- YouTube is struggling with inconsistent content moderators (WIRED)
- Continuing its awards sweep, Coco took home Best Animated Feature and Best Song at the Oscars (Polygon)
- Talk about home ownership: Amazon and Google Nest won’t sell each other’s products (Fortune)
- How trivia app HQ is creating a new on-demand viewing model (AdWeek)
- Disney’s revamped film schedule includes pushing Mulan to 2020 (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Freudian fun: A child psychologist reviews some of this year’s hottest toys (New York Magazine)
- Facebook says it had to nudge children into actually chatting on Messenger Kids (CNBC)
- Who’s using what: Pew Research Center dives into what the social media landscape looks like in 2018 (Pew Research)
- Seeing double? Despite lackluster Spectacles sales, Snap is working on a new version of its wearable camera (The Verge)
- A visit to Toys “R” Us and Maplin reveals why these retailers may be struggling right now (The Guardian)
- European pay-TV giant Sky is integrating Netflix for the first time (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Disney has shuttered its Movies Anywhere service amid legal dispute with Redbox (Variety)
- Pointing fingers: Experts say kids can’t properly hold their pencils because of digital devices (Global News)
- LEGO is launching sustainable, plant-based plastic pieces (CNBC)
- How Amazon Alexa is making its play to rule the AI space (WIRED)
- Why social app Vero beat Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat in the iOS app store last week (CNBC)
- A reunion for the ages: Disney and McDonald’s are joining forces for the first time in a decade (Ad Age)
- Netflix will likely have 700 original movies and shows available in 2018 (Tech Crunch)
- Being a YouTube star isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, with many creators struggling to make a buck (Bloomberg)
- Toys “R” Us is reportedly in talks to sell its growing Asian business to Fung Group (Bloomberg)
- Playing in the big league: Netflix officially spends more money on non-sports content than many traditional TV networks (Recode)
- Comcast crashes Fox’s bid for Sky with a US$31-billion takeover offer (BBC News)
- Samsung surprises Apple by partnering with Disney on its new AR Emoji feature (Tech Crunch)
- Netflix says its next 100 million subscribers will come from India (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Now that Black Panther has slayed the box office, can it do the same in the toy aisle? (Variety)
- Minor confusion? An 11-year-old has written a children’s guide to bitcoin (CNBC)
- Why gross-out toys are making a big splash this year (Gizmodo)
- Pop-up cameras could be the next big mobile trend (Tech Crunch)
- Black Panther has helped Disney make US$1 billion so far in 2018 (Forbes)
- When it comes to getting homework done, kids say YouTube is their biggest distraction (The Telegraph)
- Toys “R” Us may need to close another 200 stores (The New York Times)
- Child rights org Plan International’s new text app aims to reverse gendered language (Springwise)
- Those Angry Birds were flying a little low yesterday, with Rovio shares dropping nearly 50% (Reuters)
- Even with the success of Wonder Woman, female characters in top-grossing movies dropped in 2017 (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Mind the gap: Amazon is now worth more than 2.5 Walmarts (Recode)
- Facebook may have closed its Oculus studio, but the social media giant’s hardware chief says big AR/VR news is coming soon (Bloomberg)
- Let’s take a closer look at what it actually means for something to be “trending” (New York Magazine)
- Nintendo, LEGO, Marvel and more: Take a look at the world’s most innovative companies (Fast Company)
- How the massive success of Black Panther could change Hollywood (Vulture)
- Netflix has quietly dropped thousands of licensed movies from its library (Business Insider)
- Ed tech startup Kidaptive raises US$19 million (TechCrunch)
- How the incredibly popular Minions characters were created (Vanity Fair)
- Amazon’s Alexa is forever changing playtime (CNET)
- How social media has created this year’s biggest toy trends (Newsweek)
- Disney still the world’s most valuable media brand (Rapid TV News)
- Hasbro is testing out crowdfunding with a huge four-foot-long Star Wars toy (Gizmodo)
- Experts say kids aren’t addicted to their phones, they just have major FOMO (CNBC)
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