- We don’t know how Disney+ will launch internationally…could China lead the charge? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Amazon will reportedly spend US$7 billion this year on video and music content (Digital Music News)
- Marketers are wary of how Facebook’s new privacy/encryption focus will affect them (Business Insider)
- Hasbro no longer sees business sense in the pink and blue aisle, appealing to parents that boys can also play with dolls (Forbes)
- Avengers Endgame superpowers its way to a US$1.2-billion global opening weekend (Variety)
- It’s not live action…it’s virtual reality: How Disney made the new Lion King movie (Entertainment Weekly)
- Spotify has hit 100 million paid subscribers (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Now that cellphones are ubiquitous, Samsung thinks the next generation wants vertical TVs (The Verge)
- Screen time should be very limited for kids under five, says the WHO, primarily because it doesn’t want them to be sedentary (Gizmodo)
- Comcast is reportedly in talks to sell its 30% stake in Hulu (CNBC)
- …And with so much promise, why isn’t Hulu better? (Harvard Business Review)
- The future is still all about coding and AR: Kidtech startup Rosie Reality attracted US$2.2 million in seed funding (Tech Crunch)
- Well, that was quick…India has lifted a TikTok ban that only went into effect earlier this month (Gizmodo)
- Meet Hollywood’s newest producer: Airbnb is shopping travel content around Tinseltown (Reuters)
- The Switch continues to drive Nintendo’s revenue, but the company is predicting growth will be modest moving forward (The Verge)
- China’s Pearl Studio is working on new domestic animation that it thinks can go global (Global Times)
- Those US$100-million overall deals seem great, but they might be shortchanging creators (The Hollywood Reporter)
- People keep counting it out, but Snapchat added another four million daily users in Q1 (LA Business Journal)
- After all of the personnel changes, AT&T’s Q1 revenue is down as WarnerMedia falls short (Variety)
- Tencent has imposed two-hour time limits on video game play and is requiring mandatory parental consent for kids under 16 (Games Industry)
- Netflix can chill: The Oscars ruled that it won’t change its rules around streaming eligibility (Fast Company)
- Kidfluencers are disrupting child labor laws (The Guardian)
- Netflix is looking to raise another US$2 billion, bringing its total debt to US$12 billion (Variety)
- By using voice search and mobile apps, cable companies are finding new ways of fighting internet providers (Wall Street Journal)
- Publishers are using TikTok to gain an audience (Digiday)
- Privacy will be a big obstacle for Facebook with its new voice assistant launch (Business Insider)
- China moves to ban games that feature blood, gambling and imperial schemes, which could hurt small developers (Tech Crunch)
- Steven Universe and Sesame Street both snagged Peabody Awards (AV Club)
- Shortly after Amazon pulled out of the city, Netflix announced plans for a new production hub in New York (Variety)
- …And the streamer is testing a “shuffle episode” feature to improve discoverability (Vanity Fair)
- Twitch and YouTube Live both posted record viewership numbers for Q1 (Tubefilter)
- Facebook is reportedly working on its own voice assistant to rival Amazon and Google (CNBC)
- Meanwhile, Amazon and Google made peace and will allow each other’s services on their respective devices (Variety)
- Mattel’s CEO on the toyco’s big plan for a major turnaround (Wall Street Journal)
- Why children’s TV is saying goodbye to the “doofus dad” cliché (Sydney Morning Herald)
- As India bans TikTok, the app is exposing American tweens to Chinese censorship (Bloomberg)
- Netflix posted a record Q1, bringing in 9.6 million more paid subscribers (Variety)
- …which means Netflix now makes up nearly 30% of global SVOD subscriptions (Recode)
- Warner Bros. invests in former MGM chief’s company Spyglass (Deadline)
- From a Hunchback to Audrey Hepburn: 12 iconic Notre-Dame film moments (Vanity Fair)
- AT&T has sold its 10% stake in Hulu, so Disney now holds the majority (Variety)
- Thousands of writers have fired their agents following the WGA/ATA dispute (The Wrap)
- When exactly is WarnerMedia going to step up and reveal its streamer? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- New photographs take a look at color-coded childhoods (WIRED)
- Why fashion companies are investing in TV and movies (Wall Street Journal)
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