- There’s a lot of good-quality content out there, so why are kids watching inane amateur videos? (The Sunday Times)
- …And even though there’s plenty to keep them busy, kids are really bored in lockdown (Toronto Star)
- Netflix’s VP of independent film and documentary is taking pitches over Zoom and looking for acquisitions to fill her slate (Wall Street Journal)
- Even with a number of furloughs, agencies are signing new clients…they just happen to be virtual influencers (Tubefilter)
- Is this the future of theme parks? Disneyland Shanghai reopens with 30% capacity limits and face masks (The Verge)
- HBO Max doubles down on anime through a new deal with Crunchyroll (The Verge)
- Unemployment in the motion picture and recording sound industry has soared to 31.3% in the US (Variety)
- The Kids Choice Awards were a big hit this year, pushing Nickelodeon to the top of the ratings heap (Deadline)
- Apparently, everyone is eager to go to theme parks; Disneyland Shanghai tickets sell out for reopening (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Is it better to be public or private during a crisis? (Tech Crunch)
- Merger mania continues into 2020 as O2 and Virgin Media confirm their plans (Digital TV Europe)
- eOne has found a new head of television (Variety)
- Trolls World Tour is doing incredibly well online, but will the studio make a profit? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Why a Hong Kong toy billionaire has sunk more than US$100 million into bioplastic (Forbes)
- China’s tech giants were able to leverage COVID-19 into an opportunity for major entertainment growth (Variety)
- Magic Leap’s demise may have little to do with the pandemic (Fast Company)
- How Webtoon went from animation outcast to global comics juggernaut (AV Club)
- TikTok is preparing for an ad war, making it easier for marketers to purchase and navigate the platform (Forbes)
- New good-works resources have been added to our Giving Back Guide (Kidscreen)
- Taika Waititi lands a Star Wars movie, continuing his reign as the hot new director in town (CNBC)
- …But Disney is struggling, as the elements that once made it so strong are now liabilities (The New York Times)
- Controversial game streamer PewDiePie has signed an exclusive deal with YouTube (Tubefilter)
- Okay, let’s try this again, shall we? Hong Kong theaters are allowed to re-reopen (Variety)
- Avengers and Stranger Things top the Kids’ Choice Awards once more (Deadline)
- Video games that find success in lockdown will be social platforms first, and games second (Tech Crunch)
- Drive-ins aren’t just saving blockbusters—indie films are finding life there as well (Variety)
- What will kill the open-plan office? COVID-19 probably won’t do it…but Slack might (Vanity Fair)
- After being promoted last year, Jill Offman is leaving ViacomCBS (TBI)
- Disney Parks outlook: What will happen next? (CNN Travel)
- It is still a good time to be Apple, as the techco crushes Wall Street expectations (Variety)
- So much for being a phase: TikTok has been downloaded two billion times (The Verge)
- How will children be affected by COVID-19, once this is all over? (Science Mag)
- Disney+ doesn’t have a robust library like Netflix, and now with COVID shutdowns, it may never catch up (Wall Street Journal)
- Edtech has some serious momentum right now, but will anyone make any money from it? (Tech Crunch)
- NBCUniversal’s earnings were hit by a drop in ads and a lack of theme park attendance (The Hollywood Reporter)
- ViacomCBS staff are dealing with merger layoffs, but there is no word on whether Nickelodeon is affected (Variety)
- TikTok is testing a “shop now” button (Digiday)
- Trolls 2 has made more money in its three weeks on demand than the original did over five months in theaters (Wall Street Journal)
- …Meanwhile, AMC has banned Universal’s films because it’s mad about Trolls (CNN)
- The Academy has decided that streamed films are eligible for the Oscars this year (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Hollywood’s Great Depression: A look at all the people left jobless by COVID-19 (Variety)
- YouTube’s advertising revenue, despite some reports to the contrary, grew by a third in the first quarter (Digital TV Europe)
- Four in 10 buyers in Asia are looking to kids content to replace cancelled or postponed programming (ATF Market)
- What does a coronavirus-era film fest look like? Chic red carpet masks and Zoom Q&As seem likely (The Hollywood Reporter)
- …Meanwhile, YouTube is hosting a free digital film fest in partnership with Cannes, Tribeca and Sundance (Variety)
- An unexpected upside to the pandemic is that a lot of kids are actually happier now (CNN)
- Disney is dropping the latest Star Wars movie on its SVOD two months early, appropriately on May 4 (BNN)
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