- In a year packed with critically acclaimed sequels and original animated releases, it’s going to be a heated Oscars race (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Merger talks for Viacom and CBS are heating up, and Bob Bakish is the frontrunner to lead it (Digiday)
- Reading the room: LinkedIn has decided it doesn’t want users to go viral anymore, and would rather keep its content niche (Axios)
- When YouTubers do something wrong, the platform demonetizes them…but that strategy isn’t really working (The Verge)
- We all know that Netflix changed entertainment, but what exactly did it change? (The Atlantic)
- Google rolled out a new media literacy program to help kids navigate the internet (TechCrunch)
- Listen, screen time for kids isn’t all bad—there are brighter sides as well (NPR)
- …But if it really is important that kids put their screens down, AI may have a solution to get them outside more (Fast Company)
- What happens when voice assistants can’t find something we want? And what could get lost in the shuffle? (New York Times)
- It was Disney’s weekend as Toy Story 4 cleared US$120 million outside the US and Aladdin reached the US$800-million mark (Variety)
- …But in China, a Hayao Miyazaki film topped the box office, 20 years after its original release (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Netflix is testing out a feature YouTube has been using for years: pop-out boxes (Engadget)
- How China’s model for creating influencers could work outside the country (BBC News)
- How SVOD fatigue could affect producers as well as broadcasters (Realscreen)
- …And with all of the content out there, is TV having a bit of an identity crisis? (Vox)
- You really shouldn’t listen to trolls…protesters demand Netflix cancel a show it doesn’t even make (The Verge)
- Inside JoJo Siwa’s glitter-filled world, and how she got where she is now (Rolling Stone)
- Amidst all of its issues, YouTube is considering a major revamp of kids content (Wall Street Journal)
- Pixar’s new head Pete Docter is turning the studio’s focus back to originals (IndieWire)
- The US FCC has opted to make only minor changes to the Children’s Television Act (Broadcasting Cable)
- AT&T plans to combine many different aspects of WarnerMedia to save money…how will that affect kids content? (Vanity Fair)
- British channel ITV bans all-male writing teams for its comedies (Vulture)
- Now that Disney has the reigns, Hulu is expected to significantly increase its original content push (Engadget)
- With film, TV, game and music departments all under one company, is it time Sony looked at breaking up? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- MGA’s CEO Isaac Larian says he’s giving up the fight and is no longer interested in merging with Mattel (LA Times)
- Check out this time-lapse model showing how social media has changed since 2003 (How Things Work)
- Why Amazon pulling back from kids programming has been a long time coming (LA Times)
- Even though YouTube Kids is a safer place for children, most shun the app in favor of the main site (Bloomberg)
- …And YouTube may be too big to ever really filter out harmful content, says Google’s CEO (CNBC)
- It seems we’ve finally found the consumption peak: UK media usage is leveling off (eMarketer)
- Disney’s CEO says the company is bad at video games, but is a smaller catalogue really a problem? (Polygon)
- Just because Disney can do it doesn’t mean everyone can—sequels and spinoffs are struggling at the box office (Wall Street Journal)
- Amazon’s chief technology officer says what’s coming next could completely change the company (BBC News)
- Make room, family vloggers: Why there’s a strong appetite for Dadfluencers and #dadcontent online (WIRED)
- TikTok is getting into the advertising game with a big push at Cannes Lions (Financial Times)
- Target is fulfilling the need for speed with same-day delivery (The Verge)
- Alexa, please stop listening: Amazon sued after the voice assistant allegedly recorded kids’ voices (Fast Company)
- Facebook, meanwhile, settled a class action alleging it inflated video viewership metrics (The Hollywood Reporter)
- In-store play areas keep kids occupied while parents shop, and they’re one retailer’s key to selling more merch (Bloomberg)
- Disney Televisions Studio’s new chairman Dana Walden explains the strategy behind the merged company’s reorg (Variety)
- Netflix is expanding its empire with new Stranger Things and Dark Crystal video games (Bloomberg)
- Meanwhile, Nintendo announced a raft of new games at E3 that have people talking (The Verge)
- Twitch isn’t playing around: It’s growing as a popular destination for content (Digiday)
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