- Marvel Studios pauses production on its Thunderbolts film due to the writers strike (Variety)
- … Meanwhile, WGA member Warren Leight discusses his efforts to disrupt studio filming (THR)
- Pixar breaks down the tech behind its upcoming CG pic Elemental (Cartoon Brew)
- Fisher-Price surprises a five-year-old with a toy designed to look just like him (Today)
- Meta starts its third round of layoffs, and has cut more than 10,000 jobs since March (Engadget)
- Disney begins its next round of layoffs, which will impact Europe, Africa and the Middle East (Deadline)
- WBD’s Max streamer plans to credit writers and directors separately following backlash (Variety)
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse‘s producers break down the pressures of building a sequel (THR)
- How schools are using mindfulness lessons to teach kids how to understand their emotions (EdSurge)
- In a bid to stem password sharing, Netflix launches an “extra member” option in the US (Variety)
- Hollywood execs discuss how to rebuild pay TV as cord-cutting accelerates (THR)
- Buzzfeed introduces Botatouille, an AI-powered kitchen assistant (NYT)
- Sony Pictures taps Game of Thrones cinematographer Fabian Wagner to shoot Venom 3 (MPA)
- SAG-AFTRA extends healthcare and pensions to performers on Cameo (THR)
- Why social media is an invaluable tool for WGA writers on the picket lines (Deadline)
- The EU slaps Meta with a US$1.3-billion fine for violating data privacy laws (CNN)
- Warner Bros. Discovery launches its super-streamer Max today (DTVE)
- Warner Bros. Discovery CEO says rival streamers should bundle together (Deadline)
- NBCUniversal launches an internship initiative for underrepresented creatives (THR)
- TikTok creators file a lawsuit to block the platform’s ban in Montana (The Guardian)
- Disney is closing its immersive Star Wars resort, just one year after it opened (Forbes)
- Monthly active users in Netflix’s ad tier have doubled since early 2023 to five million (Deadline)
- Smithsonian Channel is the latest Paramount Global division to be hit by layoffs (TBI Vision)
- Public film and TV funds in Europe are in crisis (Variety)
- Twitter is allowing paid users to upload two-hour-long videos (TechCrunch)
- A children’s advertising watchdog is going after Roblox (GamesIndustry.biz)
- Sky expands its content deal with Sony and picks up the new Spider-Man movie (Deadline)
- Disney+ sets premiere dates for Marvel’s Echo and season two of Loki (GameSpot)
- India’s video streaming market is at a turning point and ready for shake-up, says one analysis firm (Variety)
- Avatar: The Way of Water counts down to a release date on Disney+ and Max (Deadline)
- Time spent watching YouTube on TVs climbed in April, Nielsen finds (Variety)
- Amazon is developing a new multiplayer game based on The Lord of the Rings (TechCrunch)
- Banijay has hired a former Twitter exec to oversee its digital expansion (TBI Vision)
- 400 million new subscribers are expected to funnel into the global SVOD market by 2028 (TBI Vision)
- …Meanwhile, Netflix plans to cut US$300 million in spending this year (WSJ, subscription)
- The first-ever Jumanji theme park has opened in the UK (Variety)
- Here’s how educators are responding to ChatGPT’s meteoric rise (EdSurge)
- NBCU’s Linda Yaccarino will succeed Elon Musk as Twitter’s CEO (WSJ, subscription content)
- A new report finds that pay-TV penetration in the US is down to its lowest point since 1992 (Variety)
- Why audio companies remain bullish, despite ad revenue for podcasts slowing down (Digiday)
- Mattel partners with Boss Beauties to launch a Barbie-based NFT collection (Entrepreneur)
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