- WBD is reportedly prepping a Harry Potter TV series for HBO Max (Bloomberg)
- TikTok has been fined US$15.8 million for breaching a kids data protection law in the UK (The Guardian)
- Disney EMEA is preparing for staff layoffs and content cuts (Deadline)
- The president of Japanese animation juggernaut Studio Ghibli resigns (Variety)
- Spotify is shutting down its standalone live audio app (TechCrunch)
- Cineworld proposes a new restructuring deal to emerge from bankruptcy (Reuters)
- Lionsgate, WBD and Paramount are among Hollywood’s top stock growers in Q1 2023 (THR)
- Dungeons & Dragons grosses US$38.5 million at the US box office in its opening weekend (Variety)
- US lawmakers are meeting with Disney and Apple CEOs to discuss doing business with China (Deadline)
- Italy’s privacy watchdog is highlighting ChatGPT’s child safety concerns (TechCrunch)
- E3 2023 has been canceled due to a lack of “sustained interest” (IGN)
- Amazon Studios taps former Marvel exec Joe Quesada to develop comic book IPs (THR)
- Funko wants to make its Mondo poster biz more accessible to fans (Variety)
- Hollywood will wind down its COVID-19 safety protocols in May (Deadline)
- How Hollywood is prepping for the rise of AI (The Wrap, paywall)
- The Middle East’s MBC Group is launching an anime venture with Tokyopop (Variety)
- …and Saudi Arabia will be home to the first-ever Play-Doh themed attractions (Licensing.biz)
- Meanwhile at Marvel, Ant-Man 3 censorship in Kuwait may have been behind Victoria Alonso’s exit (THR)
- Paramount+ chief programming officer Tanya Giles departs (Deadline)
- Disney, Netflix and others secure a US$30-million settlement in piracy suit (THR)
- Cannes chief on using TikTok to age-down the fest’s audience: “We’re happy about the results” (Variety)
- An immersive Paddington Bear experience will launch in London this year (The Guardian)
- Anime feature Suzume tops China’s box office with a US$50-million take (THR)
- WBD’s upcoming streamer looks to replicate the cable bundle (TBI Vision)
- New Utah law seeks to limit social media usage by kids and teens (NYT)
- Xavier López, host of Mexican kids series En Familia con Chabelo for 48 years, has died at age 88 (Deadline)
- The Pinkfong Company may have found its next breakout hit with Sealook (Cartoon Brew)
- New research says Eastern Europe will lose eight million TV subscribers by 2028 (DTV Europe)
- Zigazoo is launching a new TikTok-style video app for Gen Z (TechCrunch)
- The CW’s latest round of layoffs is hitting its marketing and financial divisions (Deadline)
- Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) will pen the next Star Wars film after two writers quit the project (Variety)
- Gamestop’s collectibles business pulled in US$964 million in 2022 (GamesIndustry.biz)
- Netflix wants to tell more diverse stories in the Nordics, but finding diverse talent there is a challenge (TBI Vision)
- The SEC charges influencer Jake Paul and actor Lindsay Lohan for crypto scheme (THR)
- WGA proposes allowing AI to write scripts, as long as writers still get credits (Variety)
- TikTok CEO pledges to shield user data on the app (WSJ, subscription content)
- Players spent US$820 million in the Epic Games Store last year (GamesIndustry.biz)
- Tencent Holdings reports its first-ever drop in annual revenue (Reuters)
- Despicable Me, Smile and the art of crafting the “perfect” movie title (Variety)
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