- Disney gets Maker to craft Star Wars online series (Bloomberg)
- CES 2015: Wearables, the Internet of Things, drones and VR get early buzz (CNET)
- How Ireland’s new TV and film tax incentives will attract more big budget Hollywood productions (Irish Independent)
- Netflix cracks down on out-of-country access (Variety)
- The woman behind Nick’s golden age of animation (Huffington Post)
- Zynga gets into licensing with Looney Tunes-branded endless runner game (VentureBeat)
- The top toy brands winning at social media for the holiday shopping season (AdWeek)
- Parents may be having too much fun with Elf on the Shelf. Happy holidays everyone! (Mashable)
- Ex-Toys ‘R’ Us CEO Gerald Storch lands at Canada’s Hudson’s Bay Company, owner of Saks (Financial Post)
- Former Sony employees launch lawsuit over hack (L.A. Times)
- New SVOD Vessel launched by ex-Hulu CEO, offers “early access” deal model (Stream)
- Inside the Netflix talent-retention playbook (Harvard Business Review)
- US Cable carrier warns content providers that they’re playing with fire when it comes to do-it-yourself OTT (Multichannel News)
- With a whopping 300 million users, Instagram passes Twitter (AdWeek)
- Oculus buys two startups to improve virtual reality experience (Wall Street Journal)
- Lost 1927 Disney short found in Norway (The Guardian)
- Lego Movie, Dragons lead animation noms for Golden Globes (Indie Wire)
- YouTube rolls out its own GIF maker (TechCrunch)
- While Walmart brought in the most Black Friday foot traffic, Amazon is winning the online retail war (Wall Street Journal)
- Meet Cryptoy, the new encryption app for kids (The Guardian)
- Disney’s Bob Iger dishes on the company’s more direct-to-consumer brand strategy, Star Wars and new acquisitions (Variety)
- Vancouver startup developing hologram tech like digital play pals for kids (Digital Journal)
- Star Wars set to takeover Disney parks (Digital Trends)
- YouTube gets offline playback capability…but not in the US (TechCrunch)
- Survey says about 65% of pay-TV subscribers have Netflix, but is the figure accurate? (Variety)
- Why TV networks should be wary of deals with Netflix (AdAge)
- With Instagram, Facebook engages generations not yet on Zuckerberg’s site (Wall Street Journal)
- Mobile devices boost global ad market (Mashable)
- House of ever-refreshed content: Netflix wants to launch originals every 2.5 weeks (Stream Daily)
- It was a big year for Disney on Facebook (Variety)
- YouTube is offering bonuses to lock up its star talent (Wall Street Journal)
- VR hits the consumer market with Sony’s new US$200 Gear VR goggles (Forbes)
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