- Hulu says goodbye to its free service option (The Wall Street Journal)
- A deal with NBCUniversal kicks Snapchat’s TV strategy into high gear (Business Insider)
- When it comes to very young kids, nothing beats the power of the printed word (The New York Times)
- VR 101: Special effects studio Animal Logic to offer a master’s degree in animation and visualization (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Amazon goods return to Target’s shelves after a four-year hiatus (Digital Trends)
- Disney Playmation sales disappoint. Is Pokémon GO tech the answer for the interactive toys? (Wall Street Journal)
- Director Mark Osborne explains why his version of The Little Prince should not exist (Fast Company)
- FTC to crack down on paid social media-influencer product endorsements (Bloomberg)
- Peter Rabbit gets new movie starring James Corden and Rose Byrne (The Guardian)
- 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)
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