- Universal will tackle adolescent mental illness with a big-screen adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen (Variety)
- No lie: Tom Hanks could be Geppetto in Disney’s live-action Pinocchio (Entertainment Weekly)
- Apple Music is set to launch on Amazon’s Echo devices (TechCrunch)
- WarnerMedia’s upcoming SVOD will offer three tiers of service (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Superhero movie Blue Beetle is set to be the first DC standalone film with a Latino lead (The Wrap)
- Instagram will use AI to describe photos for users with visual impairments (The Verge)
- UK broadcasting regulator recommends networks collaborate to rival Netflix (CNBC)
- Medical students are at the top of the class for social media influencers (Slate)
- Nintendo Switch broke records over the holiday shopping weekend (Variety)
- The battle for the Best Animated Short Oscar is heating up (IndieWire)
- The industry remembers SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg (Variety)
- YouTube Originals will soon be available for free through ad-supported viewing (AdWeek)
- Video game rehab: the addiction to Fortnite is real (Toronto Star)
- Disney and Google have inked a digital advertising deal (Deadline)
- Why Disney’s live-action remakes could get old, fast (Forbes)
- But sequels prove to be no problem, with Ralph Breaks the Internet breaking the box office (Variety)
- France Télévisions to stop distributing full programs on YouTube (Digital TV Europe)
- India reportedly pays the highest subscription fees for Netflix but gets less content (CNBC)
- Why there is an enduring appeal to toys that engender nurturing (The Atlantic)
- Thanksgiving online spending hits US$3.7 billion and gobbles up previous record (Tech Crunch)
- Sony is going to keep spinning webs, adding two new Spider-Man Universe movies to its lineup (Variety)
- Disney roars with strong first trailer for its Lion King remake (The Verge)
- Without Toys “R” Us this holiday season, shoppers have to act faster to get popular toys (CNBC)
- Disney values Hulu at US$9 billion as rumors of international expansion continue (Complex)
- It’s a booming time of year for those willing to sit in line for some cash (Time)
- Rocko’s Modern Life creator gives insight into the early days of Nickelodeon (Polygon)
- A ‘technical error’ leaks the names and emails of Amazon users (CNBC)
- Despite all the hours wasted on social media platforms, most Americans think they’re bad for the world (The Verge)
- Third time’s a charm: Snapchat to release third version of Spectacles (Business Insider)
- Stories are going corporate as LinkedIn tests disappearing video clips (Mashable)
- FAANG tech giants have all seen their value decline by 20% or more in recent months (Fortune)
- Instagram is cracking down on companies that sell fake likes (AdWeek)
- The creator of Netflix’s upcoming Maya and the Three gives insight into the SVOD’s new projects (Variety)
- Not surprisingly, Hulu’s CEO thinks streaming video will replace TV (Quartz)
- It’s official: Chinese regulators are the latest to approve the Disney-Fox merger (Rapid TV News)
- What is Disney spending more on than Marvel, Pixar and Lucasfilm combined? It’s not what you might think… (New York Times)
- YouTube quietly rolls out 100 ad-supported free movies (Tube Filter)
- Is bulking up on content going to be a winning strategy in the SVOD wars? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- It’s not just Instagram copying Snapchat anymore—WhatsApp takes a disappearing shot at the social app (TechCrunch)
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