- 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)
- A behind-the-scenes look at how McDonald’s happy meal toys are made (The Toronto Star)
- Little daredevils: Research shows that many kids as young as five are willing to take more risks than teens (Slate)
- Why Fruit Ninja publisher Halfbrick Studios’ move to fire its entire design staff could be its smartest yet (Fast Company)
- Disney leads new funding round for VR start-up Jaunt… (Variety)
- …But is the VR genre – and the investments behind it – everlasting? (TechCrunch)
- With its US$50 Fire tablet, Amazon is better on the art of the bargain (Re/code)
- Artificial Intelligence propels Barbie into her most sophisticated role yet (The New York Times)
- Viacom CEO is of the belief that there is never enough original content, and he’s spending more on shows than ever before (The Hollywood Reporter)
- A look at this year’s Streamy Awards winners, which include YouTube family series What’s Up Moms (Streamys.org)
- Amazon gets bullish against Apple, appeases 4K television owners with its new Fire TV offering (Engadget)
- Social media presents a vicious cycle for kids and teens with mental health issues (U.S. News & World Report)
- The YouTube engineer – a new breed of entertainment programmer – has become vital for the platform (Advertising Age)
- Making kids into YouTube stars has its perks, particularly of the financial kind, but is their safety at risk? (The Guardian)
- Disney delves into its audience’s changing TV habits with the help of hires from Walmart and AOL (Bloomberg)
- CBBC and CBeebies aren’t going anywhere, says the man behind both channels (BBC)
- Out of pocket: Snapchat monetizes with a Replay feature (Fast Company)
- A fifth of UK tweens have active social media accounts, is there really a problem with that? (The Telegraph)
- A copyright case from the early days of YouTube is having a modern-day impact (re/code.net)
- The late Steve Job’s wife is re-thinking American high schools through a US$50-million project (The New York Times)
- Addicted to toothbrushes? This children’s app did its job a little too well (Gizmodo)
- A new Universal Studios theme park will touch down in Beijing in 2019 (Variety)
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