- China’s richest man wages a new US$9.5-billion war against Disney (Quartz)
- Here come the Snapchat-originating TV series (TubeFilter)
- Advertisers revisit the boob tube as digital ad spend growth starts to slow (MediaLife)
- Study finds iPads are as effective as general anesthesia among kids heading into surgery (ParentHerald)
- With sales of TV-connected devices up 143%, it looks like TV Everywhere isn’t going anywhere (CMO)
- Amazon’s Video Direct program is lucrative for creators—and why this matters for YouTube (Digiday)
- Best Buy bets big on VR (Bloomberg)
- Summer 2016 has become synonymous with the Hollywood blockbuster flop, but numbers are telling a different story (Fast Company)
- Meanwhile, Disney may roll a live-action adaptation of James and the Giant Peach towards the silver screen (Gizmodo)
- Researchers say the consequences of too much screen time among kids are beginning to show (The National Post)
- Behind YouTube’s Backstage plans to integrate social features (Venture Beat)
- Mark Zuckerberg wants to connect the planet, one mixed-reality experience at a time (Popular Science)
- Study sheds light on the secret lives of teens online (CNET)
- The US TV ratings system is failing parents, at least according to a new survey (CNN)
- Netflix will have more international subscribers than US ones by 2018 (Fortune)
- Google pinpoints this year’s back-to-school trends – behold the bags and Birkenstocks (AdWeek)
- Amazon’s new Kindle fund takes a global approach to digital reading (TechCrunch)
- Let’s call it a misstep: McDonald’s recalls 33 million unsafe Happy Meal activity trackers (CBC)
- DreamWorks CEO Katzenberg nabs a US$391-million payday following Comcast acquisition (Variety)
- Snapchat’s US audience is expected to see double-digit growth over the next two years (eMarketer)
- Let them eat cake? Denmark has found the ingredient to building empathy among kids (Quartz)
- Is Pokémon GO enthusiasm already waning? (Bloomberg)
- Philippe Dauman is officially out at Viacom and is leaving with a US$70-million payout (Fortune)
- Why the future of Netflix spending is in original content, rather than licensed fare (The Motley Fool)
- Analysis: Why it makes sense for Disney to acquire Hasbro (Seeking Alpha)
- Nintendo’s video games are reaping the benefits of the Pokémon GO craze (The Verge)
- A VR boom takes off in China (Fast Company)
- Apple pours more money into China (The Wall Street Journal)
- With new Pottermore eBooks, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter universe shows limitless growth (Wired)
- Unpaid overtime. Walkouts. Sausage Party animators say what really went into making the hot dog-themed hit. (Los Angeles Times)
- Disney may have real LED-powered lightsabers in the works (The Next Web)
- First fries, then fitness: McDonald’s adds wearable activity trackers to its Happy Meals (Digital Trends)
- How Snapchat makes its money (Recode)
- Inside the new 20,000-square-foot YouTube Space London, built for the creative class (Business Insider)
- Why are Canadian parents spending 43% more on back-to-school items than in 2015? (eMarketer)
- Meanwhile, parents in California are doling out US$1,000 for a pre-kindergarten boot camp (Los Angeles Times)
- Social seen: Amazon sends pilot episodes of its original kids series to YouTube and Facebook (TechCrunch)
- What Pete’s Dragon really means for Disney’s live-action fairy-tale future (Forbes)
- In the US and Europe, homes with young kids watch TV on a tablet more often than any other group (The Drum)
- Facebook’s ad-blocking battle raises questions over privacy (Variety)
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