- eOne cuts 20% of workforce to reduce costs ahead of sale (Realscreen)
- TikTok rejigs executive ranks as longtime COO departs (The Wrap)
- 1+1 and Paramount Global launched a Nickelodeon channel in Ukraine on June 1 (DTVE)
- WBD reportedly nears deal to sell a portion of its music assets (Variety)
- Microsoft may drop Activision Blizzard acquisition if it’s delayed by court (NYT)
- Warner Bros. Discovery will reportedly license HBO titles to Netflix (Deadline)
- Disney’s chief diversity officer Latondra Newton departs after six years (Variety)
- Meanwhile…Marvel’s new series Secret Invasion features AI-generated opening credits (Polygon)
- Australia approves digital games tax incentive (Games Industry Biz)
- Video game company Electronic Arts restructures studios, hires new CFO (THR)
- Pixar CCO Pete Docter reflects on the “mixed blessing” of Disney+ release strategy (Variety)
- …and the studio’s new pic Elemental debuts with US$45 million at the global box office (Reuters)
- Chicken for Linda! earns Cristal award for best feature at this year’s Annecy film fest (THR)
- Video game and eSports revenues hit US$54.1 billion in the US last year (Games Industry Biz)
- Disney EMEA VP Orion Ross says they have only “scratched the surface” of African animation (TBI Vision)
- …meanwhile, the studio’s CFO Christine McCarthy is stepping down (Digital TV Europe)
- UAE has banned Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse over pro-trans poster in one scene background (IGN)
- Research: TikTok and YouTube are key to reaching US Hispanic audiences (Variety, subscription)
- Disney to shut down linear TV channels in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea (Variety)
- WBD closes its Danish production arm and consolidates operations in Stockholm (Deadline)
- Producers talk about the use of AI in animation scriptwriting (TBI Vision)
- Amazon and Disney are launching their new voice assistant built on Alexa technology (TechCrunch)
- Netflix draws a roadmap at Annecy outlining how it will invest in animation (Variety)
- Disney and Pixar unveil a teaser of their new animated movie Elio (Deadline)
- WBD is increasing the price of HBO Max in the Nordics, Iberia and Bulgaria (TBI Vision)
- Legendary Marvel artist John Romita Sr., co-creator of Wolverine, dies at age 93 (THR)
- WBD relaunches its feature animation division under a new name (Cartoon Brew)
- Vidgame developer Embracer Group is closing studios, cancelling games and laying off staff (IGN)
- Sphere Entertainment opens a new facility to produce immersive projects (Deadline)
- From a Lionel Messi series to Mariposas Negras, a roundup of new projects being animated in the Canary Islands (Variety)
- Funko is letting consumers create personalized figurines online (THR)
- Animation exec and Portfolio Entertainment CEO Joy Rosen has died at age 65 (Animation Magazine)
- Canadian broadcasters team up to focus on environmentally sustainable production (Advanced Television)
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts does US$170 million in worldwide ticket sales on opening weekend (Variety)
- Sony unveils a new Spider-Verse short film tackling mental health (THR)
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