- NYC names Dora as the Big Apple’s official family ambassador (MediaPost)
- New stats show consumers’ spend on digital content is rising sharply (USA Today)
- Activision launches new offerings for its Skylanders franchise as the toys-to-life market heats up (Wall Street Journal)
- With sky-rocketing video views, Facebook emerges as a contender against YouTube for digital ad dollars (Fortune)
- Ex-Toys ‘R’ Us CEO Storch says e-tailers need bricks-and-mortar stores for future health (Financial Post)
- Oculus Story Studio to release Henry, its second VR animated short film (Wired)
- Pixar releases first trailer for November release The Good Dinosaur (Variety)
- How an ad man helped to transition silly putty from a wartime invention to a children’s toy (AdWeek)
- With Disney CFO Jay Rasulo stepping down, the CEO succession path clears (ABC News)
- Apple’s games category gets updated with a more editorial focus on content (TechCrunch)
- How tapping into what tweens and teens want is helping retailer Five Below boost profits (Philly.com)
- Three marketing tips for tween- and teen-focused companies (Immersive)
- Amazon Studios adds former Disney ABC Television Group EVP Albert Cheng to its original programming team (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How tech companies like Google are getting into toy development (Motley Fool)
- A Minecraft competitor? Lego intros its Lego Worlds offering (Forbes)
- Nvidia launches gaming console/streaming device the Shield to target cord-cutters (Multichannel)
- Netflix now accounts for nearly 37% of internet traffic (Variety)
- Juno, Up in the Air director Jason Reitman to make his first kids movie, Beekle, for DreamWorks Animation (Deadline)
- Why Google is aiming to delve deeper into consumers’ lives (Wall Street Journal)
- Study finds Instagrammers are active on an average of five social networks (alistdaily)
- How plantable children’s books in Argentina are inspiring young readers to be ecologically responsible (Springwise)
- Toy IP Beyblade to get live-action movie treatment from Paramount (Deadline)
- Why Disney CEO Bob Iger enjoys working with startups (Business Insider)
- Rise in video-viewing one of the bright spots of 2015 Internet trends (Re/code)
- Can Robert Rodriguez bring his Spy Kids magic to Warner Bros.’ live-action Jonny Quest feature? (Variety)
- A whole new world of animation lighting: How Inside Out’s Joy got her glow (Indiewire)
- Disney set to continue its stock-market streak with a steady lineup of popular content and its ability to feed business between divisions (TIME)
- Derek Jeter to be honored with Legend Award at Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Sports 2015 (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Can Charter do what Comcast couldn’t in its bid for Time Warner Cable? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- A must-read about television’s future and the seven threats under-addressed by linear TV nets (REDEF)
- Of the top 10 highest-paid CEOs in 2014, six work in the media industry (The Boston Globe)
- With sequels outperforming original movies, Hollywood is facing an originality challenge (Variety)
- Walmart moves to buy more goods directly from factories, cutting out manufacturing giant Li & Fung (Reuters)
- How Netflix is helping to make TVs more like smartphones (Fast Company)
- Penguin to partner with YouTube creators for book projects (Stream)
- Why Disney’s most important 2015 movie isn’t Star Wars or Avengers (Forbes)
- Reese Witherspoon to produce and star in Disney’s new live-action movie Tink (Variety)
- Future is murky for Viacom and CBS, as 91-year-old Sumner Redstone remains cloistered in his mansion (Los Angeles Times)
- Pac-Man’s creator on taking inspiration from pizza and designing for both male and female audiences (TIME)
- Creepy or cute? Google patents internet-connected toys that can run the home (BBC)
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