- Disney unveils VR movie demos on digital platform Steam (The Verge)
- A rare glimpse inside Netflix’s programming process from the mouth of one of its original content VPs (Fast Company)
- The YA and kids books that have booksellers buzzing right now (Publishers Weekly)
- What would a contestable fund mean for the future of the UK children’s production sector? (Open Democracy)
- iPad support: Apple makes a major push into the US classroom (The Stock Market Today)
- After watching digital-first brand Vice move into TV, there are takeaways to be had (AdWeek)
- It’s the end of an era, as Disney bids farewell to its Dollars program (Gizmodo)
- Nostalgia for Canuck preschool series Nanalan’ takes form in the digital age (National Post)
- AwesomenessTV to launch live kid-focused video games award show (Variety)
- The inflated salaries of social media influencers, and why change is afoot for the practice (Digiday)
- Legally speaking, the Cabbage Patch Kids are more relevant today than ever before (Bloomberg)
- About-face? Facebook pulls facial recognition software from its Moments app due to privacy concerns (The Toronto Star)
- Should kids be meditating their way to better grades? (The New York Times)
- Prepare for eSports to reach mainstream entertainment status (VentureBeat)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows gets financial support from China’s Wanda Cinema (Variety)
- Streaming revenues outperform downloads for Warner Music Group─and what this means for the rest of the music industry (National Post)
- Fullscreen Media re-org brings creators, consumers and Mattel branded content into the fold (Variety)
- Beyonce, Instagram and comedy are tops for Gen Z girls (AdWeek)
- The carefully designed and expertly crafted playrooms of Manhattan (The New York Times)
- Re-envisioning the Boy Scouts through a new design lens (Fast Company)
- Closed for business? Tourists already swarm Shanghai Disney, which doesn’t open for another month (Bloomberg)
- Inside the private world of Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel (Recode)
- This multi-racial doll line aimed at boys is looking for a spot on the toy shelf (Independent Online)
- A Mario-Minecraft mashup (Time)
- On the heels of its acquisition, DreamWorks posts US$190.4 million in its first quarter (The Wrap)
- A trip inside the wild and oftentimes wacky world of CBeebies (The Guardian)
- Disney domination is at an apex, as analysts predict a record-breaking summer box office take (Bloomberg)
- Is Scholastic’s promotion of toys helping or hindering its reading program? (The Globe and Mail)
- Facebook may prohibit under-13s, but it just paid a 10-year-old US$10,000 for uncovering an Instagram flaw (National Post)
- Going Unplugged: Sources say YouTube’s cable-esque web TV service will launch in 2017 (Bloomberg)
- The deflation of Aeropostale, and what it means for the tween and teen retail sector (The Globe and Mail)
- Protesters prevail as the proposed Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership may get scrapped (The Guardian)
- Mark Zuckerberg’s education initiatives get more personal than ever (TechCrunch)
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