- Toys ‘R’ Us is returning to every Macy’s in the US just in time for holiday shopping (CNN)
- Erick Tran and Mogul Production are teaming up for animated NFT series The Mogies (Deadline)
- Pixar CCO Pete Docter will receive an honorary Visual Effects Society membership (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Former Sky Studios exec Jane Millichip has been appointed as BAFTA CEO (Variety)
- Hulu outpaces Disney+ in new subscriptions (The Wall Street Journal)
- Rugrats co-creator Gábor Csupó is directing an adaptation of kids book The Story of Holly and Ivy (Variety)
- Wall Street is predicting that Netflix could have another quarter of subscriber losses (The Hollywood Reporter)
- …Meanwhile, a marketing agency that counted Netflix as one of its clients has abruptly closed it doors (Deadline)
- Gremlins director says Baby Yoda “copied” Gizmo (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Stranger Things tops Nielsen’s most-streamed shows for a fourth week (Deadline)
- Disney+ has premiered the third film in its Zombies franchise (Broadcasting+Cable)
- Nadine Zylstra, YouTube’s global originals head, has moved to Pinterest (TBI Vision)
- The new Thor movie has cemented Marvel’s theatrical return (Variety)
- Why Netflix chose Microsoft to power its move into advertising (The Hollywood Reporter)
- …Meanwhile, Americans are saying they don’t just want to stream digital content, they want to own it (TechCrunch)
- Warner Bros. in LA has been hit with one of the biggest COVID outbreaks at a studio or network (Deadline)
- This year’s Emmy nominations are more inclusive, but representation is still lacking (Variety)
- BBC Studios’ CEO opens up about its content plans and opportunities (The Hollywood Reporter)
- TikTok is rolling out content filters and maturity ratings (TechCrunch)
- LEGO has pulled its toys from Russian shelves indefinitely (The Brussels Times)
- Studios have already dropped their surefire hits into theaters, so what’s left for the rest of the summer? (Variety)
- BBC Studios posts its highest-ever revenue in 2021/2022’s full-year financials (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Spotify is buying Wordle’s music counterpart Heardle, moving into interactive gaming (Deadline)
- Kidcos need to turn the “gamification of learning” into the “learnification of gaming” (Joan Ganz Cooney Center)
- Netflix and Paramount+ currently have the largest original streaming slates in the UK (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Bookstores are booming and becoming more diverse (New York Times)
- Twitter is suing Elon Musk for pulling out of his deal to acquire the platform (Deadline)
- The UK performers union is pushing back against the increasing use of NDAs (Variety)
- Thor: Love and Thunder posts US$29-million previews at the domestic box office (Variety)
- …Meanwhile, will Disney CEO Bob Chapek speak to his strategic vision at Sun Valley? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Twitter drama continues as investors speculate that Elon Musk won’t acquire the company (Deadline)
- …And the techco lays off 30% of its talent acquisition team in company-wide hiring freeze (TechCrunch)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Takahashi Kazuki has died at age 60 (Variety)
- Marvel is reportedly developing a new series based on one of its oldest characters (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Stranger Things masterminds Matt and Ross Duffer have formed their own prodco and inked a deal with Netflix (Deadline)
- Twitter’s latest approach to drawing in users? Let them co-author tweets (TechCrunch)
- Britain’s antitrust body is investigating Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition (Variety)
- Digital creators have made gains in Hollywood, but still face big hurdles (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Animation Guild members have voted to ratify new wage minimums and extended parental leaves (Deadline)
- Meta is suing the US subsidiary of a Chinese techco, accusing it of data-scraping (TechCrunch)
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