- Netflix adds former Disney exec Anne Sweeney to its board of directors (The Wrap)
- DreamWorks Animation breathes a sigh of relief after Home wins weekend box office (Variety)
- Another blow to Canadian retail and win for cybershopping as FutureShop stores close (Huffington Post)
- Post-Sony, Hollywood continues to bolster its digital security efforts (New York Times)
- Warner Bros. continues to build Lego empire with spinoff movie Billion Brick Race (Hollywood Reporter)
- Analysts divided on the potential for the stateside debut of DreamWorks’ Home (Variety)
- Netflix cues up Inspector Gadget CGI reboot with release of new trailer (Mashable)
- Potential film franchise? Sony Pictures scoops up the rights to Robotech (Forbes)
- No longer newcomers: Amazon, Netflix are now the establishment in online streaming (New York Times)
- Can children’s books bolster indie bookstores? (Business Review Weekly)
- YouTube might be preparing its own live-game streaming competitor to Twitch (The Guardian)
- To the relief of fans, Minecraft convention Minecon returns after Microsoft purchase (VentureBeat)
- Russo brothers to take over billion-dollar Avengers franchise from Joss Whedon (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Hulu vets officially launch online video subscription service Vessel, but will consumers buy in to its mini-YouTube format? (Tech Crunch)
- DreamWorks and Pixar animators launch Indiegogo campaign for new animated series (Indiegogo)
- Disney app Tsum Tsum hits the US$300 million mark in revenue, driven by Japanese mobile messaging service Line (Games Industry)
- Adding up the audience views: PBS KIDS’ math-based show Odd Squad pulls strong January ratings (Forbes)
- With more competition than ever from emerging video sites, can YouTube retain the same number of eyeballs? (Variety)
- Netflix Australia undercuts its local competitors with low US$6.99 per month pricing (Variety)
- As more viewers cut the cord, content companies are making the jump to OTT (Mashable)
- The future of TV distribution in Canada will be determined today while cable unbundling is well underway in the US (Toronto Star)
- With restructure efforts, Viacom looks to adapt to new TV landscape, falling ratings (The Street)
- How Disney’s blockbuster films have evolved from the 1980s to now (Motley Fool)
- Target pockets US$1.6 billion tax break for leaving Canada (CBC)
- Why Netflix may face an uphill battle in the original movie biz by its lack of backend payments (The Hollywood Reporter)
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