- Behind the scenes at Viacom Lab and the ambitious tech-infused projects on its plate (Digiday)
- Living up to its name, the final Divergent film will launch on TV after disappointing box-office returns for Allegiant (Variety)
- Water fight: Inside the multi-million-dollar legal spat over inflatable pool toys (Bloomberg)
- Hackers get their hands on Pokémon GO (Time)
- Have Hollywood studios had enough of Comic-Con? (The Verge)
- Teen retailer Hot Topic is just that among Pokémon GO players (TechCrunch)
- Be prepared for an augmented reality boom (eMarketer)
- How children’s TV is putting a positive focus on LGBT characters (The Guardian)
- Chinese e-commerce outlets prefer selling their wares on Amazon over local platforms (CNBC)
- Doctor’s orders: Limit kids’ violent media intake (Tech Times)
- McDonald’s Japan cashes in on Pokémon GO—despite the app having yet to launch in the country (Bloomberg)
- Move over apps—teens are choosing chatbots (Venture Beat)
- Doodle Jump will leap into mobile eSports with a new Mario Kart-inspired game (alistdaily)
- Despite a solid debut, Ghostbusters can’t scare away The Secret Life of Pets at the US box office (Variety)
- Gender matters: Study shows kids make stereotypical toy choices as early as nine months old (Science Daily)
- What mobile sensation Pokémon GO has accomplished that these three startups could not (TechCrunch)
- Does social media weaken kids’ moral compasses? (MediaPost)
- It’s alive: How TV nets and SVODs stand to benefit from the Pokémon GO action (AdWeek)
- Why Apple’s Swift Playgrounds will churn out a whole new generation of young coders (Wired)
- Closing the “word gap” among kids involves bringing more books into low-income neighborhoods (The Atlantic)
- Comcast wants to help close the digital divide (Boston Globe)
- Advertising, the Snapchat way (Re/code)
- North American comic market reaches US$1.03 billion in 2015 (Publishers Weekly)
- Netflix has big plans ahead for The Little Prince, including a run at the 2017 Oscars (IndieWire)
- Is Disney’s box-office reign built to last? (The Guardian)
- Meanwhile, Ghostbusters takes top spot in Fandango’s advance ticket sales (Variety)
- Material girl: Mattel is working on Barbie’s self-image…again (The Washington Post)
- Why AR gaming could lead to real-life legal troubles (The Hollywood Reporter)
- YouTube has doled out US$2 billion to 8,000 rights holders via its ContentID program (Mashable)
- UK discount chain Poundland sells to South African retailer Steinhoff International for US$791 million (BBC)
- This new mobile reality show is trying to revolutionize product placement (Fast Company)
- Of all the big discoveries Pokemon Go is making, it may be that AR is more mainstream than VR (Fast Company)
- Fox moves to live-stream its primetime programming as viewing habits continue to shift (Los Angeles Times)
- Warner Bros. is being sued over Batcycle royalties (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Is the US undervaluing the potential of its youngest citizens? (The Atlantic)
- Augmented reality game Pokemon Go is significantly boosting Nintendo’s bottom line…(TechCrunch)
- …Even as the Pokemon Go-related injuries come to light (CBC)
- Disney just reached US$5 billion at the global box office in record time (Business Insider)
- Coming soon: Philippe Dauman’s departure from Viacom, according to the company’s top investor (Reuters)
- This nine-year-old girl’s books have caught the attention of Scholastic—and Hollywood (Deadline)
- Nearly 75% of US teens will own a smartphone this year (eMarketer)
- On the makings of Illumination’s US$75-million The Secret Life of Pets (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Disney is unleashing 400 emoji characters, but first kids will have to earn their keep (Tech Insider)
- The rise (and fall?) of subscription box services (Econsultancy)
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