- Newly signed co-pro treaty between the UK and China to boost children’s TV production (Variety)
- In its push for global domination, Netflix says it will expand to France this year (Bloomberg)
- Mega Brands’ shareholders vote to approve Mattel takeover (Montreal Gazette)
- In the children’s book world, 2013 was the year of Divergent (Publishers Weekly)
- Frozen merchandise so hot parents are turning to eBay – and spending big (The Hollywood Reporter)
- The gorgeous existential funk of Adventure Time (New Yorker)
- General Mills takes orders from Facebook outrage, changes legal policy (Mashable)
- Why the Aereo case will shape TV’s future (The New York Times)
- The origins -and major success – behind Skylanders toymaker Toys for Bob (Polygon)
- Why Sonys The Amazing Spider-Man 2 includes an end credits coda from rival studio Twentieth Century Fox plugging X-Men (Variety)
- Australian broadcaster ABC signs landmark content deal with China (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Barnes & Noble founder sells off 3.7 million shares (Publishers Weekly)
- As debt mounts at Toys ‘R’ Us, things are starting to look at lot like 2005 (Bloomberg)
- Hunger Games rises to the top at the MTV Movie Awards (CBC)
- Screams means more screens: Study finds fussy babies see more screen time than their peers (The Toronto Star)
- Rio 2 flies past Captain America at the box office (Variety)
- Why Activision’s CEO took a US$55 million pay cut last year (Bloomberg)
- Study finds the obesity rate among US kids remains flat, while rates of severe obesity are rising (USA Today)
- Comcast gears up to face US regulators (The New York Times)
- Is Ellen’s Oscar selfie really worth US$1 billion? (The Hollywood Reporter)
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