- There’s no time like the present for YouNow, as the live social network raises US$15 million in new funding (TechCrunch)
- In the UK, Lego Dimensions’ debut outsells the first weeks of Skylanders Superchargers and Disney Infinity 3.0 (Forbes)
- How technology is bringing TV back to its social roots (The New York Times)
- Why Amazon stopped selling Apple TV and Chromecast devices (Variety)
- Following complaints over inappropriate content, YouTube’s Kids app is getting an update (TechCrunch)
- Despite its deepened ties with Hollywood, China isn’t ready to budge on its foreign movie quota (Los Angeles Times)
- Sony gets into the Ghostbusters spirit, with an animated feature film in the works (Variety)
- A look inside Google’s secretive robotics group (Bloomberg)
- Salary breakdown: What nearly everyone in Hollywood is really making (The Hollywood Reporter)
- After having children of their own, millennials are quite literally re-connecting with TV (The New York Times)
- Searching for a cause? A new mobile search initiative gives dollars directly to youth campaigns (Mashable)
- Simpsons showrunner hints the long-running series will end after season 30 (Independent)
- Skewing younger: Inside Mind Candy’s Moshi Monsters re-launch (The Guardian)
- Dove’s new campaign puts girls’ insecurities – and Pinterest – front and center (Advertising Age)
- Discovery CEO shares his take on the influx of original TV content and the irrationality of some global Netflix deals (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Verizon goes where the kids are with Go90 service (CNET)
- At a price tag of US$1.5 billion, Comcast claims a majority stake in Universal Studios Japan (Los Angeles Times)
- App store domination can be fleeting, no matter how much star power you have (TechCrunch)
- The older the reader, the fewer the pictures. Why chapter books could use more color (The Guardian)
- Mobile growth is reaching new levels in China, where e-commerce is expected to rise 42% this year (eMarketer)
- With Google’s help, teachers turn to virtual reality to liven up their lessons and field trips (The New York Times)
- Apple sets new opening weekend record with 13 million iPhone 6s sales (Engadget)
- Sony and Adam Sandler get back on winning track as Hotel Transylvania 2 tops the US weekend box office (Variety)
- Facebook goes after TV dollars with newly launched ad-buying tools (Ad Week)
- Netflix will have 130 million global subscribers by 2020, and programming spend will swell to US$6 billion in the next five years (Digital TV Europe)
- She’s been crowned the prom queen of Instagram, but she’s really a subject in digital teendom (New York Magazine)
- A new chapter? eBook sales are sliding and the print world sees rejuvenation (The New York Times)
- Virtual reality prepares for life in the mainstream (TechCrunch)
- Three Star Wars products crack the industry hot 20 toy list, but Elsa isn’t cooling off just yet (Bloomberg)
- Animation Show of Shows will screen in US theaters for first time, thanks to Kickstarter funds (Variety)
- Big nets are re-thinking Netflix strategies, cutting deals with more local SVOD providers amid cord-cutting fears (Advertising Age)
- When do TV viewers commit to a show? A rare glimpse into Netflix data shows some interesting revelations (The Wall Street Journal)
- Permission to selfie: Companies tapping user-generated content are running into some problems (The New York Times)
- Product innovation hub Quirky files for bankruptcy (Fortune)
- The Muppets co-creator Bill Prady dishes on ABC’s new decidedly adult primetime series and the Pig of the 90’s campaign (The Hollywood Reporter)
- EyeClops, FurReal Friends…remembering the hottest toys of the past 10 years (Huffington Post)
- Traditional toys are making a comeback in the UK as sales grew by 5% last year (ITV)
- Robo Wunderkind, the Lego of the future? (TechCrunch)
- With the Chinese box office expected to exceed US$10 billion annually, Warner Bros. strikes JV to produce Chinese-language films (Time)
- Currency or commodity? Bitcoin continues to find itself (Bloomberg)
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