Facebook turns to Pixar story illustrator Matt Jones to help reinvent the smiley.

Nickelodeon announces the nominees for the 2013 Kid’s Choice Awards which will be hosted by Josh Duhamel on March 23.

Comedy Central releases a new trailer as it gears up for a fresh season of “Futurama,” set to air this summer with all-new episodes.

VIZ Media announces the launch of Neon Alley on Xbox Live and Xbox 360.

Little Airplane Production’s musical animated movie, “Meet the Small Potatoes,” is set to premiere on Disney Channel and Disney Junior February 15, prior to its Universal Home Entertainment release later this spring.

Slugterra ramps up its global rollout with new toys, DVDs, episodes, and licensing deals.

For her Super Bowl XLVII halftime show, Beyoncé collaborated with ThinkBreathLive to create an animated backdrop.

Focus Features releases an interactive booklet providing a closer look at Laika’s “ParaNorman.”

The year’s best work in children’s television is singled out and celebrated by the global kids’ entertainment industry at Kidscreen Summit in New York.

Take a journey down the Yellow Brick Road with the “Find Your Way to Oz” Chrome experiment, developed in collaboration with Disney and UNIT9 in anticipation of the upcoming film, “Oz The Great and Powerful.”

Brickyard animates Adobe “Animals,” a tongue-in-cheek reflection on huge Super Bowl ad spends that premiered exclusively online.

Superfad creates an interactive campaign for Cars.com and ad agency Piston.

Toon Goggles launches a new app for Sony’s new Xperia smartphones.

New pilots include “Creative Galaxy” from Angela Santomero, the creator of “Blue’s Clues.”

FMX 2013, Europe's most renowned conference on digital entertainment, adopts the slogan, “lean, smart and agile,” and focuses on the ongoing paradigm shift in the animation, effects, games and transmedia industries.

LOGAN teams up with Conscious Minds, the creative agency who directed, wrote and produced NIKE FUEL MISSIONS, to design a pair of animated games for Nike+.

New multi-platform venture will feature animated superhero TV series broadcast in more than 100 global markets, turbo-charged online content hub, and robust toy and consumer products line.

Canada's Guru Studio announces the expansion of two key business areas, Interactive Content and 2D Animation.

The deadline for submissions to Nickelodeon’s 2013 animated shorts program is March 29.

Machinima launches two brand-new animated series, “Action Faction” and “Space Adventure Legend Quest.”