- Bundling boom: North Americans and Europeans are spending more than ever on combined TV services (Digital TV Europe)
- Toys “R” Us is seeing a new future in viral marketing (Fortune)
- The surge in collectible toy sales may have little to do with kids (Inverse)
- Pokémon Go is still going strong with 65 million monthly users (AdWeek)
- Snapchat’s biggest growth is coming from its personalized emoji app (Recode)
- Disney officially finds way for The Rock’s Jungle Cruise (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Nintendo’s Switch console could end up being bigger than the Wii (Bloomberg)
- New research finds kids on the autism spectrum struggle to read facial expressions (Reuters)
- Screen time is bad for tots? And four other myths about children and their devices (The Huffington Post)
- Why films like The Boss Baby can be difficult for adoptees and foster kids (The New York Times)
- YouTube TV has officially arrived in the US, and the boob tube may never be the same again (Wired)
- The American retail sector will likely have its worst quarter in four years (eMarketer)
- Australia has rolled out a new curriculum to combat sexism early on, but will it help? (ABC Australia)
- Young, sporty and Chinese: What the Black Power Ranger says about his big-screen role (Variety)
- Videogames are making the wealthy even richer in Japan (Forbes)
- Amazon may be shelling out US$70 million in refunds for in-app purchases… (CNET)
- …Meanwhile, Amazon’s physical bookstores signal the company’s next retail chapter (CNBC)
- The best way to get kids off their screens is for parents to do the same (CBC)
- The latest company to give Snapchat a run for its money is, surprisingly, Microsoft (TechCrunch)
- The pillars behind NBCUniversal’s billion-dollar push into data-based advertising (Adweek)
- The changing face of internet privacy, now that President Trump has repealed protections imposed last year (Recode)
- Can you reinvent a series the fifth time around? Shrek 5′s writer says he can (AV Club)
- Google releases its guide to what Gen Z teens think is cool (The Verge)
- A carnival ride that measures a passenger’s physiological response? The future has truly arrived (Fast Company)
- A YouTuber has figured out a way to game the platform’s algorithm (TubeFilter)
- Unlike Netflix, Amazon is quickly becoming a cinema industry darling (Quartz)
- Boss Baby overtakes Beauty and the Beast at the box office with a US$50-million opening weekend (Deadline)
- Meanwhile, in Japan, Sing has been striking a major chord for three weeks in a row (Variety)
- Coding might be the key to helping kids on the autism spectrum learn effectively (The Huffington Post)
- Not to be outdone by copycats, Snapchat introduces a search function (TubeFilter)
- From A to T: Apple and Amazon are racing toward a US$1-trillion market capitalization (Forbes)
- Crayola’s 24-pack is kicking Dandelion to the curb and letting kids name the new color (NPR)
- Can Joss Whedon bring credibility to the DC universe with the first-ever Batgirl film? (Vanity Fair)
- Musical.ly’s users are younger than most other apps, and privacy concerns are surfacing (WKBW)
- Alibaba takes a tumble, reporting a US$139-million loss (Hollywood Reporter)
- ABC wants to win the hearts of young girls with a new boy band series (Variety)
- Paramount wants to take a page from Disney’s movie playbook (The Guardian)
- How mobile platform Quidd is bringing digital collectibles to super-fans (alistdaily)
- Netflix Originals don’t fail, but they may fade (GQ)
- Oh, the irony: A new app is trying to beat kids’ screen addictions (USA Today)
- A new music messaging startup has nabbed US$5 million in funding (Tubefilter)
- Are there real merits to a toy-free kindergarten classroom? (The Atlantic)
- With the US placing 38 out of 71 countries in math skills, will STEM toys be able to make up the difference? (CNBC)
- In Syria, meanwhile, apps are powerful educational tools for refugee children (Mashable)
- Synergy between Paramount and Nickelodeon is kicking into high gear with upcoming feature film Amusement Park (The Wrap)
- Speaking of theme parks, this is how Disney’s are riding the tech wave toward higher revenues (Forbes)
- The Justice League films are getting the VR treatment from Warner Bros. and IMAX (TechCrunch)
- The number of North American pay-TV subscribers will fall 9% by 2022 (DigitalTV Europe)
- The ultimate winners and losers of the YouTube ad freeze (Advertising Age)
- Is the movie biz in trouble because of at-home rentals? (Variety)
- Meanwhile, it’s home entertainment—and not the box office—that’s suffering at the hand of Netflix (The Guardian)
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