- Secretive no more: Nielsen to measure viewership for Netflix and other streaming services (Variety)
- Netflix brings service to Australia and NZ, including kids titles (Bloomberg)
- Girls rule in reading, Dr. Seuss and Wimpy Kid titles among top favorites: study (Publishers Weekly)
- Were the DreamWorks/Hasbro deal talks sabotaged by an anonymous letter? (Hollywood Reporter)
- Indecision continues for DreamWorks as animated tentpole B.O.O. gets delayed (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Turning Frozen into a cash cow (New York Times)
- While the DreamWorks-Hasbro deal isn’t happening, expect more of these M&As (Forbes)
- Snoopy ‘leaks’ first pics for the upcoming Peanuts feature (Wall Street Journal)
- With new office in Beijing, Universal looks to expand Chinese co-productions and CP sales (Variety)
- SoftBank launches new pay TV service in Japan, lets users choose channels like Disney (Hollywood Reporter)
- The Lego Movie sequel gets more female characters (Comickbook.com)
- Internet of Toys: New project aims to create programmable, connected toys (Kickstarter)
- It’s baaaack…Dismissal of MGA’s US$1 billion lawsuit against Mattel denied (My News LA)
- Service providers (minus Netflix and YouTube) form Streaming Video Alliance to create standards (Variety)
- Mind Candy’s annual revenue falls, putting pressure on new brands (Games Industry)
- Japanese mobile game-maker Gumi announces IPO valued at close to US$900 million (TechCrunch)
- New report examines the dangers of InstaFame on youth culture (CBC)
- Sony’s new web TV service, PlayStation Vue, is set to launch (Variety)
- Spidey rules Batman in global licensing revenue (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Facebook turns to animated characters to help users adjust their privacy settings (Bloomberg)
- Disney’s animated films Moana and Zootopia get 2016 release dates (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba hauls in US$1 billion in sales in 17 minutes on its version of Black Friday (Mashable)
- Major console makers and publishers to back new video game awards show (Variety)
- How licensing deals can help supress the threat of 3D consumer printing (World Trademark Review)
- Disney’s Big Hero 6 rockets to the top of the US box office (Variety)
- Amazon leads in sales of non-digital video games and films in the UK (The Guardian)
- Mozilla wants in on the virtual reality game (Wall Street Journal)
- Why kids reviewing toys on YouTube are getting major attention from toy makers (Toronto Star)
- Cartoon Network’s new CMO on cartoons and evolution of comedy (Fast Company)
- To infinity and beyond? Disney confirms another Toy Story movie is on the way (The Los Angeles Times)
- China’s largest online video platform Youko acquires rights to The Voice Kids (The Hollywood Reporter)
- With a whopping 41 channels, Disney is the top performing brand on YouTube (alistdaily)
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