- The next battlefront in the streaming wars will be for retention (Vanity Fair)
- A step in the right direction: How Disney tried harder to reflect Indigenous culture in the Frozen sequel (CBC Kids News)
- Without a hit toy in sight, it’s all about licensing this holiday season (Los Angeles Times)
- Happy Black Friday! It’s worth noting that a lot of five-star reviews online are fake (Wall Street Journal)
- YouTubers are fighting the recent platform changes, but are they just undermining COPPA? (Slate)
- …And despite a crackdown on ads, YouTube continues to drive this year’s hottest toys (Buffalo News)
- Another show bites the dust: Netflix isn’t renewing its MST3K revival (CNN)
- How Frozen transformed its princesses into caped crusaders (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Disney+ is adding nearly a million new subscribers per day, according to research firm Apptopia (MarketWatch)
- It’s not just streamers looking to rake in the subs—publishers are also using original content to bring in more paying readers (Digiday)
- You can’t keep poaching without breaking a few eggs: Netflix faces a potential injunction for recruiting execs from rivals (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Inside Viacom18’s efforts to take control of the kids market in India (Quartz)
- Why big brands are struggling so much to quit plastic (Wall Street Journal)
- Preschoolers are overwhelmingly getting more screen time than the WHO’s recommended one hour per day (CTV News)
- Each streamer is testing a different release schedule—which will win out? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- The ultimate disrupter: Should Spotify be worried about the impact of TikTok? (Rolling Stone)
- Monopoly is rolling out the newest version of its game and it’s loooooong (The Verge)
- Frozen 2 has made the biggest global debut of any animated film ever…was there even any doubt that it would? (Gizmodo)
- It’s beginning to look a lot like a merger! ViacomCBS are set to close their deal next week (The Hollywood Reporter)
- As awards season heats up, an age-old debate finds new life: Should voice actors have their own category? (Variety)
- UK telco BT, which already offers Netflix and Amazon, is looking to add Disney+ and create an SVOD bundle (Sunday Times)
- Is the Elf about to be knocked off its shelf? A new diversity-focused reindeer is coming for the iconic toy’s crown (AdWeek)
- Disney+ and Hasbro are leaning into the fandom around Baby Yoda with new products (CNBC)
- …Which is great, since Hasbro really, really needs people to buy its Disney products (CNN)
- The streaming era relies on middlemen—like Roku and Chromecast—but what if there’s a conflict between the two? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Meanwhile, Netflix could play a key role in an upcoming Hollywood labor dispute (LA Times)
- To date, the Hollywood box office is lagging behind 2018, but big Disney tentpoles and The Rock could turn things around (Variety)
- That was fast…Disney+ user accounts are already showing up on hacker sites (CBC News)
- Can you tell whether kids will be prodigies from their DNA? Several companies are trying (Bloomberg)
- Notably absent from the Grammy noms: Peppa Pig (The Cut)
- Spotify plans to use an algorithm to help listeners find their next favorite podcast (The Verge)
- …And its execs have big plans to harness Hollywood and take over the pod space (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Disney says it doesn’t need data to make great shows (Recode)
- There’s still a lot of room for improvement, but 50% of TV eps were directed by women or POC this year (New York Times)
- How Neopets taught us not only how to care for virtual pets, but also each other (Vox)
- A deep dive into how Brian Robbins plans to save Nickelodeon from becoming a casualty of the streaming wars (Chicago Tribune)
- Everyone gives credit to Disney, but how did How to Train Your Dragon revolutionize animated filmmaking? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- …That’s not to say Disney isn’t doing cool things—just look at what it did with the costumes on Frozen 2 (Vox)
- Mattel has returned to the junk bond market after a whistleblower derailed a similar deal earlier (Bloomberg)
- The TikTok news keeps coming: Why the social media app is pivoting away from the US (CNBC)
- Disney is dominating the animated box office, but there are big opportunities for the rest of the industry to catch up (The Guardian)
- Forget the war on Christmas: Companies are using the holidays as a battleground for new viewers (Wall Street Journal)
- This may seem like the peak of the streaming wars, but really we’re just getting started (CNBC)
- Despite privacy concerns, teens will continue using TikTok because it brings them joy (Washington Post)
- Can an eSports influencer network build a billion-dollar business? (New York Times)
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