- Netflix reportedly agrees to discuss talent payment proposals with agents (Deadline)
- And the steamer’s teen drama Outer Banks is getting a video game treatment (Variety)
- How new legislation will bolster the Brazilian video games business (Games Industry)
- The creators of Max’s animated Gremlins series open up about its future (THR)
- FTC calls out social media’s surveillance practices and failure to protect kids (Washington Post)
- A rundown of potential candidates vying to be Disney’s next CEO (Variety)
- Microsoft will shut down its Xbox Ambassadors program next month after 13 years (IGN)
- Peratech closes a US$31.5-million funding round for force-sensing AI gaming tech (Forbes)
- Instagram rolls out teen accounts with more protections (The Verge)
- Transformers One is pacing to have a US$30-million opening weekend (Deadline)
- How YouTube compares to Netflix in the engagement wars (Variety)
- California lawmakers greenlight AI laws to protect actors (THR)
- Introducing You Got Moxie!, a new podcast by ex-Disney exec Julie Ann Crommett (Animation World Network)
- Dana Walden breaks down Disney’s streaming strategy (Bloomberg)
- …and ex-Pixar employees recall an “unprecedented” crunch for Inside Out 2 (IGN)
- The Biden administration cracks down on Chinese shopping platforms (Omnitalk)
- The Wiggles announce a North American tour next year (The Music Universe)
- And here are some tips on how to succeed in the dystopian YA genre (The AV Club)
- Mattel issues a special US$15-million stock grant to CEO Ynon Kreiz (THR)
- Spotify is testing new “managed accounts” for users under age 13 (TechCrunch)
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice earns US$51.6 million in its second weekend (Variety)
- TikTok heads to court today to argue against its potential US ban (The Guardian)
- Circana says the US toy market was pretty stable in the first half of 2024 (The Toy Book)
- Animated films are crushing it, but their directors aren’t allowed to join the DGA (The Wrap)
- Disney+ offers big discounts to up subscribers ahead of a price hike (Variety)
- And for something completely different, here’s a weird look back at Disney’s cover album history (Vulture)
- Top dog Bluey is now the most-watched TV show in the US (Variety)
- Check out the Nick brands lining up for Macy’s 2024 Thanksgiving Day Parade (Bleeding Cool News)
- Digital reproduction of Peter Cushing in Rogue One leads to a lawsuit against Disney (CBR)
- Akiko director reveals the secrets to making animals look like they’re speaking (AWN)
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