- A Sesame Street special took home the Best Children’s program prize at last night’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards (Variety)
- Is this the anxiety generation? Why products designed to calm people down (like fidget spinners) are taking off (Vox)
- Netflix is injecting major funding into Nigeria’s movie industry, known as “Nollywood” (Quartz)
- Don’t count Snapchat out just yet…it’s where most teens are spending their social media time (GeekWire)
- Even with a couple of domestic flops, Disney still managed to rule the summer box office (Forbes)
- Walmart launches an Uber-like delivery service to better compete with Amazon (The Verge)
- The popularity contest has ended: Why the Oscars shelved its new category (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How brands can be proactive against influencer fraud (TubeFilter)
- Instagram rolls out a new parent guide for keeping kids safe on social sites (Engadget)
- Turns out ad revenue isn’t all it’s cracked up to be—a lot of popular YouTubers aren’t making money (The Verge)
- Merriam-Webster has updated the dictionary to reflect the language of Gen Z (Fast Company)
- Is the prevalence of global SVODs making European countries more American? (WIRED)
- Instagram is reportedly in development on a standalone shopping app (The Verge)
- Incredibles 2 smashes another record to become Pixar’s highest-grossing film (Cinema Blend)
- Talk about a jolt—21st Century Fox invests US$100 million in live streaming platform Caffeine (Variety)
- Snap’s giving it another try and launching new styles of Spectacles that look more like traditional sunglasses (WIRED)
- Amazon’s planned ad-supported video service may actually rival traditional and streaming TV platforms (Ad Age)
- …And Facebook thinks it can top the streaming market by tapping into its social and sharing capabilities (CNBC)
- Don’t count brick-and-mortar retail out just yet; it’s coming back swinging (New York Times)
- Summer loving? China’s summer box office is up 16%, but Hollywood’s revenue is still down (The Hollywood Reporter)
- When a YouTuber hawks merch to a very young audience, is it crossing legal lines? (TubeFilter)
- PewDiePie’s reign as the biggest YouTuber in the world is about to come to an end (TubeFilter)
- Physical video games in Europe will now carry a warning for in-app purchases (The Guardian)
- Meanwhile, Tencent took a hit yesterday when China announced it’s considering new video game rules (Financial Times)
- Why kids want things: A look at materialism in tots over the last 30 years (The Atlantic)
- As the OTT market matures, Netflix is coming out on top in Western Europe (eMarketer)
- Meanwhile, Amazon is reportedly building a free SVOD service for Fire TV users (The Next Web)
- Forget watching people eat, the newest YouTube trend is watching people study (Stuff.co.nz)
- Sesame Workshop co-founder becomes first woman recipient of the highest IBC Honor (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Facebook Watch is rolling out internationally, so what’s next? (Bloomberg)
- How Mattel’s president and COO plans to revitalize the toyco (Forbes)
- Why the viral Johny Johny videos aimed at kids are raising concerns about YouTube’s new monitoring practices (Mashable)
- As SVODs continue to increase prices, what happens to low-income users? (Variety)
- Don’t get too excited—Disney’s streaming service still doesn’t have a name, despite yesterday’s reports (TechCrunch)
- For the youngest generation, Snapchat still tops all other social media (eMarketer)
- Clowns are no longer popular with kids, as more demand Disney characters at their birthdays (The Telegraph)
- How Netflix could be building the world’s most powerful movie business (The Hollywood Reporter)
- It’s only two months in, but is IGTV already a flop? (TechCrunch)
- Why Canada’s rep as a kids TV powerhouse may be dwindling (Globe and Mail)
- For some reason, three million people are still using Netflix to rent DVDs (IndieWire)
- The children’s book market in China is growing 28% year over year (Xinhua Net)
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