- Disney+’s quality-over-quantity strategy is starting to pay off in the streaming wars (Forbes)
- Films, docuseries and a TV adaptation are on the Obamas’ slate of upcoming projects (Variety)
- ByteDance and Tencent are squaring off in court over their dueling versions of TikTok (TechCrunch)
- …Meanwhile, TikTok is embracing e-commerce with new features to turn creators into vendors (Engadget)
- From what’ll happen with Raya and the Last Dragon to Paramount’s SVOD plans, there are some big questions about movie releases (Variety)
- Skydance is teaming up with Ron Howard’s talent accelerator to help new writers break in (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Mattel and rapper Lil Yachty are making an UNO feature film…not a headline we thought we’d ever write (Vulture)
- Theme parks in California, including Disneyland, could be one step closer to reopening (Deadline)
- Streamers are chasing Netflix, but they’ll have to spend billions to catch up (The Hollywood Reporter)
- NBCUniversal is shaking up its SVOD team, and layoffs are on the way (TBI Vision)
- Taking risks is the new norm for media companies if they want to survive the pandemic (Rapid TV News)
- Lockdowns and separation from friends are really starting to wear on children’s mental health (Global News)
- Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon’s CEO, 30 years after founding the company (CBC News)
- …And his second act could be bigger than his first (Recode)
- The 2021 Golden Globe nominations are unsurprisingly dominated by streaming content (Variety)
- Why are former “gifted kids” so burnt out? How teaching kids to strive for academic perfection has lasting consequences (Queen’s Journal)
- Idris Elba has signed a deal with Crunchyroll to produce an original animated series (Polygon)
- That was fast: The GameStop stock saga is headed to Netflix and big screens (Wall Street Journal)
- Sony is making a live-action Harold and the Purple Crayon…but why? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How Netflix is trying to impress the kids (TBI)
- Why Disney fans are clamoring to go to Disneyland Japan the second they can travel (Bloomberg)
- After reopening in 2019, Toys ‘R’ Us reboot Tru Kids has closed its only two stores permanently (CNN)
- Nintendo just had its best quarter since 2008, which is impressive since it’s been a really great decade for the gameco (Bloomberg)
- Many years and a lot of pressure later, LEGO is adding bike lanes to its little cities (The Verge)
- Sustainability in Hollywood is backsliding during COVID—will we get back to where we were before? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Why The Monster at the End of the Book still sells so well after 50 years (The Washington Post)
- How production crews are still shooting live action all over the world (TBI Vision)
- It’s not going to end with GameStop and AMC—teens have been using TikTok to learn about investing and trading (Business Insider)
- Maybe we don’t actually learn much at school…two-thirds of parents need Google to help kids with homework (People)
- While everyone was focused on prestige dramas, kids TV became the most competitive arena for the streaming wars (Variety)
- Peacock is actually doing pretty well—it hit 33 million signups before The Office even dropped (The Verge)
- HBO Max is considering making an animated Game of Thrones (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Emperor’s New Groove almost didn’t happen, and Disney will never make another movie like it again (Vulture)
- How gaming is helping people connect outside their homes during lockdown (BBC News)
- A volcanic agate rock was cracked open to reveal…Cookie Monster? And it could be worth US$10,000 (CNET)
- Not something you see often in the world of streaming: Disney has licensed one of its biggest hits to both Hulu and Peacock (TBI Vision)
- One of the first video game workers unions went from a Facebook group to a reality (WIRED)
- ByteDance is still looking to sell TikTok, but now it wants double the original asking price (Bloomberg)
- Why Hilda is the perfect show for winter (Vulture)
- Disney is removing “negative depictions” of some cultures from its Jungle Cruise ride…but it also made a movie about that ride (The Guardian)
- …And the media giant is acknowledging racist content in several of its movies (The Hill)
- Before he died, Kobe Bryant had a lot of plans for the entertainment world—including animation (Variety)
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