- Quibi is finally here—without any kids content—but is it worth watching? (Variety)
- ViacomCBS is looking to up its stake in Miramax (Digital TV Europe)
- Leading video game developers are encouraging people to stay at home with new in-game ads (BBC News)
- Why exactly did WarnerMedia pick Jason Kilar as its new leader? (Digiday)
- Disney will begin to furlough employees in a few weeks (Los Angeles Times)
- Movie theaters are looking for creative ways to generate revenue while closed, which means going virtual (Variety)
- YouTube is reportedly looking to emulate TikTok with a competitor called “Shorts” (Tubefilter)
- …But TikTok has several elements that make the app very hard to replicate (Tech Crunch)
- WarnerMedia’s new CEO Jason Kilar on what the future of streaming looks like (Variety)
- When the NFL returns, it’s turning to Nickelodeon to reach a younger audience (Bleacher Report)
- Forget playing doctor—playing coronavirus is all the rage with kids at home right now (The Atlantic)
- Is Bluey Australia’s biggest export since The Wiggles? (The New York Times)
- How Nickelodeon, Disney and Sesame are trying to talk to kids about COVID-19 (Variety)
- Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the screen time debate is over, and screens won (The New York Times)
- Zoom is all the rage right now, but the video call platform has some drawbacks from scaling too quickly (Tech Crunch)
- JK Rowling has launched a digital Harry Potter hub for kids (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Top Disney execs are taking a pay cut (Variety)
- HBO Max doesn’t launch for more than a month, but the SVOD has already gained major momentum with viewers (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Spotify is launching its kids app in the US, Canada and France (Tech Crunch)
- Children are now getting into Facebook’s Messenger Kids…and all it took was a pandemic (Technology Review)
- As movie theaters around the world close, drive-ins are flourishing (The Atlantic)
- Disney+ is reportedly surveying subscribers on whether it should offer content for older viewers (TV Guide)
- Dispatches from around the entertainment industry: How COVID-19 is affecting individuals (Variety)
- Sesame is expanding its Caring for Each Other initiative to help kids tackle COVID-19 (The New York Times)
- The HQ Trivia app is back only two months after its shutdown—can it make a comeback? (The Verge)
- Prix Jeunesse and another Reed MIDEM event have both been cancelled and moved online (Kidscreen)
- It might be time to start considering that things may not ever really “go back to normal” (The Hollywood Reporter)
- …In the meantime, some of the biggest movies in the works are now on hold indefinitely (Variety)
- As Steven Universe comes to an end, let’s reflect on how the hidden gem changed animation (Entertainment Weekly)
- Amazon taught everyone that they can get whatever they want, whenever they want it…so, what happens now? (AdWeek)
- Hollywood has a growing debt problem, and this earnings season is going to be a mess (The Hollywood Reporter)
- It’s not just virtual entertainment that’s on the rise—children’s publishers are seeing a big spike, too (The New York Times)
- Amazon’s new essential items policy, while important, is devastating non-essential sellers (WIRED)
- …And toymakers are shifting focus to tackle medical supply shortages (Forbes)
- Look, it’s inevitable—everyone is going to have a Zoom call disaster sooner or later (Fast Company)
- Netflix has started to dole out some cash, giving US$1.2 million to the UK’s BFI and The Film & TV Charity’s COVID-19 fund (TBI)
- Media consumption is skyrocketing, but does it matter if ad sales are way down? (Recode)
- In what feels like a throwback to three years ago, the Nintendo Switch is sold out everywhere (The Hollywood Reporter)
- …And what gaming can teach us during a pandemic (Financial Times)
- Is it possible that right now we’re going through some of the stages of grief dealing with all of this change? (Harvard Business Review)
- The Olympics are being postponed until 2021 (Variety)
- What other disasters can teach us about how the trauma of COVID-19 will shape the way this gen grows up (The Atlantic)
- There really is no way to plan long term right now…we just have to take this all one day at a time (Digiday)
- The UK Creative Industry Federation is worried about the impact this crisis is having on freelancers, and is asking for US$17.5 billion to support them (TBI)
- A few more events were cancelled yesterday, including the Banff World Media Festival (Kidscreen)
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