- The origins -and major success – behind Skylanders toymaker Toys for Bob (Polygon)
- Why Sonys The Amazing Spider-Man 2 includes an end credits coda from rival studio Twentieth Century Fox plugging X-Men (Variety)
- Australian broadcaster ABC signs landmark content deal with China (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Barnes & Noble founder sells off 3.7 million shares (Publishers Weekly)
- As debt mounts at Toys ‘R’ Us, things are starting to look at lot like 2005 (Bloomberg)
- Hunger Games rises to the top at the MTV Movie Awards (CBC)
- Screams means more screens: Study finds fussy babies see more screen time than their peers (The Toronto Star)
- Rio 2 flies past Captain America at the box office (Variety)
- Why Activision’s CEO took a US$55 million pay cut last year (Bloomberg)
- Study finds the obesity rate among US kids remains flat, while rates of severe obesity are rising (USA Today)
- Comcast gears up to face US regulators (The New York Times)
- Is Ellen’s Oscar selfie really worth US$1 billion? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Leave it to a five-year-old to discover a security flaw with Xbox One (Mashable)
- A Polish priest offers his controversial opinion on the evils of Lego, Monster High (The Toronto Star)
- Disney’s Captain America sets box office record (Reuters)
- Microsoft inks comedy talent for upcoming content play (Variety)
- The politics of plastic: What Barbie may really be telling girls about their future (The Guardians)
- Nearly 80% of parents talk about online safety with their kids (Mashable)
- The trouble with Facebook’s News Feed (TechCrunch)
- Meanwhile, Twitter ads seem to be outperforming those on Facebook (The Wall Street Journal)
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