- Facebook boosts its global connectivity with US$16 billion purchase of WhatsApp (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Broadcasters notch first win in fight to block live TV carrier Aereo (Variety)
- Walmart earnings disappoint (The New York Times)
- A surge in online shopping is spurring a distribution boom in Brazil (Businessweek)
- Why Comcast can try to compete with Netflix, but it may not succeed (Wired)
- A new study finds women are still underrepresented both on-screen and behind the scenes in the entertainment industry (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Kids and the currency of “likes” in the social media age (CNN)
- Russian search engine Yandex wages a war on Android (Bloomberg)
- Candy Crush Saga maker files for IPO of up to US$500 million (The Hollywood Reporter)
- This winter’s weather is unpredictable in more ways that you’d think (Advertising Age)
- Behold, the world’s first smartwatch for kids (Mashable)
- Influential Irish animator Jimmy Murakami passes away (Animation Ireland)
- If Comcast buys the pay-TV rights to Despicable Me 2, it could mark a first for a cable TV provider (The Wall Street Journal)
- Time Warner Cable invests further in STEM education for kids (Broadcasting & Cable)
- How the Mouse House is calling on tech startups to help grow its digital business (The New York Times)
- The Candy Crush, CandySwipe, Candy Crusher trademark saga continues (Games Industry)
- How will the FCC react to Comcast’s controversial megadeal to buy Time Warner Cable for US$45.2 billion? (Los Angeles Times)
- Flappy Bird clones hit app stores including Sesame’s Flappy Bert, but watch out for malware (CNET)
- Netflix invests in deep learning A.I. research – plans to use Amazon’s cloud service to improve recommendation engine (Wired)
- Why more TV programmers are looking to adapt web series (The Hollywood Reporter)
- With The Lego Movie off to a stellar start, companies will look to raid the toy aisles for another big hit (Los Angeles Times)
- Perhaps these are the secrets to success in the VFX industry (Variety)
- Classic toys fight for attention (The Toronto Star)
- A Nokia Android phone hits the rumor mill (Mashable)
- On Netflix’s exclusive deal with Scholastic (Variety)
- Legendary Rudolph animator Arthur Rankin Jr. passes away (Los Angeles Times)
- Sony hopes the fourth overhaul will be the one that counts (The New York Times)
- Bronies unite around bullied 11-year-old My Little Pony fan after suicide attempt (Mashable)
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