- UK broadcasters have agreed to stop using the acronym BAME, and will instead be specific about diversity (Deadline)
- Ever wonder how TikTok is so good at reading your mind? (New York Times)
- WildWorks, the maker of popular kids virtual world Animal Jam, is getting into crypto gaming (Tech Crunch)
- Najafi Companies has swooped in to to buy STX Entertainment, ending its merger with Eros (Variety)
- Disney’s Encanto is staying at the top of the box office (Variety)
- Why are YouTube videos that analyze decades-old Nickelodeon shows so popular? (WIRED)
- Netflix makes the most movies in Hollywood…and now it wants to make the best, too (Bloomberg)
- Studio71 is working on NFT tie-ins for a new animated YouTube series (Tubefilter)
- Susan Arnold will replace Bob Iger on the Disney board, but could the move have been more thoughtful? (Reuters)
- …And the House of Mouse has a new formula for its movies—no villains (Polygon)
- The holiday season means more commercials…will kids notice the difference? (National Geographic)
- Spotify Wrapped showcases how data gets sliced and diced online (CNN)
- Toys “R” Us has popped back up with a new brick-and-mortar location just in time for the holidays (CNN)
- Netflix has moved US$100 million to Black-owned financial institutions, making good on a year-old promise (Deadline)
- TikTok opens up new money making opportunities for creators (Tech Crunch)
- China’s iQiyi is reportedly about to cut a lot of jobs (Variety)
- The European Film Awards has cancelled its event amid rising COVID cases (Variety)
- …And the new Omicron variant has everyone in Hollywood on hold (The Hollywood Reporter)
- The Canada Media Fund has changed its funding rule, so kids programming can access cash without a broadcaster (Playback Daily)
- A popular Christmas toy this year is a dancing cactus…that no one noticed is rapping about cocaine in Polish (The Guardian)
- Procedural storytelling is opening up a lot of doors for the future of video games (The Verge)
- Facebook’s parentco Meta has been ordered to sell Giphy by a UK competition authority (Variety)
- It’s time for better TV ratings measurement tools…and yet there’s no real successor to Nielsen (Ad Age)
- In Hong Kong, Disney has removed a Simpsons episode calling out Chinese censorship (New York Times)
- There’s hardly any research on the impact of TikTok, but experts are ready to dig in (The Verge)
- The British Fashion Council is taking the metaverse seriously, unveiling a new award for Roblox designs (The Verge)
- …And the metaverse has moved beyond an abstract gimmick for plenty of companies (Wall Street Journal)
- Iceland is luring more productions with bountiful studio space and tax incentives (Variety)
- Taupe and cream nurseries and toys are all the rage on Instagram, but does the aesthetic hinder kids’ development? (WIRED)
- A Q&A with the woman behind Sesame Street’s first Asian American muppet (The Lily)
- Encanto is poised to come out on top of the US long weekend box office (Variety)
- STEM toys are the hottest items for kids this Black Friday (WIRED)
- A new COVID-19 variant is causing stress and new travel bans in Europe (Wall Street Journal)
- Why has Hasbro been doing so well since its last earnings report? (Nasdaq)
- Disney plans to spend nearly US$33 billion in 2022, according to its recent SEC report (TBI Vision)
- More kids are getting vaccinated in the US, which is good news for this weekend’s box office (CNBC)
- What’s behind the UK’s recent production boom? (Variety)
- Spotify is the latest social app to try and mimic TikTok (The Verge)
- Even though Trolls 2 was the breakout PVOD star of the pandemic, Trolls 3 will premiere exclusively in theaters (Deadline)
- Animation writers are looking to close the pay gap with their live-action counterparts, which would mean a significant pay hike (Variety)
- Netflix is everywhere…it even has its own hub on Spotify now (Digital TV Europe)
- It’s not just stores that are discounting on Black Friday—streamers are using the strategy to bring in new subscribers (The Hollywood Reporter)
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