
- Is it a mindset? Or a toy? However Lego is viewed, its success is indisputable (New York Magazine)
- Amazon’s streaming push just got serious ammunition from HBO (The Washington Post)
- Shonda Rhimes’ rules of work for managing a TV empire (Fast Company)
- The science of eye-rolling: What the mind of a teenage girl really looks like (The Globe and Mail)
- Fantastic Beasts roars past US$500 million at the worldwide box office (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Do influencer marketing campaigns actually work? A whopping 94% of brand practitioners say yes (AdWeek)
- Story-sharing platform Wattpad wants to be the next Disney (National Post)
- First GoPro, then FitBit and Pebble. Will Snapchat’s Spectacles be the next wearables flameout? (Vanity Fair)
- Ebay launches the world’s first emotionally powered store (Business Insider)
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