- Struggles of the selfie generation: Study shows social media is causing very low self-esteem among young girls (CNN)
- The best way to beat Mouse House dominance in 2017 is simple: Be anything but Disney (Forbes)
- DJI is leading a commercial drone market that’s replicating the early days of smartphones… (Quartz)
- …Speaking of which, the iPhone is gaining ground on Android in the US (Recode)
- Digital video viewers are going to climb to more than two billion this year (eMarketer)
- Apple is pitting itself against Netflix and Amazon in the original content game (Business Insider)
- Meanwhile, Amazon is getting into anime with a US$5 per month branded channel (Variety)
- A BBC documentary on child gender dysphoria isn’t being well received by some activists (The Guardian)
- The buzzword of 2017 is “Experience” and brands need to take note (AdWeek)
- Looks like Disney’s Dumbo may have its turn in the live-action limelight with a little help from Will Smith (Deadline)
- Snakebyte retracts its CES announcement of a Disney Kids streaming box (GameSpot)
- DreamWorks Feature Animation has a new president in a former Warner Bros. exec (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Instagram Stories is becoming the new place to be for advertisers (Recode)
- George Lucas goes big, with a US$1-billion museum of narrative art set to open in L.A. (TIME)
- Does Disney’s Moana have the chops to be an off-screen musical sensation? (Forbes)
- China says no to Pokémon GO and other AR games over security risks (Fortune)
- This holiday season wasn’t just about expanding waistlines…VR awareness grew, too (MediaPost)
- Three out of the four BAFTA Best Animated Film nominations are Disney flicks (Vanity Fair)
- Snap’s global push begins in the UK (TechCrunch)
- On properly teaching morality to kids (New York Magazine)
- Disney’s Zootopia bests Moana for best animated film at the Golden Globes (The Washington Post)
- Chinese upstart Xiaomi joins the IoT fray with kids smart assistant Mi Bunny (Variety)
- The price of entry for sports is becoming too high, especially for girls (Forbes)
- Will Instagram’s rewritten privacy policy help kids better understand what they’re signing up for? (Quartz)
- No better escape? Smartphone and tablet users spent US$967.6 million on games between Christmas and New Years (AdWeek)
- Despite being cancelled, Disney’s Girl Meets World still picks up a PGA nom (Variety)
- Intense air pollution might be affecting China’s box office (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Egg shells are cooler than seashells, especially if it’s thousands of Kinder eggs washing up on shore (Mashable)
- Nielsen delays debut of Total Content Ratings measurement after TV execs balk (Variety)
- The Internet of Things is a hit with parents (MarTechToday)
- When it comes to kids and giving praise, a new study shows the importance of getting it just right (New York Magazine)
- Apple’s App Store had its best month ever in December—and games are leading the charge (Verge)
- PewDiePie’s qualms with a five-year-old’s toy review channel are part of a larger conversation on kids’ YouTube consumption (TubeFilter)
- A weak holiday season has led US retailer Macy’s to close 63 stores and cut 10,000 jobs (Fortune)
- What does phase two of the internet of things have in store? (AdWeek)
- Amazon just had its best holiday season yet, doubling deliveries for third-party sellers (Reuters)
- Disney restructures its business in India, where the character licensing market is growing 18% every year (Forbes)
- Lego gives things a Boost at CES (The Verge)
- No more CCTV International: State-owned Chinese television has relaunched its foreign channels as CGTN (Variety)
- A subscription-based kids clothing line has already raised US$12.5 million (Forbes)
- Hold on, maybe kids do learn better from people than apps (NPR)
- Despite Nintendo’s sinking shares, Super Mario Run scores more than 40 million downloads (The Telegraph)
- More changes at DreamWorks Animation, as the company’s co-president bids farewell (Variety)
- Meanwhile, Illumination Entertainment’s Sing is starting things off on a high note (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Disney targets Snapchat’s massive youth base in a new original content deal (PC Mag)
- With not a Hatchimal in sight, other low-tech toys are offering high returns this holiday (CBC)
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