- Amazon Studios’ first six kids TV pilots are up and getting reviewed on US service Amazon Prime. Check out their progress… (Amazon.com)
- …And so far, Amazon’s original series are already the most-watched content on the video service (TechCrunch)
- Just as China opens up to Hollywood, consumer tastes seem to be turning to locally produced movies (New York Times)
- How do you measure the impact of Netflix’s original series House of Cards when its ratings remain a mystery? (All Things D)
- Creative marketing campaigns are great when it comes to promoting apps, but cash – and plenty of it – is often king (The Wall Street Journal)
- Money, it seems, has increasingly become the driving force in modern superhero plotlines (The Guardian)
- Amazon goes big with its own app distribution business, expanding to nearly 200 countries (TechCrunch)
- A new Netflix-esque eBook service brings new meaning to electronic children’s books for one industry expert (Forbes)
- On Max Steel and Mattel’s digital embrace (Forbes)
- Meanwhile, broadcasters – and traditional media outlets in general – must adapt to the age of disruptive media or be defeated by it (Net News Check)
- Is there such a thing as Star Wars overload? Disney to release one film every year starting in 2015 (Entertainment Weekly)
- How great storytelling is intrinsic to Google product success (Advertising Age)
- Can today’s toys boost future math and engineering skills among girls? (The Wall Street Journal)
- Wake-up call: A full 89% of 18-to 24-year-olds check their smartphones within 15 minutes of waking up (eMarketer)
- A new content-laden children’s social networking site emerges in India (The Economic Times)
- Large retailers rely on big data for survival (CNBC)
- How licensing is the main piece to Lego’s toy world domination (AdWeek)
- Nintendo closes six Wii channels in effort to put all hands on its new Wii U (The Next Web)
- Facebook to weave entertainment data into its social fabric (Variety)
- Youngsters among the cohorts sharing 150 million Snapchat images every day (TechCrunch)
- What’s with the Disney layoffs? Transmedia expert Jeff Gomez weighs in (Business Insider)
- On a roll: YouTube sensation Jenna Marbles and her power over teenage girls (The New York Times)
- Potty humor-laden Captain Underpants tops American Library Association’s annual list of most challenged books (The Guardian)
- How the introduction of cameras could change the face of measuring TV ratings (Time)
- New Mexican Barbie comes along with some controversy (The Toronto Star)
- Would you put your money on a new Justin Bieber-backed prepaid debit card for teens? (The New York Times)
- Tablets aren’t rendering computers obsolete, but they are certainly contributing to a contraction in the PC market (AllThingsD)
- UK officials investigate whether free children’s apps are too commercially aggressive (PC World)
- Samsung’s new Mega ‘phablet’ could have big implications for little hands (All Things D)
- Mobile phenomenon Draw Something inks a Friday night TV quiz-show deal (The Guardian)
- How TV nets are advertising to a splintered, socially connected audience (Advertising Age)
- March’s miserable weather had an impact on US consumer spending (The Wall Street Journal)
- Homework excuses face extinction as new software lets teachers track if digital textbooks are actually being read (The New York Times)
- One year in and Instagram’s strategy proves picture-perfect for owner Facebook (Mashable)
- Barnes & Noble upgrades its self-publishing platform (Publishers Weekly)
- Study: TV-watchers increasingly using second screens while enjoying the tube (CBC)
- Google’s Android is slightly leading mobile downloads this year, but the revenue race still goes to Apple (Mashable)
- TV affects kids’ weight more than any other screen says new study (Time)
- What Toca Boca is doing right in the children’s app space (The New Yorker)
- How Walmart is applying real-time marketing tactics to local TV (Advertising Age)
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