- Who’s the most glued? A glance at which countries spend the most time in front of screens (Gizmodo)
- Junk food tastes good and all, but a new study suggests it’s actually addictive for kids (Time)
- The UK has questioned more than 2,000 kids over social media abuse since 2011 (BBC)
- Can Angelina Jolie’s star power take Disney’s Maleficent to the top of the box office? (Forbes)
- Hungarian kids set new record for world’s tallest Lego tower (Metro)
- Pixar’s next film, Inside Out, to focus on the emotions inside the mind of an 11-year-old girl (Variety)
- McDonald’s the minimalist? (Advertising Age)
- A potentially brighter future – and store – for Abercrombie as it looks to win back younger shoppers (Businessweek)
- Lucrative Kidz Bop brand up goes up for sale (Billboard)
- How Disney has warmed up Robert Iger for Major League Baseball (The New York Times)
- Mutants rule the worldwide box office as X-Men: Days of Future Past delivers best-ever opening for the superhero franchise (Variety)
- Customizable 3D movie glasses? (Mashable)
- The creators of new digital toy Osmo want to infuse real life back into the iPad age (The Wall Street Journal)
- Monster High live-action adaptation from Universal is set to arrive in October 2016 (Variety)
- Godzilla director Gareth Edwards to helm Star Wars spin-off film (The Hollywood Reporter)
- The UK has launched a massive two-year study to learn the effects of mobile devices on kids’ development (The Guardian)
- The UK’s largest retailer will ban sweets and chocolates from its checkouts, gets applause from parenting groups (The Guardian)
- New website Edululu aims to help parents choose the best kid-appropriate apps (The Province)
- Facebook tightens its privacy settings (Mashable)
- HarperCollins is the latest to support the subscription eBook business (Publishers Weekly)
- Inside the not-so-wonderful world of the Disney family fight for Walt’s US$400 million fortune (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Target tries to solve its Canadian problems (The Globe and Mail)
- Meanwhile, Walmart significantly expands across China (Forbes)
- Simon & Schuster experiments with the eBook subscription market (Mashable)
- YouTube is on the verge of its biggest deal ever with a US$1 billion acquisition of videogame streaming service (Business Insider)
- McDonald’s new mascot may scare kids away from healthy eating (Mashable)
- Godzilla crushes the weekend box office, so naturally a sequel is on its way (Wired)
- Is this the best way to get kids to read? (NPR)
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