- How Osmo’s new Masterpiece app lets kids improve their drawing skills (Wired)
- With a Star Wars vs. Lego Movie showdown, and three more big Disney tentpole releases, summer 2017 is shaping up to be monumental for the House of Mouse (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Critics worry talking Barbie might also be eavesdropping Barbie (The Huffington Post)
- As part of Viacom layoffs, Nickelodeon could also see staff exit (Rotoscopers)
- Facebook to face massive class-action lawsuit over children’s online purchases (Reuters)
- Verizon bulks up mobile video offerings with over 200 hours of programming from AwesomenessTV, DreamWorksTV (Los Angeles Times)
- Tim Burton to direct live-action remake of Dumbo (The Independent)
- Mobile device ownership and usage in the US continues to skyrocket: Report (Hollywood Reporter)
- Apple’s new deal with HBO doesn’t mean game-over for cable (The Guardian)
- Why Playmobil’s Super 4 series is launching on Netflix in the US (Video Ink)
- Target isn’t out of trouble yet: Layoffs begin in US stores (Toronto Star)
- How brands are riding the popularity of messaging apps and emojis (alistdaily)
- Restructure at Viacom to help save the company a quarter of a billion dollars (AdAge)
- How a Canuck startup and PlayPower are aiming to de-program kids’ screen-based habits (VentureBeat)
- Speaking of screen-time backlash, Scholastic’s new report finds parents want kids to spend less time on devices, more time reading (The Washington Post)
- How the Apple Watch will impact the wearable tech market (alistdaily)
- Katzenberg weighs in on DreamWorks Animation’s strategy to turn around the company’s misfortunes (Variety)
- Study finds 69% of teens believe YouTube stars can be successful TV or movie stars (Video Ink)
- Disney’s Big Hero 6 becomes its third highest-grossing film (Venture Capital Post)
- Do people identify more with cartoon-like video game characters? (The Guardian)
- Microsoft’s Phil Spencer on developing games for HoloLens (Recode)
- TIFF’s International Kids Film Festival to include Wallace & Gromit and Snoopy films (CTV News)
- Chill at the till: Study finds frigid temps freeze retail sales (CSA)
- After successfully launching Lego Friends, the brick-maker turns its attention to elves (BusinessReport)
- Twitter makes Fortune’s 100 Best Companies To Work For list for the first time (Mashable)
- Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody tapped to write next draft of upcoming live-action Barbie film (Deadline)
- How mobile video is redefining the concept of watching TV (Advanced Television)
- Warner Bros. boss on why we haven’t gotten bored of the superhero trend (Hollywood Reporter)
- Two more for the billionaires list: Snapchat and Minecraft creators join the 10-figure net worth club (BBC News)
- Guardians of the Galaxy, Fault in Our Stars lead MTV Movie Awards noms (Hollywood Reporter)
- Sony’s virtual reality headset Project Morpheus will reach consumers in early 2016 (Variety)
- In other Sony news, the PS4 becomes the fastest-selling PlayStation system in the company’s history (Wall Street Journal)
- How the tentpole strategy is damaging theatrical demand (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Report finds Snapchat users can attract millions of views by using the app’s Our Stories feature (alistdaily)
- Strong box office sales make Paddington Studiocanal’s biggest hit (Variety)
- A gaming accessory for VR that could help avoid the couch-potato syndrome (Mashable)
- Star Wars gets retold in Lego – in a five-ep series airing on Disney XD (CNET)
- Masha the Bear and other Russian toons rise in popularity on YouTube (The Guardian)
- Viacom looks to shut down unauthorized streaming site Nick Reboot, again (The Hollywood Reporter)
- HTC enters the virtual reality fray with help from games developer Valve (Bloomberg)
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