- How trouble brewing between the US and China could affect consumer goods like toys (New York Times)
- People can now sue Apple over the App Store monopoly, rules the US Supreme Court (The Verge)
- In its 22nd season premiere, Arthur featured a coming-out and gay wedding (CNN)
- Why Viacom has favored its smaller kids SVOD instead of trying to compete with the big players (Business Insider)
- NBCUniversal, meanwhile, talks a big game about its upcoming streamer and promises to include ads (Adweek)
- It’s upfronts week! This year broadcasters are showing that streamers aren’t the only big players (New York Times)
- …And as more SVODs launch, people still really want licensed content, not just originals (eMarketer)
- Detective Pikachu managed to earn US$58 million domestically, even though Avengers is still dominating the box office (Variety)
- …But with such a big year, Disney could be headed for a fall in 2020 (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Amazon’s smart speakers are reportedly storing kids’ data…even after it has been deleted (Vox)
- Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes has turned on Mark Zuckerberg, saying the techco should break up (New York Times)
- Snapchat is diversifying with new offering YOLO, and it reached number one on the app charts (Tech Crunch)
- Is it possible to get someone’s undivided attention? Nearly half of TV viewers browse the web while watching shows (eMarketer)
- Warner Bros. takes control of HBO and Turner programming sales as a result of the WarnerMedia restructuring (Variety)
- Why branded toys don’t sell well in India (Quartz)
- Avengers: Endgame‘s massive success proved one thing—box-office trackers are still more art than science (The Ringer)
- How are showrunners staffing a writers room during the agent debacle? (Vulture)
- Nintendo is collaborating with Tencent to bring Switch to China (CNBC)
- With Fox’s titles in the mix, Disney’s movie slate into 2027 is now heavy on Star Wars and Avatar content (Variety)
- While there’s a lot of hype around eSports, viewers actually spend more time watching regular game streaming (eMarketer)
- That Game of Thrones cinematographer may have had a point—most people with smart TVs aren’t using them properly (Adweek)
- Instagram’s new in-app shopping feature boosted Adidas sales by 40% (Tubefilter)
- Analysts keep looking for the Netflix killer, but at this point, the SVOD might be too big to fail (Vox)
- Amazon, meanwhile, is gearing up to take on OTT heavyweights like Roku (Business Insider)
- Facebook is rewriting its algorithms and favoring video again (Tubefilter)
- Playing Pokémon video games as a kid may rewire your brain: Scientists find an area activated by Pikachu (Engadget)
- Walmart-owned streamer Vudu will launch this year with free-to-watch programming (The Verge)
- Avengers: Endgame earns US$2 billion in record time, and has the biggest second weekend ever (Variety)
- NBCUniversal is going to let viewers buy products directly from a show with ShoppableTV (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Does this count as aging down or aging up? Why Hollywood can’t stop making big kids movies for adults (The Guardian)
- Disney is eyeing a US$10-billion deal to sell Fox Sports to Sinclair Broadcast Group (Variety)
- Broadcast TV viewership among French youth ages four to 14 has declined 10% year over year (Advanced Television)
- How Amazon created Prime—the most successful membership program of all time (Vox)
- A guide to Hollywood’s unconscious bias, and how we can all do better (The Hollywood Reporter)
- YouTube’s CEO defends shutting down comments on videos with kids in them (Variety)
- There may be more STEM and girls in kids shows, but the two aren’t mixing (MarketWatch)
- Hulu hits 28 million subscribers (CNBC)
- How SpongeBob memes took over the internet, and why Nickelodeon is leaning into that movement (Vox)
- Who can play diverse roles on screen? Screenwriters weigh in on how far representation goes (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Even though iPhone sales fell 17% in March, Apple posted better earnings than expected (Variety)
- There’s a reason that CBS is making a quarter of its shows for rival platforms (Wall Street Journal)
- In the battle for voice control, Siri and Google beat out Alexa in usage (Digital Trends)
- Following several meetings with high-profile YouTubers, Susan Wojcicki is focusing the platform more on creators (Tubefilter)
- Podcasts still have a smaller audience than radio, but the listeners are much more engaged (eMarketer)
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