- Hailey’s On It! and Ada Twist, Scientist win big at the GLAAD Media Awards (Variety)
- A new Ofcom report highlights kid exposure to violent online content (Advanced Television)
- Marvel Studios parts ways with X-Men ’97 creator Beau DeMayo (THR)
- How the teen market powered up TV and film in 1999 (The Wrap Pro)
- Ex-treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin expresses interest in buying TikTok (Variety)
- Epic Games asks a US judge to hold Apple in contempt over a violated App Store injunction (Reuters)
- Spotify is launching music videos in beta across select markets (The Verge)
- Filmart wraps up in Hong Kong with nearly 7,500 attendees this year (Deadline)
- How Reddit’s new free-form ad format could boost engagement for advertisers (TechCrunch)
- Apollo Global reportedly eyes a potential asset purchase or takeover of Paramount (Axios)
- How China is fueling a lucrative new content genre with a “micro-drama” boom (Variety)
- European lawmakers pass the first comprehensive AI-regulating law (THR)
- Annecy unveils its official 2024 poster spotlighting Portugal (Skwigly)
- DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda 4 does US$58.3 million domestically in its opening weekend (THR)
- How game publishers are navigating the growth of fan “demakes” (Games Industry Biz)
- Dragon Ball manga creator Akira Toriyama has passed away at age 68 (BBC)
- The Toy Association adds seven new members to its Board of Directors (Toy Book)
- How the major streamers stack up in terms of subscribers and revenue (The Wrap Pro)
- Kung Fu Panda 4 is projected to earn US$45 million at the box office this weekend (Variety)
- The US House Committee unanimously votes to ban TikTok domestically (THR)
- …And TikTok responds by urging its 170 million American users to call Congress (The Verge)
- Netflix’s Nimona overcame major obstacles on its path to becoming an Oscar contender (Variety)
- Nickelodeon Studios and TAG have ratified a new contract for animation workers (Skwigly)
- …Meanwhile, Paramount is reportedly in talks to sell its stake in Viacom18 to India’s Reliance (BNN Bloomberg)
- The Digital Markets Act takes effect today and could completely change how major techcos operate in the EU (THR)
- Animation Dingle has unveiled the conference program for its 12th annual edition (Animation Magazine)
- The Backyardigans creator Janice Burgess has died at age 72 (The New York Times)
- The UK introduces a 40% indie tax credit for films budgeted under US$19 million (Deadline)
- Black Women Animate (BWA) Boot Camp returns to Titmouse LA in April (BWA Studios)
- Cinemark’s CEO argues that studios overspent on streaming and are now shifting back to theatrical (THR)
- NATPE Global and Realscreen Summit to co-locate in Miami next year (Realscreen)
- Switch emulator Yuzu will shut down and pay Nintendo US$2.4 million (Gizmodo)
- Actors voice concerns over AI tools for foreign-language dubbing (TheWrap Pro)
- Prime Video staffers in Europe face layoffs as the company restructures internationally (Deadline)
- Universal reveals the kids brands lined up for Orlando Resort’s DreamWorks Land (Deadline)
- OTT revenue in North America is projected to hit US$100 billion by 2029 (DTVE)
- Does a dwindling music catalogue on TikTok open up opportunities for other audio breakouts? (Wired)
- …meanwhile, Apple is fined nearly US$2 billion in an EU music streaming antitrust case (The Wrap)
- Learning Express franchise owner Rick Derr shares his thoughts on how retailers should adopt AI (Toy World)
- Why Brian Schatz’s “Protecting Kids on Social Media Act” bill threatens KOSA (Washington Post)
- What the Sony-ZEE and Reliance-Disney mega-mergers will mean for Indian media (Variety)
- Room to Read and Warner Bros. Discovery partner on She Creates Change (Deadline)
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