- 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)
- Leave it to a five-year-old to discover a security flaw with Xbox One (Mashable)
- A Polish priest offers his controversial opinion on the evils of Lego, Monster High (The Toronto Star)
- Disney’s Captain America sets box office record (Reuters)
- Microsoft inks comedy talent for upcoming content play (Variety)
- The politics of plastic: What Barbie may really be telling girls about their future (The Guardians)
- Nearly 80% of parents talk about online safety with their kids (Mashable)
- The trouble with Facebook’s News Feed (TechCrunch)
- Meanwhile, Twitter ads seem to be outperforming those on Facebook (The Wall Street Journal)
- How Nickelodeon’s beefed-up social media strategy for the Kids’ Choice Awards took down The Walking Dead (Mashable)
- One toymaker’s success story shines a light on the importance of Toys ‘R’ Us (NorthJersey)
- What Minecraft may have looked like in virtual reality thanks to a fan-made mod (Wired)
- Will the next iPhone be bigger? (The Globe and Mail)
- Harry Potter fans now have a trilogy of “Fantastic Beasts” spinoff films to look forward to (Variety)
- One DreamWorks animator takes home videos to a whole new level (Mashable)
- Disney’s Frozen becomes the top-grossing animated film of all time (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Hollywood’s anti-piracy forces add a new voice (The New York Times)
- Charter contests the proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger (Variety)
- Is children’s poetry on the brink of extinction? (The Guardian)
- Will they or won’t they – Amazon denies plans to launch an ad-supported streaming service (Variety)
- How the women behind Animal Crossing: New Leaf created a much-needed hit for Nintendo (Wired)
- In Spain, TV networks are to blame for kids’ late bedtimes (The Guardian)
- Poor Pooh: Research finds that children’s books with humanized animals can be confusing – even detrimental – to kids (National Post)
- Aereo goes on the offensive (Variety)
- A new study traces autism within children’s brains (Wired)
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