- Events cancelled or postponed, and business grinding to a halt: Coronavirus exposes the cracks in Hollywood (Variety)
- Why did that Bob Iger announcement feel so abrupt? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- NBCUniversal is getting out of the Snapchat business, selling off its US$500-million stake (Tubefilter)
- TikTok is trying to assuage people’s privacy fears by opening a US “transparency center” (Engadget)
- Count von Count is imparting wisdom to the US census as Sesame helps with undercounted children (NPR)
- What makes an original project a good fit for Disney+, and why some haven’t been “family-friendly” enough (Variety)
- …Meanwhile, Bob Iger’s next priority is to focus on “getting everything right creatively” at the new streamer (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Here are 10 education companies you should definitely be aware of (Fast Company)
- Reddit is upping its ad efforts with a new product set to take on Twitter (Tech Crunch)
- Quibi has been accused of patent infringement, less than a month before its launch (Engadget)
- Onward is leading the box office, but it’s a pretty quiet win (Variety)
- Short-form streamer Quibi is planning to woo new viewers with a 90-day free trial (The Verge)
- LatAm’s recession is starting to have a big impact on pay TV (Digital TV Europe)
- Where will it end? After SXSW was cancelled, a number of other festivals and events are set to follow suit (CBC News)
- Kids content on YouTube faces a new threat: A US bill is proposing a complete overhaul (The Verge)
- Roku is reportedly in talks to get into original programming (Digiday)
- Silicon Valley investment firm Sequoia has some advice on how businesses can make it through coronavirus (Medium)
- …And while the illness continues to affect industry events, SXSW hasn’t been cancelled (Variety)
- Why are location trackers so big for kids right now? (The New York Times)
- Hunt for the Oompa Loompas: Taika Waititi is writing and directing two Charlie and the Chocolate Factory shows for Netflix (The Wrap)
- The industry is adapting to the MIPTV cancellation, with some still headed to Cannes (TBI)
- …And depending on how much longer this goes on, the virus could weigh heavily on the toy industry (The New York Times)
- Pop TV appears to be a bit of collateral damage in the ViacomCBS merger as it drops three original commissions (Variety)
- Voice activation is the talk of the town, and now Spotify is joining the conversation (Engadget)
- Turning the page: ViacomCBS is selling Simon & Schuster (Variety)
- Just a week out, MIPTV parent Reed Exhibition cancels the London Book Fair over COVID-19 concerns (The Guardian)
- Quibi locked in another US$750 million in financing…but will anyone tune in? (The Wrap)
- From nurturing plush to playthings that teach kids how to recycle—here are the coolest things you missed at Toy Fair (Polygon)
- It’s not just a fad: Yolo, which lets you Snapchat anonymously, has raised US$8 million (Tech Crunch)
- It turns out that closing all of the movie theaters hasn’t been great for China’s box office (Variety)
- Apparently watching historical dramas can be good for you…should there be more of the genre for kids? (CBC News)
- Can you be an auteur of video games? Hideo Kojima is certainly making the case that he is (The New York Times)
- It’s hard out there to find someone to trust, but LEGO has come out on top (CNBC)
- Netflix is asking courts to cancel the Choose Your Own Adventure trademark, saying it’s too generic of a term (The Verge)
- Snapchat has invested in hyper-condensed shows you can watch on your phone—but is anyone really tuning in? (Vulture)
- There’s a new content fund in town: UK studios are getting together to create a US$640-million investment fund (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How a host of new buyers are reviving the reality TV industry (Variety)
- Walmart may be getting out of the content game, but it’s going after Amazon in a different way (CNET)
- Hollywood studios are all putting together COVID19 strategy teams…just in case (Variety)
- How have video games escaped remake fatigue? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- YouTube rarely reinstates removed videos, even when creators appeal and go through the right procedures (The Verge)
- From adorable toy to demon from the underworld—what happened to Furby? (AV Club)
- Coronavirus is affecting the content industry, and companies are pulling out of CinemaCon (Deadline)
- …Meanwhile, the toy industry could be hit hard, as the virus causes supply chain disruption (Yahoo News)
- The Lizzie McGuire reboot is still on hold as Disney+ figures out what type of content it wants (Variety)
- Who is making money and who is losing money at the end of this earnings season? (The Hollywood Reporter)
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