- The House of Mouse unveils plans for Disney Digital Network moving forward (Variety)
- A cross between Hunger Games and Minecraft, Fortnite is clearly getting something very right (The New York Times)
- SpongeBob SquarePants and Frozen are both in the running for Best Musical at the Tonys (The Hollywood Reporter)
- With privacy and child-development concerns in the air, some are asking if kids really need voice assistants (Adweek)
- Avengers: Infinity War shatters records with a US$630-million global opening weekend (Variety)
- Talk about brand extension: Disney Research has created an electronic arm inspired by Big Hero 6‘s Baymax (TechCrunch)
- Even if wearables aren’t doing particularly well, Snapchat still needs its Spectacles (WIRED)
- Do kids need to know how blockchain and bitcoin work? This new children’s book thinks so (CNET)
- After two decades, Aardman’s chickens are ready for a second run (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Disney’s new Force Jacket may bring a whole new level of sensation to the brand…literally (Variety)
- The Choose Your Own Adventure book concept is journeying to the big screen with Fox (The Verge)
- Never too full of emotions: Empatico is the latest learning tool designed to build empathy in students (Springwise)
- Shanghai Disney’s massive growth stems from an entertainment-hungry middle class (Bloomberg)
- Snapchat unveils AR filters for games called Snappables (VentureBeat)
- Seeding success: Perhaps it’s finally time for the US to embrace more nature schools for preschoolers (The Atlantic)
- Video game loot boxes are considered illegal gambling in Belgium (BBC)
- Comcast has made an official US$31-billion offer for Sky (Variety)
- Is 16 the new 13? WhatsApp raises its minimum age ahead of new regulations in Europe (TechCrunch)
- TV viewing is still tops for kids worldwide…but not necessarily in China (Rapid TV News)
- How augmented reality is transforming the museum experience (WIRED)
- Amazon confirms it is creating a new Fire TV Cube streaming device (CNBC)
- For the first time, Facebook reveals how it polices the social network (The Washington Post)
- The (human) world is not enough: Amazon’s next project involves building domestic robots (Bloomberg)
- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is getting a sequel in December 2019 (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How Pixar managed to animate a living dumpling (The Verge)
- The cost of creativity? Netflix is raising another US$1.5 billion in debt financing (TechCrunch)
- Why are console games still available on discs rather than digital downloads? (VentureBeat)
- Talk Gen Z to me: Understanding the slang words of today’s youth (news.com.au)
- The UK’s Health Secretary is telling social media companies to protect kids online or face the consequences (BBC News)
- Investment firm Fairfax has reportedly agreed to buy Toys “R” Us Canada (BNN)
- MoviePass shot onto the scene and promised to save the box office…so what happened? (Variety)
- Hey Alexa, what do most people use you for? Smart speakers are becoming an increasingly important shopping tool (eMarketer)
- The streaming wars are heating up as Hulu is now valued at US$8.7 billion (Bloomberg)
- Verizon has debuted new kid-tracking and monitoring tech (CNET)
- The 100 million club: Amazon reveals its Prime subscription numbers (The Hollywood Reporter)
- A Series of Unfortunate Events and The Fred Rogers Company are among this year’s Peabody Awards youth winners (Variety)
- FuboTV has raised US$75 million for its 70-plus online channel service (Recode)
- Next-level personal shopping: Zara launches an AR app to draw teens in-store (Teen Vogue)
- Nintendo strengthens its parental control offerings for Switch (Variety)
- Toys “R” Us has reportedly rejected MGA Entertainment’s rescue offer (Bloomberg)
- Sony Pictures Animation has teamed up with two Chinese prodcos for Wish Dragon (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Steven Spielberg is reaching for superhero status with DC Comics (Variety)
- Can virtual reality really change how humans connect with each other? (The Verge)
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