- Could DreamWorks have another Turbo on its hands with soft-selling Peabody & Mr. Sherman? (Variety)
- Teens these days… they’re building tech empires (The New York Times)
- By the power of Grayskull, Mattel wins copyright dispute over Masters of the Universe (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Forget Big Brother, this could be the era of Big Mickey (Businessweek)
- In SXSW news, the crowdfunded Veronica Mars movie makes it highly anticipated world premiere (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How YouTube turned a group of Minecraft gamers into web celebrities (Mashable)
- New movie studio is established with China and self-distribution in mind (New York Times)
- The console market in crisis (TechCrunch)
- Realistically proportioned Lammily doll takes on Barbie (Mashable)
- Still believe boys don’t watch girls shows? Think again (Slate)
- Why the Disney-Dish agreement could have everlasting effects on TV viewing as we know it (Los Angeles Times)
- Runaway production trend continues to plague California (Variety)
- The building blocks of The Lego Movie’s brilliantly unnerving marketing success (The New York Times)
- Cheap and cheerful? New study says simple, inexpensive everyday items boost creativity among kids (CTV News)
- Why Facebook is exploring drones to expand internet access (Wired)
- Walmart and its growing e-commerce plans in India (The Economic Times)
- After several months of negotiations, Disney and Dish sign groundbreaking deal over digital rights (Reuters)
- Chips Ahoy! brings back a familiar face (The New York Times)
- Meanwhile, Burger King offers up 25% fewer calories in its newest kids meal item, Satisfries (Advertising Age)
- Frozen breaks the US$1 billion box office mark (Variety)
- This has to brighten things up: A snow day-inspired spoof of Goodnight Moon (Slate)
- Robert Lopez, co-writer of Frozen’s Oscar-winning song, is the youngest person to collect the coveted EGOT: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony (Variety)
- Archie Comics mines new talent (The New York Times)
- How Amazon can ease the pain of its pricey Prime service (Wired)
- The most popular tweet of all time (Mashable)
- 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)
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