- OpenAI teams with Common Sense Media for AI guidelines and family-friendly GPTs (TechCrunch)
- How TikTok plans to ramp up its e-commerce biz by opening studios in LA (The Wrap)
- Universal Epic Universe park to include Harry Potter and How To Train Your Dragon lands (THR)
- Johanna Faries has been named president of Blizzard Entertainment (Games Industry Biz)
- Channel 4 confirms 200 layoffs, reveals plans to become a digital-first pubcaster (Variety)
- Tech companies must now warn the US government before launching high-powered AI tools (Wired)
- Godzilla Minus One is the third highest-grossing non-English film in US box-office history (The Wrap)
- X to open Texas office dedicated to policing the platform’s content (Bloomberg)
- Omidia forecasts that streaming subscription revenue will eclipse North American pay-TV revenue by 2026 (DTVE)
- Netflix picks up the worldwide rights to Studio Ponoc’s 2D-animated film The Imaginary (Variety)
- Paramount’s CEO confirms more layoffs are planned this year as the company chases profitability (TBI Vision)
- The kidult action figure and collectibles sector headlines the 2024 London Toy Fair (Euronews)
- Florida lawmakers advance a bill to ban kids and teens from social media (Politico)
- Kyoto Animation arsonist sentenced to death in Japan for mass murder (Deadline)
- Comcast’s Q4 results are stronger than expected, thanks to parks and Peacock (The Wrap)
- Microsoft is laying off 1,900 in its gaming division following the Activision acquisition (Forbes)
- Elemental and Nimona get Oscar noms for Best Animated Feature (THR)
- Netflix’s chairman of film is leaving to start his own company (Deadline)
- …Meanwhile, new data shows the power of Netflix’s Spanish-language programming (TBI Vision)
- The Avatar: The Last Airbender concert series is expanding to a 100-city world tour (Variety)
- Sony has called off its US$10-billion merger with Zee Entertainment Enterprises (Variety)
- Screenwriters are pitching scripts for a Harry Potter TV series at Max (Deadline)
- Marvel Studios is starting off 2024 with plans to rebuild its TV shows (THR)
- A new series pilot fund has picked the co-pros it will invest in (TBIVision)
- The number of scripted TV series released in 2023 was down by 24%, Ampere finds (Variety)
- A streaming bundle offering Netflix, Disney+ and Prime Video together is coming to Canada (THR)
- Instagram tests nighttime notifications to encourage teens to spend less time on the app (TechCrunch)
- An oral history of Disney Channel original movies…and how High School Musical changed the game (Morning Brew)
- Four pics are competing for this year’s Animated Film BAFTA (BBC)
- Superman and Batman are entering the public domain in the next decade; will that spell the end of DC? (Variety)
- Disney’s second proxy battle in as many years has officially begun (THR)
- Spotify is dominating audio entertainment, but where are the profits? (The WSJ)
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