- Lego Movie, Dragons lead animation noms for Golden Globes (Indie Wire)
- YouTube rolls out its own GIF maker (TechCrunch)
- While Walmart brought in the most Black Friday foot traffic, Amazon is winning the online retail war (Wall Street Journal)
- Meet Cryptoy, the new encryption app for kids (The Guardian)
- Disney’s Bob Iger dishes on the company’s more direct-to-consumer brand strategy, Star Wars and new acquisitions (Variety)
- Vancouver startup developing hologram tech like digital play pals for kids (Digital Journal)
- Star Wars set to takeover Disney parks (Digital Trends)
- YouTube gets offline playback capability…but not in the US (TechCrunch)
- Survey says about 65% of pay-TV subscribers have Netflix, but is the figure accurate? (Variety)
- Why TV networks should be wary of deals with Netflix (AdAge)
- With Instagram, Facebook engages generations not yet on Zuckerberg’s site (Wall Street Journal)
- Mobile devices boost global ad market (Mashable)
- House of ever-refreshed content: Netflix wants to launch originals every 2.5 weeks (Stream Daily)
- It was a big year for Disney on Facebook (Variety)
- YouTube is offering bonuses to lock up its star talent (Wall Street Journal)
- VR hits the consumer market with Sony’s new US$200 Gear VR goggles (Forbes)
- Clash of the titans? Comcast is throwing some serious shade at Netflix (Hollywood Reporter)
- Boom in OTT devices like Chrome could boost small SVODs like Popcornflix (MediaPost)
- Twitter delves deeper into retail with time-sensitive deal service Twitter Offers (RetailWire)
- DreamWorks-produced online original series Youtube Nation cancelled (Stream)
- No launch dates or specifics, but Google confirms it’s redeveloping its products for under-13s (USA Today)
- New Sony Vue and Dish OTTs face an uphill battle to attract consumers (Multichannel News)
- China’s e-tail giant Alibaba delves deeper into households with new line of smart TVs (Wall Street Journal)
- Target turns stores into one big mobile game for the holidays (AdWeek)
- 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)
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