- 25 movies with toy tie-ins will bow this year. What does this unprecedented number really say? (Bloomberg)
- Netflix pours almost US$2 billion into European productions (Variety)
- Snap makes its official market debut with a US$24-billion valuation (CNET)
- Beauty and the Beast will have the first interracial kiss in a Disney live-action film (BBC)
- Perhaps Amazon isn’t as big of a retail threat as we all thought? (Wired)
- Hasbro wants to trademark Play-Doh’s scent (The Independent)

Kidscreened
- 25 movies with toy tie-ins will bow this year. What does this unprecedented number really say? (Bloomberg)
- Netflix pours almost US$2 billion into European productions (Variety)
- Snap makes its official market debut with a US$24-billion valuation (CNET)
- Beauty and the Beast will have the first interracial kiss in a Disney live-action film (BBC)
- Perhaps Amazon isn't as big of a retail threat as we all thought? (Wired)
- Hasbro wants to trademark Play-Doh's scent (The Independent)
March 2, 2017