- Avatar‘s art director delves into original VR content for kids and families (Variety)
- The dark, disturbing cartoons of YouTube (BBC)
- With Power Rangers flying high at the box office, the film’s sequel may come with a feminist twist (Vanity Fair)
- Consumer spending continues to rise in the UK, despite Brexit uncertainty (The Telegraph)
- Don’t give up on hoverboards just yet (The Verge)
- Get ready for 15 more years of Star Wars stories (The Verge)
- Amy Schumer is Barbie no more (Variety)
- Think bigger: As huge as it may be, Amazon is only getting started (The Economist)
- Why an LBGTQ Power Ranger represents a big step forward for superhero movies (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Now that YouTube is putting out 360-degree music videos, is kids content next? (TubeFilter)
- Disney CEO Bob Iger has re-upped his contract to 2019 (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Netflix maintains a lead in streaming TV, but Hulu viewing engagement is not far behind (Recode)
- Could Captain Underpants be the next hit franchise DreamWorks has been looking for? (Forbes)
- Do older moms raise happier kids? (TIME)
- Total Recall writer accuses Disney of stealing his idea for Zootopia (The Guardian)
- Chinese co-productions still need to figure out how to make things work (Variety)
- US restaurant chain Chipotle and Yo Gabba Gabba creators team up for “unbranded” kids series (AdAge)
- Has the retail apocalypse officially descended on the US? (Business Insider)
- Or can child-focused activity hub KidZania keep parents coming back to the mall? (Bloomberg)
- How Roblox is discovering next gen developers and entrepreneurs ([a]list)
- As Power Rangers morphs up for the big screen, Haim Saban reflects on the IP that made him a billionaire (L.A. Times)
- Apple launches its own version of Snapchat (TechCrunch)
- Transformers represents big changes for Hasbro, which is eyeing its own Marvel-sized movie empire (Los Angeles Times)
- How can toycos successfully break into China, where playtime is secondary to schoolwork? (Advertising Age)
- Tech has a diversity problem and children’s books may have a way to fix it (The Bookseller)
- Malaysia will release an uncut Beauty and the Beast after all—but with a PG-13 rating (Stuff)
- The fairy tale continues for Disney as Beauty and the Beast sets new records (Variety)
- Social sweet spot: How Hasbro’s Pie Face has defined a new age of viral play (The Washington Post)
- Looks like Viacom-owned Paramount Pictures isn’t receiving a US$1-billion funding injection from China after all (MarketWatch)
- According to a list of recalled goods in Europe, toys are more dangerous than cars and electrical items (Quartz)
- YouTube is being accused of restricting LGBTQ content (TubeFilter)
- With a US$60-million media budget in hand, what Toys “R” Us’ new CMO has in store for the retail giant (AdAge)
- Why a wave of PG-rated moves is overtaking Hollywood (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Hulu is hiring a chief content officer to beef up its slate of originals (Deadline)
- Fake Peppa Pig is on the loose, at least on YouTube (Outline)
- Fast Retailing will take on new meaning for Uniqlo over the next five years (Bloomberg)
- From Pennsylvania Avenue to Sesame Street: President Trump’s proposed budget wants to slash all funding to PBS (The Wrap)
- A whopping 82% of kids in Netflix-only homes don’t know what TV ads are (Independent)
- More than half of US Amazon customers are using Prime (eMarketer)
- As robot-making continues to take off, this toy startup just raised US$30 million (Tech Crunch)
- Lego-compatible adhesive tape is about to make those little bricks even more universal (PC Mag)
- Netflix is one step closer to becoming a movie studio, now that a former Universal exec is leading its film efforts (Engadget)
- The need for speed: What Hasbro’s digital marketing SVP has to say about live video strategies in 2017 (Adweek)
- Childhood laziness kicks in at around age seven (CBC)
- A YouTube Red series just outperformed popular Amazon and Netflix shows (Tubefilter)
- Not all smart toys are a problem, but parents need to be better informed of what’s at stake (USA Today)
- One week in, and Nintendo Switch has sold 1.5 million consoles globally (Polygon)
- Why R&D unit Viacom Next is saying no to a SpongeBob VR experience (Variety)
- Unhappy deal: A Canadian lawyer wants to sue McDonald’s for inappropriately advertising to kids (Montreal Gazette)
- Exploring the root of a child’s tech addiction, and how we can effectively stop it (Chicago Tribune)
- Growth from ads—not users—will be the ticket to Snap’s future payday (Recode)
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