- Viacom takes US$785 million write-down amid restructuring and ratings declines (Wall Street Journal)
- Consumer watchdog groups file FTC complaint accusing Google of using deceptive ads on YouTube Kids (The Guardian)
- The classic Star Wars movie collection will finally be available for digital download (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Meet Grover Greyjoy: Sesame Street parodies Game of Thrones (YouTube)
- Disney planning on Winnie the Pooh live-action feature (Hollywood Reporter)
- Meanwhile, Play-Doh is also getting a live-action film, courtesy of Hasbro and 20th Century Fox (Entertainment Weekly)
- How Walmart is making a push for more urban consumers (NPR)
- YouTube gamers turn backs on Nintendo’s strict ad revenue grab (eCanadaNow)
- How the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie became an unlikely global success story for indie filmmaking (The Hollywood Reporter)
- 107 laid off at Mattel’s headquarters (Los Angeles Times)
- As Netflix gets closer to saturating the US market, exclusive deals like its Disney pact can help the SVOD keep attracting members (Motley Fool)
- What Nintendo could learn from SVOD services like Netflix (The Verge)
- April Fools’! J.J. Abrams will not be directing a Sesame Street movie, but how great would that be? (WBAY)
- Facebook rolls out Scrapbook feature that lets parents create customized shared photo albums of their kids (Mashable)
- Short film on R2-D2’s quest for love inspires all kinds of awww (Mashable)
- A push for users to 3D-print their own board games (PurplePawn)
- Netflix adds former Disney exec Anne Sweeney to its board of directors (The Wrap)
- DreamWorks Animation breathes a sigh of relief after Home wins weekend box office (Variety)
- Another blow to Canadian retail and win for cybershopping as FutureShop stores close (Huffington Post)
- Post-Sony, Hollywood continues to bolster its digital security efforts (New York Times)
- Warner Bros. continues to build Lego empire with spinoff movie Billion Brick Race (Hollywood Reporter)
- Analysts divided on the potential for the stateside debut of DreamWorks’ Home (Variety)
- Netflix cues up Inspector Gadget CGI reboot with release of new trailer (Mashable)
- Potential film franchise? Sony Pictures scoops up the rights to Robotech (Forbes)
- No longer newcomers: Amazon, Netflix are now the establishment in online streaming (New York Times)
- Can children’s books bolster indie bookstores? (Business Review Weekly)
- YouTube might be preparing its own live-game streaming competitor to Twitch (The Guardian)
- To the relief of fans, Minecraft convention Minecon returns after Microsoft purchase (VentureBeat)
- Russo brothers to take over billion-dollar Avengers franchise from Joss Whedon (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Hulu vets officially launch online video subscription service Vessel, but will consumers buy in to its mini-YouTube format? (Tech Crunch)
- DreamWorks and Pixar animators launch Indiegogo campaign for new animated series (Indiegogo)
- Disney app Tsum Tsum hits the US$300 million mark in revenue, driven by Japanese mobile messaging service Line (Games Industry)
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