- A whopping 61% of teens are using game consoles to browse the internet (eMarketer)
- Young people weigh in on whether advertising to children through social media should be allowed (The Guardian)
- On writing YA well (Publishers Weekly)
- Hulu sells off its Japanese subsidiary in order to focus its efforts stateside (TechCrunch)
- Why food and beverage companies actually welcome a US proposal to ban the marketing of sodas and unhealthy snacks in public schools (Advertising Age)
- Do gendered toys hamper creativity for kids?
- Sony pulls back its US retail presence (ZDNet)
- Celebrities’ kids – many of them famous in their own right – will start moving out of the spotlight (The Globe and Mail)
- It’s still complicated. How is digital playtime affecting young kids’ development? (Mashable)
- Inside Hollywood’s major marketing machine (AdWeek)
- Toymaker Todd McFarlane on 20 years in biz and his company’s new direction (The Huffington Post)
- Wearable tech’s next steps: Samsung’s new Gear Fit (CNET)
- Thanks to science, the first 3D strand of curly hair could send waves through the animation industry (Mashable)
- Netflix and Comcast secure agreement for smoother online video streaming (CNET)
- For children and the inner child, Jakks Pacific and Nintendo reveal a real-life Mario Kart (Digital Trends)
- Zuckerberg is riding high after WhatsApp deal (Reuters)
- STEM toys leave a mark at New York’s Toy Fair (Mashable)
- Meanwhile, it looks like these new toys may have Lego – or at least its major success – on the brain (MarketWatch)
- Just in time for the Oscars, kids re-enact this year’s best picture nominees (Variety)
- Smartphones are going to get smarter (TechCrunch)
- Facebook boosts its global connectivity with US$16 billion purchase of WhatsApp (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Broadcasters notch first win in fight to block live TV carrier Aereo (Variety)
- Walmart earnings disappoint (The New York Times)
- A surge in online shopping is spurring a distribution boom in Brazil (Businessweek)
- Why Comcast can try to compete with Netflix, but it may not succeed (Wired)
- A new study finds women are still underrepresented both on-screen and behind the scenes in the entertainment industry (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Kids and the currency of “likes” in the social media age (CNN)
- Russian search engine Yandex wages a war on Android (Bloomberg)
- Candy Crush Saga maker files for IPO of up to US$500 million (The Hollywood Reporter)
- This winter’s weather is unpredictable in more ways that you’d think (Advertising Age)
- Behold, the world’s first smartwatch for kids (Mashable)
- Influential Irish animator Jimmy Murakami passes away (Animation Ireland)
- If Comcast buys the pay-TV rights to Despicable Me 2, it could mark a first for a cable TV provider (The Wall Street Journal)
- Time Warner Cable invests further in STEM education for kids (Broadcasting & Cable)
- How the Mouse House is calling on tech startups to help grow its digital business (The New York Times)
- The Candy Crush, CandySwipe, Candy Crusher trademark saga continues (Games Industry)
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