- Netflix is developing a Wednesday spinoff (TBI Vision)
- As a Christmas surprise, Disney released an episode of Percy Jackson and the Olympians a day early (Variety)
- Ryan Gosling has dropped an EP with new versions of Barbie song “I’m Just Ken” (THR)
- BAFTA ups the minimum theatrical screenings requirement for Best Film entries (Deadline)
- Wonka is off to a sweet start at the global box office (Variety)
- The K-pop wave is hitting the Netherlands in the form of a new FAST channel (Variety)
- A video game based on fan-favorite holiday film Elf has launched in Roblox (Polygon)
- Ad spending on some top streamers dropped by 8% in 2023 (NextTV)
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and The Super Mario Bros. Movie get Golden Globe noms (The Guardian)
- 20th Television’s EVP of production to exit after two decades with the studio (Deadline)
- RTL Group is selling its Dutch TV operations in a billion-dollar deal (THR)
- A Spanish streamer is picking up shows from WBD and SkyShowtime (TBI Vision)
- Netflix welcomes Banijay’s fantasy series Ronja the Robber’s Daughter (Variety)
- …Meanwhile, the streamer is planning a new Sonic video game (Deadline)
- This year’s top Hollywood dealmakers share their advice for 2024 (THR)
- And for something fun, Kidscreen contributor Chris Byrne answers the internet’s toy questions (Wired)
- How YouTube channel Toys and Colors has become a major hit with kids (Variety)
- Barbie owned the Critics Choice Awards shortlist; does this mean Oscar noms will follow? (Deadline)
- Here’s a breakdown of Hollywood’s biggest successes and missteps of 2023 (THR)
- Google is aiming to make it easy for developers to create with AI (TechCrunch)
- The once-mighty gaming event E3 has been permanently canceled (The Washington Post)
- 2023 will be remembered as the year Twitter died (The Verge)
- Paramount’s controlling shareholder faces a tough choice about the future (The Wrap)
- A jury has decided that Google’s app store is an illegal monopoly (Gizmodo)
- London’s West End could welcome a Paddington musical in 2025 (Deadline)
- LEGO Fortnite could become kids’ new favorite game (Digital Trends)
- The BBC’s license fee isn’t increasing as much as previously promised (Deadline)
- It’s too quiet in Hollywood—where are all the deals? (THR)
- A new study finds that 17% of LA entertainment workers lost jobs during the strikes (Variety)
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