- Mattel is reporting weak holiday sales this year (Fortune)
- Australian children’s TV quotas might be slashed in biggest overhaul to kids TV in decades (Daily Telegraph)
- Family and tween shows – Anne with an E, Fuller House and Riverdale top Netflix’s most binged shows of 2017 (Forbes)
- One question has yet to be answered in the YouTube Kids controversy – why do people make these videos? (Stuff.co.nz)
- Don’t say fanny pack and other notes on standards and practices in kids TV (Slate)
- The Breadwinner, Coco up for Best Animated Film Golden Globes (Variety)
- What do The Powerpuff Girls and The Simpsons have in common? Useless mayors in kids TV are everywhere (Slate)
- New US research is connecting more screen time with less sleep, higher BMIs among kids (CTV News)
- They see you when you’re sleeping: Hackers can spy on children using popular holiday toys (CBS News)
- Live video-streaming platforms are not necessarily resonating with consumers (MediaPost)
- Disney looks to the tech world for its two newest board members (Los Angeles Times)
- YouTube is rumored to be launching a paid music streaming service in 2018 (Fast Company)
- Why small studios are set to shine at tonight’s inaugural European Animation Awards (Variety)
- Why former Oculus Story Studio creatives are adapting Neil Gaiman’s Wolves in the Walls into a VR feature for Sundance (Tech Crunch)
- Want kids four to six to perform boring tasks? Let them dress up as Batman (We Forum)
- Why are hot holiday toys always sold out? It’s time to blame the buying bots (The New York Times)
- LEGO just won its first court case against Chinese copycats (Financial Post)
- Study says kids as young as five are showing racial bias (CBC News)
- Amazon ends a war on one front: Prime Video is now available on Apple TV (Vulture)
- Why are kids entranced by low-quality videos of trains? (Slate)
- Playing with Fire? Google-Amazon feud will lead to restricted YouTube access on certain Amazon devices (BBC News)
- James Murdoch could replace Bob Iger as Fox resumes sale talks with Disney (Fortune)
- A whopping 2.73 billion people will have a web-connected smartphone by the end of this year (eMarketer)
- Just in time for the holidays, university researches say too many toys can be bad for children (Telegraph)
- Netflix is bringing its choose-your-own-adventure shows to adults (Engadget)
- Digital ad spend has surpassed TV this year, reaching US$209 billion worldwide (Recode)
- Coco tops the 45th annual Annie Awards nominations with 13 (Variety)
- Viacom’s CEO says a comeback is coming for the company…but investors remain skeptical (Deadline)
- How Sesame Street has taught kids everything they need to know (Slate)
- Widespread sales of voice assistants prove they are more than just a gimmick (eMarketer)
- Toys “R” Us troubles hit the UK as 25 retail locations set to close (BBC News)
- Goodbye glam? Scientists propose a ban on glitter that could impact toys and crafts (Fortune)
- Best known for renting physical DVDs, Redbox is being sued by Disney for handing out digital downloads (The Verge)
- Video is set to make up 75% of all mobile traffic in five years (Recode)
- Nintendo’s Animal Crossing is a mobile hit, so why isn’t it generating much revenue? (Forbes)
- Startup Graphic India is looking to create the next Marvel-like property with US$5 million in new funding (Tech Crunch)
- Why Russia’s underserved toy market is rather alluring to Disney (Reuters)
- Vine’s co-founder is already thinking about tech’s next big thing (Tube Filter)
- Artificial Intelligence could be heading down a bad path, but it’s not too late to implement a moral compass (Recode)
- China isn’t sick of Hollywood just yet (The Hollywood Reporter)
- A trustee on the Toys “R” Us bankruptcy case is not happy with the number of bonuses being handed out (USA Today)
- Despite age restrictions, half of UK under-13s are all over social media platforms (BBC News)
- The price of popularity? Police bust a Peppa Pig counterfeit goods ring in China (Telegraph)
- LEGO is bringing its playsets to life in a new AR app (Tech Radar)
- BBC Worldwide and BBC Studios are merging into a single operation (Variety)
- Despite a decline in viewership numbers, Ofcom says live TV is still important to UK kids (Digital TV Europe)
- Ad agencies are scrambling to keep up with demand for Amazon Alexa content (AdWeek)
- Welcome to the neighborhood: A Mister Rogers documentary is in the works for 2018 (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How the tech industry is leaning into Gen Z this holiday season (NPR)
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