- Kids are watching less TV, with one report citing a steep 15% drop in quarter-to-date audiences (The Street)
- In other news, is YouTube really the future of broadcasting? (FT Magazine)
- The importance of sticking to your creative vision: Former Google+ designer on how “we messed up.” (Mashable)
- Digital viewing is up in Nielsen’s Q3 report (Variety)
- 3D TVs may have been a bust, but 4K TV shipments up by 500% (CNET)
- A very Black Friday for retailers? In-store and online sales were down by 11% for America’s biggest shopping day (New York Times)
- Chilly box office for Penguins of Madagascar – grosses US$36 million stateside over five-day weekend (Economic Times)
- A tale as old as TV: Network execs hated perennial hit A Charlie Brown Christmas on first pitch (MediaPost)
- Is everything good about Minecraft gone? (Forbes)
- BBC Children’s in-house production unit could be moved into the Beeb’s new commercial production subsidiary, Panorama (The Guardian)
- It may be a new meaning for class action lawsuit: A group of kids – and their attorneys – sue Google, Viacom for privacy violations (MediaPost)
- As bargain hunters descend on the malls of America on Black Friday, let’s take a look at the decline of the impulse shopper in the US (Wall Street Journal)
- Good news for eBook creators: Survey finds eReading devices top kids holiday gifts (Digital Book World)
- Grim tidings? Broadcast TV will be dead in 16 years, says Netflix CEO (Digital Trends)
- Hundreds of fake Elsa dolls seized in the UK as real dolls start selling out (Daily Mail)
- More budget cuts looming at the BBC (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Target’s crystal ball: Innovation lab IDs tech 18 months away from mainstream adoption (Adweek)
- UK tax breaks to children’s TV could come as early as next week (The Hollywood Reporter)
- ASA rules bloggers must disclose to fans when they’re paid to promote products (The Guardian)
- Will Mockingjay top Penguins at the Thanksgiving box office? (Variety)
- Too many family releases over the holidays may spell bad news for Hollywood (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Cartoon Network back on DISH, but Turner channels’ return may be short-lived (Consumer Affairs)
- Fan-focused channel Pop will become the first television network to use Tumblr (Multichannel News)
- Ruff Ruffman goes to YouTube, PBS KIDS site to teach youth about internet safety (Fast Company)
- Mockingjay has biggest US opener of 2014, but worst of the franchise (Wall Street Journal)
- Rumors of an ad-supported Amazon streaming service that will be cheaper than Netflix surface again (The New York Post)
- Children’s Technology Review sets up tech database to improve product discoverability (Games and Learning)
- A new internet media giant has surfaced in China thanks to Shanghai Media Group (The Hollywood Reporter)
- End of the line for Aereo as TV streaming service files for bankruptcy (CNET)
- Disney strengthens its relationship with China’s Shanghai Media Group (Variety)
- Code.org and Disney Interactive team up to get girls coding, with the help of Frozen’s Elsa (Mashable)
- Why Apple changed App Store app labels from ‘free’ to ‘get’ (Engadget)
- Children’s book publisher Ladybird to stop branding books for boys or girls (The Guardian)
- How Mockingjay, Part 1 and Hunger Games three-finger salute is causing a political disturbance in Thailand (Los Angeles Times)
- Study finds Netflix accounts for most downstream traffic in North America, twice the amount of YouTube (Variety)
- China deepens its relationship with New Zealand for TV and feature film co-productions (The Hollywood Reporter)
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