- What a day: Americans spent nearly US$1 billion more on Cyber Monday this year over last year… (USA Today)
- …And this is what Gen Z teen girls are buying (AdWeek)
- Nostalgia at its best? Mr. Dressup has been voted Canada’s Most Memorable TV Thing (CBC News)
- How a new app called Jellies wants to be the next YouTube Kids (Tech Crunch)
- Marvel has rights to 7,000 characters, and the studio is going to use them in its next 20 movies (The Verge)
- Coco wins Thanksgiving with a North American box office opening weekend of US$70 million (Fortune)
- Niantic has raised US$200 million to create more AR games (Digital TV Europe)
- BBC Children’s director says the pubcaster can and will compete with Netflix (The Guardian)
- Adidas, Mars and more are suspending ads on YouTube over inappropriate content (Tube Filter)
- An unlikely pair? How a Marvel exec brought Nintendo stateside (WIRED)
- YouTube reveals its plan to handle inappropriate children’s content (Tube Filter)
- The newest Star Wars video game is stirring up some controversy (Variety)
- Thanksgiving e-commerce sales rose by 17% this year… (Tech Crunch)
- …And this is how online retailers are trying to outsmart Amazon (Fast Company)
- Shop until the internet drops: Cyber Monday is expected to haul in US$6.6 billion in sales this year (Bloomberg)
- Why a new rule at the Oscars could mean only big-name animated projects take home the prize (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Euro Disney is set to launch a major new attraction in 2024 (Forbes)
- Why the upcoming SpongeBob Broadway musical will be more than a kid-centered commercial novelty (The New York Times)
- DreamWorks Animation’s campus has sold for US$209 million (Variety)
- Pixar chief John Lasseter is taking a leave of absence following misconduct allegations (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Snap’s Spectacles are deemed one of the biggest tech misses of 2017 (USA Today)
- Why Amazon’s US$1-billion Lord of the Rings plans speak volumes about its TV ambitions (The Guardian)
- Mattel’s CEO talks about the need for a win this holiday (Fortune)
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi is tracking for a massive US$200-million US opening (Variety)
- Like it or not, the reality is that Facebook is seeing a sharp decline in usage (eMarketer)
- YouTube has a lot more purging to do, as inappropriate ‘kid’ videos rack up billions of views (Tube Filter)
- Why Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire may be the VR experience the mainstream deserves (The Verge)
- Nintendo is embracing the freemium model with its new Animal Crossing mobile release (Fast Company)
- How the voice-assistant market is coping with a major skill discovery and retention problem (alistdaily)
- Chinese tech company Tencent has crossed the US$500-billion valuation mark (Quartz)
- Sony Pictures joins Disney and Comcast in quest for Fox assets (Variety)
- YouTube bans ToyFreaks channel in order to regain control of its algorithm (Tech Crunch)
- Forget profits? Wall Street really only cares if a streamer can compete with Netflix and Amazon (CNBC)
- An early Snapchat investor dishes on what kind of tech catches Silicon Valley’s attention (Recode)
- Comcast, Verizon reportedly join Disney in Fox assets acquisitions talks (Variety)
- Pixar’s Coco is already setting records in Mexico (Fortune)
- For marketers, these strategies may be the key to winning Christmas 2017 (Advertising Age)
- Netflix has scored rights to a new superhero series starring Daisy Ridley (Engadget)
- Facebook launches an app for creators with analytics and production tools (Tube Filter)
- Mattel rebuffs Hasbro’s takeover strategy (CNBC)
- From Coco to LEGO Batman: How production designers created the look of this year’s animated blockbusters (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Amazon will reportedly drop its skinny TV service (TechCrunch)
- Mobile addiction is real…and getting worse (eMarketer)
- Sony Pictures’ upcoming Jumanji movie is the latest film to use VR as a marketing tool (alistdaily)
- Mattel has released its first Barbie with a hijab (BBC News)
- From Minions to Mario: Illumination Entertainment is making a Nintendo-themed movie (The Verge)
- Co-viewing is king, especially for brands that want to start a conversation (eMarketer)
- The head of LEGO made US$2.7 billion in one day after the toyco’s valuation rose rapidly (CNN Money)
- A UK consumer group is trying to ban a crop of IoT toys aimed at kids (TechCrunch)
November 28, 2017
November 27, 2017
November 24, 2017
November 23, 2017
November 22, 2017
November 21, 2017
November 20, 2017
November 17, 2017
November 16, 2017
November 15, 2017
Newsletter
