- Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee has died at 95 (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Voice tech makes money when people use it to buy things, so what will make them do that? (eMarketer)
- Once considered taboo, kids books with political messages are becoming increasingly popular (The Guardian)
- Why are YouTube videos suddenly all an hour long? (WIRED)
- Bad news if you’re sick of remakes: They’re not going anywhere (CNN)
- The Grinch made some box-office green this weekend, pulling in US$66 million domestically (Variety)
- Voice assistants like Alexa and Siri have set a new record for speed of adoption—surpassing even the smartphone (Recode)
- Microsoft scoops up two video games in an effort to create a new popular offering (The Guardian)
- Facebook has quietly launched its TikTok clone Lasso—but can it compete at this point? (The Verge)
- LEGO’s VP of design talks about why you have to be good at keeping secrets to work at the brickmaker (Metro)
- Nintendo Switch moves from gaming device to media player with new YouTube function (Tech Crunch)
- Vine officially has a successor, and it has a very similar name to competitor TikTok’s parentco… (The Verge)
- It was supposed to revolutionize XR headsets, but has Magic Leap fallen off a cliff? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Lovers of nostalgia, or clinging to the past? Why lots of Brits are still watching black-and-white TV (CNN)
- The company behind the visual effects in the first Star Wars trilogy is opening a TV division (SyFy)
- Tech is always looking for the next big thing—and for some reason, it’s foldable phones? (The Verge)
- Snapchat has one last trick up its sleeve: How the techco is courting the best in AR talent (Digiday)
- As the SVOD space gets more crowded, the goal now is to just stay afloat (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Fox’s earnings get a bump ahead of the Disney merger (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How Netflix courted the industry’s top talent to make its new kids slate possible (Variety)
- What’s old is new again: Amazon is shipping its first-ever holiday toy catalogue to customers this month (CNBC)
- Most parents who let their kids watch YouTube have encountered disturbing videos, says new study (Tube Filter)
- Instagram is working on creating manually reviewed bully-proof School Stories (Tech Crunch)
- Deck the halls: Holiday sales are expected to surpass US$1 trillion this year (eMarketer)
- Social media growth is all but over in the US, so now what? (Recode)
- How the CEO of Illumination became one of the most powerful people in animation (Variety)
- Influencer-dedicated database Famous Birthdays has launched its own video platform (Tube Filter)
- HQ Trivia was a massive hit when it launched, but now the company’s future is a question mark (Recode)
- Canadian producers are wondering—whatever happened to that promised Netflix investment? (CTV News)
- Meanwhile, Prime Video is planning on investing in local content out of India (Economic Times)
- Adobe analyzed sales data to find what toys are likely to win at retail this holiday season (Business Insider)
- Not just for kids? Why TV is in the middle of an animation boom (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Apple will no longer announce how many laptops, tablets and phones it sells in its earning reports (CNN)
- Netflix isn’t content with ruling the SVOD space; it’s gunning for the silver screen now too (The Verge)
- The new head of Nick talks about the enduring legacy of All That and film development (The Hollywood Reporter)
- What’s the best way to drive people to your YouTube series? Film it live at VidCon, says LEGO (PR Week)
- Failure to launch: The story behind Hasbro’s console that never saw the light of day (Polygon)
- Amazon is building a new potential workforce by teaching 10 million kids to code (CTV News)
- Snap sues influencer for failing to influence—what precedent does that set? (Variety)
- WhatsApp continues to battle fake news, but the app has found a way to show ads now (Economic Times)
- Facebook copied Stories from Snapchat and is now banking on the feature hard (Recode)
- Meanwhile, Snap is hoping to bring back users with 25 new shows out of the UK (TechCrunch)
- That was fast: Disney has recouped the US$4 billion it spent on buying Lucasfilm six years ago (CNBC)
- How Black Women Animate and Cartoon Network are opening up new opportunities in production (Forbes)
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