- Skydance Media raises US$400 million in latest funding round (Deadline)
- Bytedance is reportedly looking to join the music streaming business (Wall Street Journal)
- A new report shows AVODs rising in popularity among UK viewers (Digital TV Europe)
- Gaming is booming, and it’s attracting cybercriminals (NYT)
- Netflix viewership to be measured by an external agency for the first time (BBC)
- Marvel moves theatrical release dates for Blade, Avengers: Secret Wars and more (Deadline)
- Warner Bros. Discovery lays off 82 staffers, with most cuts in the TV Group division (THR)
- The Rose d’Or 2022 shortlist is out, and 20 kids shows are in the running (Rose d’Or)
- Warner Bros. Discovery will reportedly cut more jobs this week (Deadline)
- YouTube is rolling out custom-handle URLs for every channel (Variety)
- Disney and Toronto’s Lighthouse are launching an immersive experience tour (Cartoon Brew)
- The Wiggles documentary gets behind Prime Video’s Aussie content push (Sydney Morning Herald)
- Fox Entertainment ups unscripted chief Rob Wade to CEO (TBI Vision)
- How an Indonesian SVOD is edging out Netflix and Disney+ on its home turf (Bloomberg)
- Schools are returning to phonics to help improve kids literacy skills (New York Times)
- Nintendo and Illumination unveil first Super Mario Bros. trailer at New York Comic-Con (THR)
- Licensing Expo announces new June dates in Las Vegas (Licensing.biz)
- Production workers from Bento Box Entertainment are unionizing (THR)
- After decades of hints, Scooby-Doo‘s Velma is depicted as a lesbian (New York Times)
- Set builders behind Ninja Warrior are getting into original content (TBI Vision)
- Amazon to hire 150,000 seasonal workers in US for holiday shopping blitz (Bloomberg)
- Elon Musk agrees to close Twitter’s acquisition for the original price of US$44 billion (Variety)
- Amazon discontinues its kids video-calling service, Amazon Glow (TechCrunch)
- DC’s latest feature Black Adam is poised for a US$70-million debut, analysts predict (THR)
- Gen Z audiences are hungry for more interactive video experiences, study says (Rapid TV News)
- Pandemic fallout prompts NATPE to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection (NextTV)
- Netflix’s European exec changes might be hinting at a broader strategy shift (THR)
- UK consumers to spend US$4.3 billion less this Christmas, report estimates (Retail Gazette)
- …Meanwhile, the EU approves first overhaul of nation’s e-commerce rules (TechCrunch)
- Marvel Studios taps Loki writer Michael Waldron to pen Avengers: Secret Wars (Deadline)
- Warner Bros. Discovery CEO denies the company is for sale (TBI Vision)
- Nearly 60% of Netflix users will adopt the AVOD tier, a report estimates (Digital TV Europe)
- Sony Pictures is planning to take a swing at reimagining Tarzan (THR)
- Amid rising consumer costs, Amazon launches affordable shopping options (Tech Crunch)
- The North American box office just had one of its worst Septembers in 26 years (THR)
- It’s been a year since the UK’s “Children’s Code” launched—what have we learned so far? (Games Industry Biz)
- Amazon Prime Video Canada greenlights a documentary about regional kids classic Mr. Dressup (Variety)
- Animators on Stephen Colbert’s Tooning Out the News have voted to unionize (Deadline)
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