- Forget summer, can strong first and last quarters save the 2017 box office? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- eSports may not be making an Olympic run, after all (Advertising Age)
- A book series about little girls who code may just be the next Baby-Sitters Club (TechCrunch)
- Snapchat users are loyal, spending 20% more time on the app in the past six months (Recode)
- Disney may cut up to 300 jobs at its Disney-ABC television arm (Los Angeles Times)
- Hertz develops a rental car that lets kids color every inch of the interior (Springwise)
- DreamWorks’ Voltron series is getting its own VR game (Engadget)
- Why the toy industry relies on the creativity of women (Forbes)
- How did a nine-year-old girl become a designer for LEGO? (Mashable)
- Hasbro and DC Comics engage in a legal spat over Bumblebee trademark (Variety)
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar and beyond, welcome to the next wave of AR apps (TechCrunch)
- Netflix is going to keep pumping out content, and doesn’t care if it makes a few flops (The Atlantic)
- Apple and Hollywood can’t agree on the price of 4K movie rentals (Recode)
- Inside Nintendo’s unexpected mobile hit (The Verge)
- Nintendo is quietly closing its Miiverse social network (The Verge)
- Netflix and Amazon are heading for a showdown over Anime (Decider)
- YouTube starts rolling out redesign, desktop-first (Tube Filter)
- A new way for gaming apps to get noticed: Megacool mobile clip sharing site goes live (Venture Beat)
- The UK TV industry is at risk of losing US$1.2 billion a year to Amazon, YouTube and Facebook (The Guardian)
- Australian streaming market to heat up with CBS purchase of Network Ten (Advertising Age)
- Fictitious rumor? This YA book publisher is being accused of cheating The New York Times Bestseller List (The Verge)
- Taylor Swift gives a lesson in modern-day music downloads (Recode)
- Live TV is still US viewers’ first choice to watch, but Netflix is catching up quickly (Tech Crunch)
- Another day, another SVOD: Viacom is rolling out new service Paramount+ (Variety)
- Thanks to AI, Hollwood heavyhitters may no longer be running the show 20 years from now (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Melinda Gates is worried about tech’s affect on kids (Washington Post)
- A retail futurist weighs in on selling new experiences (CMO)
- Snapchat turns its focus to original scripted content (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How Disney is using AI to predict the popularity of short stories (Engadget)
- Will Walmart’s placement of its products on e-shopping mall Google Express pose any threat to Amazon? (The New York Times)
- Meanwhile, the classroom may be Amazon’s next big frontier (Fortune)
- Freeze! That’s what parents can do to their kids’ phones with this new app (CBS)
- Netflix splits its viewers into 2,000 taste groups…and other secrets behind the SVOD’s recommendation system (WIRED)
- Survey says 36% of US Millennials would likely pay for Disney’s upcoming streaming service (TechCrunch)
- How animation software After Effects is revolutionizing app user-interface design (Fast Company)
- Nickelodeon won’t be going under the sea any time soon, as Viacom backs out of resort in the Philippines (The Guardian)
- Musical.ly is hoping to move beyond tween girls with its new redesign (Variety)
- Teens and tweens are leaving Facebook faster than ever, which bodes well for Snapchat (AdWeek)
- Target’s chief merchandising officer on how the retailer is zeroing in on the children’s market (MarketWatch)
- Comcast, Amazon and Apple are reportedly collaborating on a new movie rental service (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Chinese Millennial moms want to “buy American,” especially when it comes to baby products and toys (Smartbrief)
- Playing with postage: UK stamps are paying tribute to the toy world (BBC)
- Amazon and Alibaba are just the beginning: What’s next for e-commerce? (Tech Crunch)
- Cord-cutting is getting more expensive than a cable bundle, so what’s the point? (WIRED)
- Collectibles rage on, as people line up overnight for the opening of a new Funko HQ (Forbes)
- The oldest kids in kindergarten may have a better chance of making it to the Ivy Leagues than their younger peers (Time)
- Is it beginning to look a lot like Christmas? Moderately strong holiday sales are predicted this year (eMarketer)
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