- Netflix’s binge-friendly approach is shaping linear TV content development (Business Insider)
- As newfound pals, First Lady Michelle Obama and Canada’s Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau make girls’ education a top priority (The Globe and Mail)
- SVOD viewership nearly doubled in the UK last year (MediaWeek)
- The world’s best Go player has been beaten by a robot – twice. Why does it matter? (Vox)
- Study links video games to improved mental health among kids (Business Standard)
- Role reversals: When adults exhibit childlike behavior, it actually forces kids to become more mature (The Atlantic)
- Growth is in store for YouTube Gaming (TechCrunch)
- Facebook’s on fleek: The service wants to detect slang terms before they’re considered cool (alistdaily)
- The departure of Samsung’s Milk VR video content boss has soured some opinions on the company’s future plans (Re/code)
- The children have spoken, and they want their parents to quit posting about them on social media (The New York Times)
- Why more educators are using ZooKazam’s AR app experience in the classroom (alistdaily)
- The power of Harry Potter – and China’s box office – look to be in Time Warner’s favor (Los Angeles Times)
- Total digital ad spending is expected to surpass TV for the first time next year (eMarketer)
- Understanding the dramatic spike in ADHD cases among today’s kids (Quartz)
- Beyond make-believe: What the future looks like for the Maker Movement (Re/code)
- Research shows playing with blocks sets the foundation for a child’s STEM-filled future (Johns Hopkins)
- Zootopia topples Frozen as Disney Animation’s biggest launch ever (Variety)
- Investments in AR and VR companies have reached US$1.1 billion in the first two months of 2016 alone (Fast Company)
- Why the bricks-and-mortar retail entertainment experience is still very much alive and well in the UK (Business Insider)
- Why are big-name gaming publishers forgoing their booths at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (Games Industry)
- The gendered toy debate heats up, thanks to Disney Infinity‘s new product line (Mashable)
- Snapchat lands a US$175-million investment (Variety)
- Study finds video games could actually promote weight loss among kids (CBS News)
- Things just got real: Six Flags debuts the first VR roller coasters in the US (Venture Beat)
- Netflix accounted for roughly half of the overall 3% decline in TV viewership in the US last year (Variety)
- More confidence in store: Moody’s upgrades the Toys”R”Us credit rating from negative to stable (North Jersey)
- The future of augmented reality can be seen through Star Wars (TechCrunch)
- The case for banning all junk food TV ads aimed at kids (Fast Company)
- Profits may be up 31% for Lego, but Mattel’s revenues are still tops in the global toy industry (The Wall Street Journal)
- American schools are putting kids’ social-emotional skills to the test (The New York Times)
- With its users collectively watching eight billion video views per day, Snapchat closes in on Facebook (Re/code)
- Amazon recalls the power adapter for its children’s tablet due to electrical shock risks (The Guardian)
- Playing with food: In Sweden, McDonald’s is turning Happy Meal boxes into VR goggles (AdWeek)
- By blocking words like “transgender,” is new search engine Kiddle doing children a disservice? (Independent)
- This children’s book has been deemed the world’s most effective advertising campaign (Mashable)
- Lessons in decision-making from leading execs at Google and Buzzfeed (Fast Company)
- Inside Out‘s Oscar win marks the eighth time in nine years a Disney film has won for Best Animated Feature (Deadline)
- Bear Story wins Oscar for Best Animated Short, after becoming the first Chilean work to be nominated in the category (Los Angeles Times)
- Twenty years and US$40 billion later, Pokémon remains as relevant as ever before (The Atlantic)
- Peter Rabbit becomes first kidlit character to appear on a UK coin (The Guardian)
- A tribute to licensing industry vet Robert Miller (License Global)
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