- MrBeast’s biggest revenue driver isn’t videos; it’s chocolate (Bloomberg)
- Dude Perfect may be the next YouTuber to get a streaming deal (WSJ)
- Walmart expects to fall short of its 2025 plastic reduction goals (RetailDive)
- The first Harry Potter film makes Digital-i’s British streaming exports list (Deadline)
- A Minecraft Movie is on track for a US$58-million opening weekend (THR)
- Roblox CEO says concerned parents should keep their kids off the platform (Game Developer)
- Cra-Z-Art expands its US manufacturing capacity to combat tariffs (The Toy Book)
- If you’re in LA this month, check out Mattel’s 80th-anniversary art exhibit (LA Downtown News)
- An inside look at the marketing and PR stumbles on Snow White (THR)
- …and Disney unveils a first live-action trailer for its Lilo & Stitch remake (Empire)
- HBO’s Harry Potter show is getting close to some major casting decisions (Deadline)
- Chat GPT is on the rise among Gen Alpha for schoolwork (Teen Vogue)
- Walgreens has been acquired for US$10 billion by Sycamore Partners (Retail Dive)
- Study shows that social media usage creates vocab trends among kids (Oxford University Press)
- Kickstarter says animated projects raised more than US$5 million in 2024 (Kickstarter)
- MrBeast crashes a Formula E race car at the Miami International Autodome (MSN)
- Mattel’s senior leaders reflect on its 80-year history and IP-driven future (Variety)
- Banijay’s entertainment division reports flat revenue for fiscal 2024 (Deadline)
- Hollywood observers address the elimination of studios’ DEI policies (THR)
- Are family vloggers fleeing California to avoid paying their kids? (Vulture)
- Disney lays off 6% of its Entertainment Networks and ABC News teams (THR)
- YouTube installs safeguards to protect teens from exposure to sensitive topics (Google Blog)
- Netflix CFO says the streamer hasn’t hit its content investment ceiling yet (The Wrap)
- Nintendo wins its lawsuit against video game file-sharing site DStorage (The Verge)
- Tiktok and Meta criticize Australia for exempting YouTube from its social media ban (Reuters)
- Toycos brace for new tariffs with potential price increases in the works (BBC)
- Does Disney’s first openly Christian character in almost 20 years signal a shift? (Newsweek)
- A UK watchdog investigates TikTok’s misuse of children’s data (Reuters)
- Activision is gauging interest in games using AI-generated materials (VGC)
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