- Scholastic study finds reading aloud to children long after toddlerhood results in more frequent reading for fun (The New York Times)
- Pixar alums’ animated short lands a spot on the Oscar shortlist (Hollywood Reporter)
- To offset the falling Loonie, Apple raises app prices in Canada (Financial Post)
- Facebook’s number of video posts per person has spiked 75% globally in just one year (The Guardian)
- The YouTube aesthetic: The video-sharing site is infiltrating TV (Stream Daily)
- For the future of pick-and-pay cable look no further than the airline business (New York Times)
- According to Apple, app sales jumped 50% in 2014 (Wall Street Journal)
- CES 2015: Tracking the kids has never been more of a reality (brandchannel.com)
- Storytelling, coding play into kids app trends for 2015 (The Guardian)
- Can YouTube maintain its top spot? (Stream Daily)
- Disney’s CFO on the company’s strategy for movie franchises (The Hollywood Reporter)
- New art-based website lets anyone get creative with emoji (Fast Company)
- SpongeBob, Batman, Mario, Pac-Man, and The Smurfs among classic characters featured in McDonald’s new animated ad (AdAge)
- Netflix endorses TV sets optimized for streaming (Variety)
- Razer unveils Android-based micro-console and VR headset at CES (Tech Crunch)
- With 4K and Quantum, 2015 could be the year to replace the TV set (Wall Street Journal)
- Toy unboxing, PewDePie continue to top viewing lists on YouTube (The Guardian)
- Disney gets Maker to craft Star Wars online series (Bloomberg)
- CES 2015: Wearables, the Internet of Things, drones and VR get early buzz (CNET)
- How Ireland’s new TV and film tax incentives will attract more big budget Hollywood productions (Irish Independent)
- Netflix cracks down on out-of-country access (Variety)
- The woman behind Nick’s golden age of animation (Huffington Post)
- Zynga gets into licensing with Looney Tunes-branded endless runner game (VentureBeat)
- The top toy brands winning at social media for the holiday shopping season (AdWeek)
- Parents may be having too much fun with Elf on the Shelf. Happy holidays everyone! (Mashable)
- Ex-Toys ‘R’ Us CEO Gerald Storch lands at Canada’s Hudson’s Bay Company, owner of Saks (Financial Post)
- Former Sony employees launch lawsuit over hack (L.A. Times)
- New SVOD Vessel launched by ex-Hulu CEO, offers “early access” deal model (Stream)
- Inside the Netflix talent-retention playbook (Harvard Business Review)
- US Cable carrier warns content providers that they’re playing with fire when it comes to do-it-yourself OTT (Multichannel News)
- With a whopping 300 million users, Instagram passes Twitter (AdWeek)
- Oculus buys two startups to improve virtual reality experience (Wall Street Journal)
- Lost 1927 Disney short found in Norway (The Guardian)
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