- Will Tomy’s new AI action-figure video game Lightseekers put the spotlight back on the toys-to-life world? (Forbes)
- Cable is stable: Analysts say linear TV remains the most lucrative platform for content companies (Broadcasting & Cable)
- A study shows Netflix has room to spare for more original content (Deadline)
- Toddlers who watch too much TV could have impaired social skills by their 13th birthdays (Montreal Gazette)
- Why competitors like Amazon and Hulu should matter to Netflix (Newsweek)
- More Minecraft-inspired curriculum is hitting US schools (Fast Company)
- The potential security risks that come along with connected toys (news.com)
- Oh the irony: Old media is simultaneously a target and support system for digital media companies (Bloomberg)
- Step aside, Bieber and PewDiePie. A four-year-old boy has the most-viewed YouTube channel in the world. (TubeFilter)
- Understanding a frugal, skeptical and competitive Generation Z (Fast Company)
- The secret to Lego’s success, according to the company’s global social media director (Cleveland.com)
- Filmmaker Jon Favreau’s Gnomes & Goblins offers a lesson in immersive VR content (The Hollywood Reporter)
- What an impending reduction in container shipping will mean for the holiday retail season (Global Toy News)
- Facebook-owned Oculus wins first Emmy for kids VR short film Henry (Variety)
- Fit for more success? Pokémon GO is making its way to the Apple Watch (The Verge)
- Is Disney going down a slippery slope by finger-scanning three-year-olds? (Fortune)
- Why kindergarten in 2016 looks a lot like yesterday’s first grade (The Washington Post)
- The truth behind dreams, as explained by preschoolers (YouTube)
- Lego is struggling to keep up with high demand for its colorful blocks—especially in North America (Fortune)
- The lucrative world of antique dolls says a lot about the timeless appeal of collectibles (Bloomberg)
- Hot Wheels gets into the self-driving car race (The Verge)
- Where should cellphones stand when it comes to the classroom? (CBC)
- Time machine? Netflix-watching kids are skipping 150 hours of commercials a year (Business Insider)
- Meanwhile, Amazon eyes opportunities in France as Netflix scales back (Variety)
- Snapchat ad revenue will swell to nearly US$1 billion by next year (eMarketer)
- What Lenovo’s new Yoga Book says about the future of tablets (The Verge)
- After lagging sales, Disney discontinues its Marvel: Avengers Alliance games (GameSpot)
- Comcast’s DreamWorks takeover is being met with anti-trust allegations in China (Variety)
- Why, despite the outrage, YouTube isn’t exactly censoring its content creators (TubeFilter)
- DC is watching a physical comic book revival unfold (Los Angeles Times)
- Facebook’s underage invisible users are hardly that to cyberbullies (The Atlantic)
- The children (and Walmart) have spoken: The top 25 toys for this holiday season (USA Today)
- MTV is rethinking its Video Music Awards strategy due to evolving audience habits (The Hollywood Reporter)
- The American mall is getting a boost from the world of entertainment (The Wall Street Journal)
- How Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood has shaped modern advice-giving (The Atlantic)
- A look at how previous media cycles can inform VR’s rise among children (Entrepreneur)
- Far beyond fingers—this California startup is paving the way in knuckle-controlled smartphones (Re/code)
- Back-to-school spending will top US$27 billion this year in the US, with discount stores leading the pack (Forbes)
- Fan favorite: YouTube shoots to the top of the list of kids’ most-coveted brands (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Flight of the cord-cutters: More than 800,000 US pay-TV subscribers dropped their packages in Q2 2016 (Los Angeles Times)
- New Nielsen study shows YouTube and linear TV actually help each other out (AdWeek)
- Struggles continue for teen retailer Abercrombie (Forbes)
- PewDiePie’s newest game shows what it takes to be a YouTube star (The Verge)
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