- Roughly half of US teens admit to having a smartphone addiction (Tech Times)
- Destiny or desperation at this year’s NewFronts? (DigiDay)
- Will YouTube successfully chip away at traditional media budgets this year? (AdWeek)
- With US$4.5 million in its pocket, EdTech startup SAM Labs will bring the Internet of Things to kids worldwide (TechCrunch)
- The Twitterverse wants Disney to #GiveElsaAGirlfriend in Frozen‘s hotly anticipated sequel (The Guardian)
- Hulu is launching a cable-style online TV service with Disney channels leading the pack (The Wall Street Journal)
- Meanwhile, Vimeo’s acquisition of streaming service VHX to give content creators more leverage (Forbes)
- How has Facebook managed to stay so relevant? (Re/code)
- Despite enhanced safety measures in place, playground-related injuries are on the rise among kids (CBC)
- Amazon is making more money than ever before (Wired)
- How kids and their toy obsessions are ruling the world of YouTube (The Guardian)
- What will modern marketing look like in a post-digital age? The answer could be in front of our faces (CMO)
- The Choose Your Own Adventure book series may offer kids the wrong kind of life lessons (The Atlantic)
- As Nintendo’s earnings plunge, the company’s future rests in the hands of mobile and toys-to-life gamers (VentureBeat)
- Box-office disappointments drive Viacom’s Q2 earnings down (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How Girl Scout Cookies are feeding a generation of empowered girls (AdWeek)
- A judge finds Amazon liable for making parents pay for their kids’ in-app purchases (Re/Code)
- Netflix and the BBC will produce a new version of classic children’s tale Watership Down (Mashable)
- Is Disney headed for a fairy tale bubble (The Daily Beast)
- Cracker Jack moving to digital AR prizes (Mobile Marketer)
- Fullscreen to bow five new series on launch of new SVOD service (Stream Daily)
- A millennials vs. Gen Z cheat sheet (CTAM)
- Nintendo to launch new console in 2017 (Wall Street Journal)
- Shrinking iPhone sales will be at the core of Apple’s anticipated revenue decline (Re/code)
- The House of Mouse takes a hit in China after regulators shutter OTT service DisneyLife (Variety)
- Five-second rule: A new Pepsi campaign offers a lesson in short-form TV advertising (Advertising Age)
- Star Wars, Marvel and Pixar filmmakers may be getting their hands on Nokia’s Ozo VR camera (The Verge)
- Extreme tech growth is bringing a whole crop of ethical questions to light (CNET)
- Stan Lee’s animated superhero property Chakra is bound for Bollywood (Variety)
- Can Netflix overcome these roadblocks in Asia? (VentureBeat)
- Big-box spender: Walmart shelled out US$10.5 billion on tech initiatives last year (The Wall Street Journal)
- The global games market will be worth US$99.6 billion this year, with mobile expected to surpass PC and console gaming (Venture Beat)
- Fear is empowering, says this novelist who writes scary stories for kids (The Atlantic)
- Girls tend to be more anxious than boys─and one family psychologist explains why (The New York Times)
- An iPad game that’s only powered by wooden toys shows a true balance of online-offline play (Fast Company)
- Why the world’s biggest tech companies are investing in Hollywood content (Fast Company)
- This gaming startup wants to invigorate a sluggish toys-to-life model (Games Industry)
- Gap stretches into the tween yoga apparel space with its girl-centric Athleta line (BuzzFeed)
- Amazon says its Streaming Partners Program may be linear TV’s greatest threat yet (Broadcasting & Cable)
- A rare glimpse inside Magic Leap–the Florida startup that’s poised to transform the mixed-reality world (Wired)
- Meanwhile, Madagascar director and Baobab Studios immerse audiences in family-friendly VR storytelling (alistdaily)
- Hello Barbie failing to get kids talking or their parents buying the high-tech doll (Bloomberg)
- Power Rangers’ Rita Repulsa gets a modern makeover ahead of the IP’s 2017 film reboot (Los Angeles Times)
- A study in South Korea says kids’ excessive smartphone usage is causing them to become cross-eyed (The Telegraph)
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