- The AT&T-Time Warner merger has officially been approved (Variety)
- Avengers: Infinity War joins the US$2-billion club (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Why both couch and phone shows have a place in the TV landscape (The Atlantic)
- Is a narrative built from social media posts the future of TV? (The New Yorker)
- From Adidas to LEGO: IKEA is signing on a lot of new, uncharacteristic partners (Fortune)
- Amazon Studios’ new boss is shaking things up by searching for new talent (New York Times)
- Can it keep up? Hulu reportedly lost US$436 million in the first quarter of 2018 (Fast Company)
- Even with all of the security concerns, Fitbit rolls out its fitness tracker for kids (The Verge)
- Podcast ads generated US$314 million last year and that number is set to double by 2020 (Tubefilter)
- Pixar’s co-founder John Lasseter will not be returning to the studio following his leave of absence (New York Times)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child racked up six Tony Awards, including Best Play (SyFy)
- Next year, people around the world will spend more time online than watching TV for the first time (Recode)
- What today’s shows can learn from how Mister Rogers talked to kids (The Atlantic)
- How Hulu, Roku and YouTube are focusing on quality over quantity to compete in the SVOD space (Variety)
- Facebook is planning to take on Twitch with a video game streaming feature (CNET)
- Apple is overhauling Siri in hopes that it can outshine Alexa (Business Insider)
- Who would pay that much for a mask? Insight into the shadowy world of movie collectibles (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How the Annecy International Animated Film Festival is impacting the industry (Variety)
- Apple doubles down on the future of augmented reality wearables (WIRED)
- Instagram may soon push for long-form video (Rapid TV News)
- Sonos plans to set itself apart in the voice assistant market, by not creating one (CNN Tech)
- What the potential folding of kids channel France 4 will mean for the French animation industry (Variety)
- Toys “R” Us was close to a deal that could have prevented its demise (Bloomberg)
- The price of principles: WhatsApp’s co-founders reportedly gave up US$1.3 billion to walk away from Facebook (CNBC)
- Amazon has dropped controversial connected toy CloudPets from its site (CNET)
- How Netflix is forcing traditional broadcasters to cannibalize their business models (The Hollywood Reporter)
- The British government has given Comcast the go-ahead to bid on Sky and Fox (Variety)
- Apple takes on popular emoticon app Bitmoji with its new Memoji update (Mashable)
- Coming of age: How Komixx finances programming both kids and young adults want to watch (Broadcast Now)
- So far, Disney has managed to earn back a quarter of the US$4 billion it paid for Lucasfilm (Forbes)
- Despite big Western titles, a Japanese cartoon is crushing the Chinese box office (Variety)
- How Fortnite is actually giving its competitors a boost (CNBC)
- Meanwhile, Nintendo shares suffered its biggest two-day drop in 18 months without explanation (Bloomberg)
- Fairfax has completed its purchase of Toys “R” Us Canada (The Toronto Star)
- A judge has ruled that STX can keep using its “No Sesame, All Street” marketing (The New York Times)
- New research shows YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat are tops with teens, while Facebook takes a dive (PEW)
- How Nintendo mastered the art of rebooting with its retro consoles (PC Mag)
- New survey finds more consumers are ready to ditch the shopping carts and go fully online (Fast Company)
- Some old McDonald’s toys could be worth serious cash, experts say (The Independent)
- DreamWorks Animation announces new release dates for 2021 and beyond (Deadline)
- With a raft of new, exclusive content on hand, can Apple take on Netflix? (TechCrunch)
- Following the fall of TRU, Kohl’s is the latest department store adding toys to its roster (USA Today)
- How Disney is creating opportunities for diverse software engineers with CODE: Rosie (Fast Company)
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