- Skydance pressures Paramount to stop negotiations with Edgar Bronfman Jr. (Investopedia)
- WBD rolls out a first-party data platform with tools for advertisers (Advanced TV)
- Children’s and YA book sales dropped by 5.8% last year: report (Publisher’s Weekly)
- Sony launches a new program to support MENA game developers (Games Industry Biz)
- The UK’s Channel 5 and its streamer My5 will relaunch as 5 next year (Advanced Television)
- Disney+ Star Wars series The Acolyte has been canceled after one season (Deadline)
- Kyoto’s Nintendo Museum is set to open in October (Forbes)
- Aussie kids face challenges in identifying local content, study finds (The Conversation)
- The Animation Guild and AMPTP plan to continue bargaining in September (THR)
- Coraline re-release scores a top-five spot in the US domestic box office (Deadline)
- The Annual Native American Animation Lab has opened workshop applications (AWN)
- Six in 10 Australians support banning kids from social media: poll (ABC)
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- Paramount Global may have a new bid from Edgar Bronfman Jr. (Reuters)
- Kathleen Finch to retire as head of US networks at WBD (Variety)
- Exploring the road ahead for the Gabby’s Dollhouse franchise (THR)
- Epic Games rolls out an iOS app store in the EU to compete with Apple (WIRED)
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is on track for an US$80-million opening weekend (Deadline)
- An overview of the biggest executives and creatives in kids’ entertainment today (THR)
- SAG-AFTRA signs a deal with AI startup Narrativ for ethical audio voice replicas (Variety)
- YouTube steals coolest brand title from Netflix, according to UK kids (Advanced Televsion)
- Gaming revenue grows 9% year-over-year for China’s Tencent (Technode)
- Corus files CRTC complaint over Rogers’ Disney/WBD content promotion (Broadcast Dialogue)
- Chuck E. Cheese is spending big on “kidvertising” to reach Gen Alpha (Ad Week)
- Disney slates Frozen 3 for a Thanksgiving 2027 release (Deadline)
- A copyright infringement case against AI image generators moves forward (THR)
- Saving Bikini Bottom is Netflix’s most-watched title for a second week (Variety)
- Paramount begins more layoffs today, cutting 15% of its US workforce (THR)
- Pixar adds two more directors to its upcoming sci-fi family feature film Elio (The Wrap)
- Twitch is rolling out new video story features to compete with TikTok (TechCrunch)
- PMI Kids World lands Target for its Stumble Guys toys in the US (Licensing.biz)
- Netflix links its animation leak to a post-production partner security breach (Cartoon Brew)
- Breaking down how Hasbro is overhauling its supply chain and inventory (Retail Dive)
- Meta and Universal Music Group will work together to combat AI-generated music (Tech Crunch)
- Longtime Google exec and former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has died at age 56 (The Guardian)
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