- Dauman may be negotiating his exit from Viacom amid legal battle for the media giant (Bloomberg)
- Time Warner takes 10% stake in Hulu for US$600 million (The Wall Street Journal)
- Instagram is turning into Snapchat and why that’s okay (Tech Crunch)
- It’s sold 2 million copies in 48 hours, but not everyone’s happy with latest Harry Potter book (New York Times)
- Target putting a Connected Nursery section into 450 stores (Fast Company)
- How Snapchat is attracting brands with Bitmoji customized expressions (alistdaily)
- Kids can now boobytrap their rooms using simple electronics from startup littleBits (Gizmodo)
- Apple & Samsung lead a steadily declining tablet market (Fortune)
- Record-breaking profits continue for Amazon (Re/code)
- Layoffs hit Disney’s Maker Studios amid some strategic adjustments (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Why the Nintendo NX bodes well for gamers and developers, but not necessarily publishers (Forbes)
- F is for farewell: Sesame Street cuts longtime cast members Bob, Luis and Gordon (Variety)
- Lower box-office revenues for Universal are becoming a pain for Comcast (Los Angeles Times)
- Netflix is ponying up even more cash for original content (Los Angeles Times)
- Pinewood Studios, which counts Star Wars: The Force Awakens among its credits, receives a US$423-million takeover bid from Venus Grafton (Variety)
- Facebook is banking on its users more than ever—literally (Re/code)
- YouTube star PewDiePie gets richer as his production company profited US$8.1 million in 2015 (Reuters)
- Amid production growth, ITV plans for US$32.8 million in cuts as Brexit uncertainty looms (The Guardian)
- Crunching the numbers from Comic-Con (Variety)
- Brands that use emojis have mobile phone users smiling more often (eMarketer)
- Things are (sort of) where they should be for the global smartphone market (TechCrunch)
- How home try-on shopping service Rockets of Awesome is helping parents dress their children (Tech Crunch)
- Dad’s in charge of introducing young kids to tech, according to a new study (Gulf News)
- MIT researchers invent a glasses-free 3D screen that’s like no other (Popular Mechanics)
- Universal Studios to feature Boxtrolls studio Laika in its new interactive experience (Variety)
- A 32% stake in Pokémon GO isn’t enough for Nintendo as shares plummet (Reuters)
- Verizon takes on Google and Facebook with its US$4.83-billion Yahoo buy (ABC News)
- With WellieWishers, American Girl is hoping for some needed good fortune (The Washington Post)
- It’s still summer, but these toys are already warming up retailers’ Christmas lists (Bloomberg)
- What 75 years in the comic book industry has taught legendary superhero scribe Stan Lee (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Paramount and Google tease a new style of instant video ads at Comic-Con (MediaPost)
- Why Apple’s next iPhone spells risk for the tech giant (Business Insider)
- “We don’t live in fear of those guys.” What Toys “R” Us really thinks about Amazon (Fortune)
- Behind the scenes at Viacom Lab and the ambitious tech-infused projects on its plate (Digiday)
- Living up to its name, the final Divergent film will launch on TV after disappointing box-office returns for Allegiant (Variety)
- Water fight: Inside the multi-million-dollar legal spat over inflatable pool toys (Bloomberg)
- Hackers get their hands on Pokémon GO (Time)
- Have Hollywood studios had enough of Comic-Con? (The Verge)
- Teen retailer Hot Topic is just that among Pokémon GO players (TechCrunch)
- Be prepared for an augmented reality boom (eMarketer)
- How children’s TV is putting a positive focus on LGBT characters (The Guardian)
- Chinese e-commerce outlets prefer selling their wares on Amazon over local platforms (CNBC)
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