Orange has reportedly asked banks to find a US investor for Dailymotion, as the French video site embarks on a subscription video by embracing the growing paid kids’ content trend. Read more »
SpongeBob SquarePants has a new home: Hulu just opened up a dedicated kids section on its website as well as within the Hulu Plus app on the PS3. That comes after Netflix launched its own kids section on the web and devices last year. Read more »
New research suggests that enhanced e-books’ special features can be distracting both to young kids and to their parents reading the books with them. Read more »
Worldreader gives Kindles to students in sub-Saharan Africa. The nonprofit’s new report, funded by USAID, shows that access to e-readers improved primary school students’ reading skills significantly. But a lot of e-readers broke and results for older kids were mixed. Read more at GigaOM »
Children’s e-book reading is still in very early stages — but with parents increasingly handing iPads down to their kids, publishers see room for fast growth. A new iPad app offers children’s books from brands like My Little Pony and Curious George. Read more »
