- A look at how previous media cycles can inform VR’s rise among children (Entrepreneur)
- Far beyond fingers—this California startup is paving the way in knuckle-controlled smartphones (Re/code)
- Back-to-school spending will top US$27 billion this year in the US, with discount stores leading the pack (Forbes)
- Fan favorite: YouTube shoots to the top of the list of kids’ most-coveted brands (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Flight of the cord-cutters: More than 800,000 US pay-TV subscribers dropped their packages in Q2 2016 (Los Angeles Times)
- New Nielsen study shows YouTube and linear TV actually help each other out (AdWeek)
- Struggles continue for teen retailer Abercrombie (Forbes)
- PewDiePie’s newest game shows what it takes to be a YouTube star (The Verge)
- China’s richest man wages a new US$9.5-billion war against Disney (Quartz)
- Here come the Snapchat-originating TV series (TubeFilter)
- Advertisers revisit the boob tube as digital ad spend growth starts to slow (MediaLife)
- Study finds iPads are as effective as general anesthesia among kids heading into surgery (ParentHerald)
- With sales of TV-connected devices up 143%, it looks like TV Everywhere isn’t going anywhere (CMO)
- Amazon’s Video Direct program is lucrative for creators—and why this matters for YouTube (Digiday)
- Best Buy bets big on VR (Bloomberg)
- Summer 2016 has become synonymous with the Hollywood blockbuster flop, but numbers are telling a different story (Fast Company)
- Meanwhile, Disney may roll a live-action adaptation of James and the Giant Peach towards the silver screen (Gizmodo)
- Researchers say the consequences of too much screen time among kids are beginning to show (The National Post)
- Behind YouTube’s Backstage plans to integrate social features (Venture Beat)
- Mark Zuckerberg wants to connect the planet, one mixed-reality experience at a time (Popular Science)
- Study sheds light on the secret lives of teens online (CNET)
- The US TV ratings system is failing parents, at least according to a new survey (CNN)
- Netflix will have more international subscribers than US ones by 2018 (Fortune)
- Google pinpoints this year’s back-to-school trends – behold the bags and Birkenstocks (AdWeek)
- Amazon’s new Kindle fund takes a global approach to digital reading (TechCrunch)
- Let’s call it a misstep: McDonald’s recalls 33 million unsafe Happy Meal activity trackers (CBC)
- DreamWorks CEO Katzenberg nabs a US$391-million payday following Comcast acquisition (Variety)
- Snapchat’s US audience is expected to see double-digit growth over the next two years (eMarketer)
- Let them eat cake? Denmark has found the ingredient to building empathy among kids (Quartz)
- Is Pokémon GO enthusiasm already waning? (Bloomberg)
- Philippe Dauman is officially out at Viacom and is leaving with a US$70-million payout (Fortune)
- Why the future of Netflix spending is in original content, rather than licensed fare (The Motley Fool)
- Analysis: Why it makes sense for Disney to acquire Hasbro (Seeking Alpha)
- Nintendo’s video games are reaping the benefits of the Pokémon GO craze (The Verge)
- A VR boom takes off in China (Fast Company)
- Apple pours more money into China (The Wall Street Journal)
- With new Pottermore eBooks, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter universe shows limitless growth (Wired)
- Unpaid overtime. Walkouts. Sausage Party animators say what really went into making the hot dog-themed hit. (Los Angeles Times)
- Disney may have real LED-powered lightsabers in the works (The Next Web)
August 31, 2016
August 30, 2016
August 29, 2016
August 26, 2016
August 25, 2016
August 24, 2016
August 23, 2016
August 19, 2016
August 18, 2016
Newsletter
