- Why Twitter’s video capability may have Disney in the mix as a potential buyer (Fortune)
- Mattel’s 3D toy printer, the ThingMaker, won’t be making things happen this fall after all (Engadget)
- AwesomenessTV goes on a signing spree, adding 10 new faces to its multi-channel network (TubeFilter)
- Canadian SVOD Shomi is shutting down amidst Netflix domination (Bloomberg)
- Snapchat and Spectacles—or Snap and Specs, as they’re now called—are on a quest for camera-glasses domination (Wired)
- The turf wars heat up in China, as Disney rival Wanda debuts its second theme park in the country (BBC News)
- Why toys-to-life has longevity for Warner Bros., according to Lego Dimensions’ game director (Venture Beat)
- How do you solve a problem like cyberbullying? (TechCrunch)
- Reading the market: Amazon is packing its new US$100 Kindle e-reader with 250,000 children’s titles (Wired)
- India will welcome 65 Toys “R” Us-branded outlets over the next 10 years (The Economic Times)
- Lego’s potential reaches new heights—literally—in this new drone-building kit (Engadget)
- There are now double the number of advertisers on Instagram than there were six months ago (Fast Company)
- A third Star Wars Anthology film is definitely in the works for 2020, says Disney CEO Bob Iger (Digital Spy)
- Any surprises here? YouTube’s popularity soars among teens, with 91% of them using the video-sharing site (eMarketer)
- By putting screens in the background, connected toys are preparing to take over the playroom (The Guardian)
- The rise of social and sensory issues among preschoolers—and why good old-fashioned play can help (The Washington Post)
- Viacom’s interim CEO Tom Dooley will swiftly exit the company in November (The Wrap)
- SVOD goals: Netflix aims to have a 50-50 split between original and licensed content (Digital TV Europe)
- New Amazon series Toy Wars will follow the real-life rivalry between Hasbro and Mattel (Deadline)
- Homido enters the VR kids space with an affordable line of Google Cardboard-compatible headsets (alistdaily)
- Screen time usage is up among Aussie kids, but they’re still watching less than their American friends (ABC)
- How a 12,000-square-foot touring Avatar attraction will keep fan interest alive between films (The Wall Street Journal)
- As of last month, these are the 100 most-subscribed YouTube channels in the world (TubeFilter)
- Unsurprisingly, Nintendo’s upcoming NX console will have a Pokémon presence (TechCrunch)
- With the help of newfound partner Alibaba, Target has big retail plans in China (Business Insider)
- Looks like Brexit has yet to impact UK retail sales, which rose 6.2% last month (The Wall Street Journal)
- After tracking 5,000 of the smartest kids in America for 45 years, you learn a thing or two (Business Insider)
- Hasbro’s new Rogue One-themed app brings special effects—and toys—into the fold (Mashable)
- What kids‘ TV-watching habits look like in 2016 (TubeFilter)
- So simple, yet so complicated: What really motivates a smartphone user to download an app? (eMarketer)
- The changing face of Hollywood, as Netflix continues to suck dollars—and eyeballs—away from Tinseltown (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Apple’s Tim Cook thinks AR is even more interesting than VR (The Verge)
- Could lift-the-flap books actually hinder the acquisition of new words among kids? (Science Daily)
- The new YouTube Community is officially born (Business Insider)
- All 11 Star Wars films land on Turner’s TNT and TBS following a multi-year deal with Disney (Los Angeles Times)
- Here’s where former DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg thinks Hollywood is headed (Fortune)
- From coloring books to Clue, a look at the 12 finalists for the 2016 US National Toy Hall of Fame (USA Today)
- How do helpless infants evolve into capable children, and later intellectual adults? Scientists have some theories. (The New Yorker)
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