- Turkey bans Roblox over child exploitation concerns (The Verge)
- Netflix leak includes SpongeBob spin-off Plankton: The Movie, Heartstopper 3 and more (TechRadar)
- WBD considers licensing more IPs to other game studios (ComicBook)
- MrBeast assesses company culture amid controversies (Deadline)
- …and the launch of a new MrBeast Lab toy line (Coming Soon)
- How the language of Inside Out makes therapy more relatable for kids (NYT)
- Theater owners are optimistic after a slew of summer hits at the box office (THR)
- PBS KIDS is leaving the MultiChoice channel lineup (Broadcast Media Africa)
- TikTok courts studios and streamers with a new marketing feature (Variety)
- Ed Sheeran writes a song for upcoming Netflix toon That Christmas (BBC)
- Sony will not be making another offer for Paramount (THR)
- Google extends school time functionality on mobile devices (The Verge)
- SpongeBob spinoff Saving Bikini Bottom dominates Netflix (The Wrap)
- Why YouTube thumbnails artists are concerned about AI (Rest of World)
- Six strategies for marketers to reach Gen Alpha (Ad Age)
- MrBeast’s competition series is accused of unsafe filming conditions (NYT)
- How Toei is building a fandom ahead of Hypergalactic‘s release in 2025 (Variety)
- Inside Out 2 becomes an all-time top 10 film at the global box office (Deadline)
- Vidgame spending down in June, according to sales tracker Circana (Games World Observer)
- Disney-branded cruise ship heralds the start of a new fleet for the mouse house’s Tokyo resort partner (Forbes)
- Mercari is opening a store in Los Angeles and letting Americans buy from its Japanese inventory of anime-related products (Comic Book Resources)
- Pokémon Scarlet and Violet reaches milestone, selling 25 million units (GamesRadar+)
- Regulators allow 15 more gaming titles to enter the Chinese market (South China Morning Post)
- Humble Games lays off all staff members (The Verge)
- Nat Geo’s team is the hardest hit as Disney Entertainment lays off 140 people (Deadline)
- Netflix adds real-life components to its Geeked Week fan event for the first time (Variety)
- Kids educational toy brand KiwiCo moves into brick-and-mortar retail (Modern Retail)
- The Olympics replaced its Mario and Sonic licensing deals with a game that lets users unlock NFTs (GamesIndustry.Biz)
- Mattel has launched a line of Barbies aimed at older fans (USA Today)
- Universal Orlando pulls back the curtain on its upcoming Harry Potter experience (THR)
- Animation veterans Fred Seibert and Kevin Kolde to launch a new podcast studio (Variety)
- Edgar Bronfman Jr. still has his eye on Paramount Global (Deadline)
- Disneyland workers call off strike and agree to a new contract (Forbes)
- Europeans flocking to WBD’s Max streamer for Olympics viewing (Variety)
- Hatsune Miku becomes a movie star (Screen Rant)
- Famed anime voice actress Keiko Yamamoto passes away (Crunchyroll)
- Indian TV channel POGO uses WBD’s Teen Titans Go! characters in school program (Indiantelevision)
- Hollywood is embracing companies that support good mental health practices (Deadline)
- English-speaking markets are watching 24% more foreign content (Advanced Television)
- Cineworld to close theaters and cut jobs in the UK (THR)
- Starfleet Academy recruits familiar faces back to the Star Trek franchise (Variety)
- Major video game studios subject of a SAG-AFTRA strike call (THR)
- Michael Bay wants to turn hot Gen Alpha digital IP Skibidi Toilet into a film and TV series (Variety)
- A Candle Media subsidiary has tapped a screenwriter for its plane crash survival kids film (Deadline)
- Still going strong, the Barbie craze scoops up some new ice cream flavors (Food & Wine)
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