- 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)
- First fries, then fitness: McDonald’s adds wearable activity trackers to its Happy Meals (Digital Trends)
- How Snapchat makes its money (Recode)
- Inside the new 20,000-square-foot YouTube Space London, built for the creative class (Business Insider)
- Why are Canadian parents spending 43% more on back-to-school items than in 2015? (eMarketer)
- Meanwhile, parents in California are doling out US$1,000 for a pre-kindergarten boot camp (Los Angeles Times)
- Social seen: Amazon sends pilot episodes of its original kids series to YouTube and Facebook (TechCrunch)
- What Pete’s Dragon really means for Disney’s live-action fairy-tale future (Forbes)
- In the US and Europe, homes with young kids watch TV on a tablet more often than any other group (The Drum)
- Facebook’s ad-blocking battle raises questions over privacy (Variety)
- Nokia’s mobile strategy is in the hands of Rovio’s former CEO (TechCrunch)
- On the merits of unschooling, wherein kids control their own learning processes (The Guardian)
- A breakdown of how tech giants like Apple and Google are making moves in online entertainment to the detriment of Hollywood (TubeFilter)
- Why marketers are purposely being late for school this year (Advertising Age)
- Legoland has big plans for its US theme parks, and they start with a small-town mentality (Bloomberg)
- Is artistic creativity measurable? Schools are looking to find out (The Atlantic)
- For VR, the movie theater lobby may be just as alluring as the silver screen (The Verge)
- Digital publishers still want to emulate an old-school TV model (Digiday)
- Disney isn’t exactly finding magic in China when it comes to national media coverage (BBC)
- Forget cable sitcoms, Netflix’s real competition are mega-hits like Pokémon GO (Business Insider)
- Free-to-play continues to pay off for kids appmaker Tab Tale, which just crossed a billion downloads (VentureBeat)
- Does influencer marketing need more transparency? (Advertising Age)
- You can hold SVODs responsible for our current scripted TV boom (The New York Times)
- Confusing as it may sound, the Internet of Things may define the future of retail (National Retail Federation)
- Fads may come and go, but AR is shaping up to be the real deal for kids (Fast Company)
- Facebook user growth is slowing in the UK (eMarketer)
- Why spending US$3 billion on Jet.com won’t get Walmart any closer to Amazon in the e-commerce race (Wired)
- Bulbasaur bankroll: Pokémon GO surpasses US$200 million in global revenue (TechCrunch)
- Online gamers tend to have better grades, according to a new Australian study (The Guardian)
- How Netflix is turning storytelling into a service (Re/code)
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