- Realistically proportioned Lammily doll takes on Barbie (Mashable)
- Still believe boys don’t watch girls shows? Think again (Slate)
- Why the Disney-Dish agreement could have everlasting effects on TV viewing as we know it (Los Angeles Times)
- Runaway production trend continues to plague California (Variety)
- The building blocks of The Lego Movie’s brilliantly unnerving marketing success (The New York Times)
- Cheap and cheerful? New study says simple, inexpensive everyday items boost creativity among kids (CTV News)
- Why Facebook is exploring drones to expand internet access (Wired)
- Walmart and its growing e-commerce plans in India (The Economic Times)
- After several months of negotiations, Disney and Dish sign groundbreaking deal over digital rights (Reuters)
- Chips Ahoy! brings back a familiar face (The New York Times)
- Meanwhile, Burger King offers up 25% fewer calories in its newest kids meal item, Satisfries (Advertising Age)
- Frozen breaks the US$1 billion box office mark (Variety)
- This has to brighten things up: A snow day-inspired spoof of Goodnight Moon (Slate)
- Robert Lopez, co-writer of Frozen’s Oscar-winning song, is the youngest person to collect the coveted EGOT: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony (Variety)
- Archie Comics mines new talent (The New York Times)
- How Amazon can ease the pain of its pricey Prime service (Wired)
- The most popular tweet of all time (Mashable)
- A whopping 61% of teens are using game consoles to browse the internet (eMarketer)
- Young people weigh in on whether advertising to children through social media should be allowed (The Guardian)
- On writing YA well (Publishers Weekly)
- Hulu sells off its Japanese subsidiary in order to focus its efforts stateside (TechCrunch)
- Why food and beverage companies actually welcome a US proposal to ban the marketing of sodas and unhealthy snacks in public schools (Advertising Age)
- Do gendered toys hamper creativity for kids?
- Sony pulls back its US retail presence (ZDNet)
- Celebrities’ kids – many of them famous in their own right – will start moving out of the spotlight (The Globe and Mail)
- It’s still complicated. How is digital playtime affecting young kids’ development? (Mashable)
- Inside Hollywood’s major marketing machine (AdWeek)
- Toymaker Todd McFarlane on 20 years in biz and his company’s new direction (The Huffington Post)
- Wearable tech’s next steps: Samsung’s new Gear Fit (CNET)
- Thanks to science, the first 3D strand of curly hair could send waves through the animation industry (Mashable)
- Netflix and Comcast secure agreement for smoother online video streaming (CNET)
- For children and the inner child, Jakks Pacific and Nintendo reveal a real-life Mario Kart (Digital Trends)
- Zuckerberg is riding high after WhatsApp deal (Reuters)
- STEM toys leave a mark at New York’s Toy Fair (Mashable)
- Meanwhile, it looks like these new toys may have Lego – or at least its major success – on the brain (MarketWatch)
- Just in time for the Oscars, kids re-enact this year’s best picture nominees (Variety)
- Smartphones are going to get smarter (TechCrunch)
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