- Netflix finally enters China with an original content licensing deal (Forbes)
- The Writers Guild of America inches closer to a strike against prodcos (Variety)
- Dress-up apps may have faces of all colors, but parents have to pay a price for anything that’s not white (Glamour)
- What do Winnie the Pooh and SpongeBob have in common? They’re yellow, and apparently, that matters. (AV Club)
- When it comes to his own kids, Bill Gates may be as low-tech as it gets (Mashable)
- Netflix raises US$1 billion to finance new content and more (Venture Beat)
- Kids are naturally resilient, but where do we draw the line? Tech guru Sheryl Sandberg weighs in (New York Times)
- Are Disney’s Star Wars lands in for a rocky roller coaster ride? (The Guardian)
- Public poll: This is what consumers really think about VR (AdWeek)
- Emojis have turned into modern gargoyles (The Verge)
- YouTube is trying to teach UK kids about fake news and hate speech (BBC)
- A nail in the coffin for eavesdropping toys? California is aiming to ban them. (BuzzFeed News)
- Netflix can’t go it alone in Russia and is looking for a partner to help in the region (Hollywood Reporter)
- Meanwhile, Netflix’s competitor in emerging markets just raised US$90 million (TechCrunch)
- The director of the new movie Free Fire used Minecraft to block and design the whole thing (WIRED)
- How does a Chinese toddler prepare for an Ivy League school? With Peppa Pig, of course (Quartz)
- Perhaps Marvel can save slumping IMAX sales (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Talk about quick service: Australian youth can now apply for jobs at McDonald’s through Snapchat (Springwise)
- YouTube Live is eclipsing Twitch in viewer growth, but it still falls short in monetization (TubeFilter)
- How mobile publisher Jam City stays true to iconic brands like Peanuts and Smurfs (alistdaily)
- Facebook’s new augmented reality tech has some major real-world implications (Fast Company)
- Not to be outdone, Snapchat also rolls out new AR features (eMarketer)
- Have parents gone too far behind the vlog cameras? (New York Magazine)
- Not just Star Wars: Disney has Minnie Mouse to thank for its legendary licensing year (CNBC)
- How Mattel’s budding construction toy empire has its sights set on Lego (Fortune)
- Netflix on the verge of 100 million subs, but misses Q1 growth forecasts (Variety)
- …And what’s next for the streamer? It could be theaters (The Verge)
- Kids love their tablets, but good old-fashioned TV is still number one for viewing (Toronto Star)
- Walmart continues its battle with Amazon but has to cut 300 HQ employees in the process (Forbes)
- Hasbro wants to pull off what only Marvel has been able to do – build a cinematic universe (Motley Fool)
- Marvel’s film universe is reshaping Hollywood, so what’s the secret to the studio’s success? (Fast Company)
- Ahead of Netflix’s Q1 earnings, analysts are worried about the SVOD’s focus on originals (CNBC)
- Ready to Snap? Instagram Stories has become more popular than the app it cloned (eMarketer)
- Where does Toys “R” Us fit into a booming toy industry? (The Washington Post)
- Meanwhile, fans rejoice as Star Wars toys go Vintage…again (Gizmodo)
- Bring on the nurture: A study says babies develop racial bias as early as nine months (The Toronto Star)
- Beauty and the Beast is nearing that elusive US$1-billion mark (Variety)
- This social marketing agency’s Tug of Hope initiative will pull at the heartstrings (Springwise)
- Why universal pre-k programs can not only improve kids education, but also their health (Business Insider)
- Is Niantic taking full advantage of its Eggstravaganza Pokémon GO Easter event? (Forbes)
- Digital divide: Peak TV has had a different meaning to the US show writers readying for strike (Advertising Age)
- Bringing a galaxy far, far away a little bit closer, Star Wars VR headsets will launch at children’s hospitals (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Tamagotchis are back in a big way in Japan (CNET)
- Moshi Monsters studio extends its existence with new funding and a loan renegotiation (Bloomberg)
- If Facebook builds it, they will come: The platform’s Messenger app now has 1.2 billion users (Recode)
- Wall Street analysts say Disney films haven’t even reached their apex yet (CNBC)
- A teddy bear that can connect parents and kids from afar is taking off on Kickstarter (The Verge)
- How has Lego been able to massively turn around its brand since the dark days of 2003? (Stuff.co.nz)
- More than half of US households are using SVODS, and a whopping 75% of them are Netflix subscribers (TechCrunch)
- The virtual reality biz is expected to hit US$75 billion by 2021 (Variety)
- Meanwhile, this YouTube Red kids series bakes a live-tour experience into a new animated world (Family Tech)
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