- Viacom shutters its VR studio (Variety)
- How kids app brands will have to rely on zero-data solutions to comply with the EU’s upcoming legislation (alistdaily)
- Snapchat has set up a new live-streaming feature for its publishing partners (Recode)
- Star Wars gets more inclusive with each movie, so why do those behind the camera still look the same? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Twitter makes its first quarterly profit in the company’s history (The Guardian)
- The power of online viewing has led Sony to shake up its TV and home entertainment businesses (Bloomberg)
- Well beyond TV: Viacom has officially acquired online video conference VidCon (Variety)
- Snap beat all expectations in Q4, adding 8.9 million daily users in the period (Recode)
- Remote controller: This popular gaming console will now let parents dictate how long their kid can use it (TechCrunch)
- Walmart’s next frontier comes with the acquisition of VR startup Spatialand (Recode)
- Praise pays off: Scientists say there’s a pathway in kids’ brains that links a positive attitude with achievement (CNBC)
- This parent explains why Facebook’s Messenger Kids is in her family’s future (TechCrunch)
- HoneyComb Kits enters the interactive toy space (Springwise)
- Coco continues to clean up: The Pixar toon swept the 45th Annie Awards on Saturday (Variety)
- YouTube Super Bowl ad views rose by 16% this year, with Amazon Alexa scoring the biggest touchdown (Deadline)
- Could household robots finally prove to be more than just expensive toys? (The Guardian)
- A new study looks at where words and images fall into the gendered toy debate (The New York Times)
- China’s CMC secures full ownership of Oriental DreamWorks (Variety)
- Viacom and CBS merger negotiations are officially back on (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Amazon overtakes Google and Apple as the world’s most valuable brand (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Despite experts’ concerns, Facebook says Messenger Kids is good for families (TechCrunch)
- Amazon has revealed its Video Direct compensation program – and creators may not like it (Tube Filter)
- In its Prime: Nearly half of US households currently have an Amazon membership (eMarketer)
- Mario is getting the big-screen treatment, courtesy of Nintendo and Illumination (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Ad spend across YouTube and Facebook will reach US$37 billion by 2022 (Tube Filter)
- How books and toys have given children a lifelong love for dinosaurs (The Guardian)
- Generation Z has spoken – and it doesn’t really want to be called that (The New York Times)
- Google removed 700,000 bad Android apps last year – a 70% increase over 2016 (The Verge)
- Lackluster holiday sales could mean Toys “R” Us has to renegotiate key lending terms (CNBC)
- Talk about smart toys: Albert Einstein’s small stone blocks are being recreated for 3D printing (Advertising Age)
- Is YouTube creating a tangible divide between large and small creators? (Digiday)
- It only took 10 months for the Nintendo Switch to outsell the Wii U (BBC News)
- A coalition of experts, including Common Sense Media, have asked Facebook to shut down Messenger Kids (WIRED)
- Mobile made up nearly 60% of e-commerce sales in 2017 (eMarketer)
- Is Snapchat’s future all about Bitmoji? The lifelike characters get a big update (Tech Crunch)
- Make room: Netflix is renewing Fuller House for a fourth season (Variety)
- BecDot launches an educational toy to help visually impaired children learn braille (Springwise)
- Google Play apps were downloaded 19 billion times in Q4 2017 – 145% more than Apple apps (Tech Crunch)
- Nintendo kills off its first mobile app Miitomo (Gizmodo)
- Why brick-and-mortar toy stores aren’t going anywhere (Polygon)
- Upping their social game: How mobile game developers are appealing to teens (Games Industry)
- HBO is targeting older Harry Potter fans with experiential marketing (alistdaily)
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