- Indonesia becomes the latest country to ban social media for under-16s (Variety)
- US lawmakers push forward legislation to require age verification for the App Store (The Verge)
- Inside Target’s US$6-billion plan to turn its business around (Forbes)
- Could AI be the secret to unlocking value after studio mega-mergers? (Deadline)
- AI-generated art can’t be copyrighted in the US, says the Supreme Court (The Verge)
- Netflix just bought Ben Affleck’s under-the-radar AI filmmaking tech company (THR)
- MultiChoice is shutting down its African Showmax streamer (BroadbandTV News)
- Family films are driving a box-office rebound in France (Variety)
- Target has plans to stop selling cereals with synthetic colors (BBC)
- Hoppers is on track for the biggest opening for a Pixar movie since Coco (Deadline)
- Five lingering questions about the WBD/Paramount deal (Variety)
- Warner Bros. is opening a flagship Harry Potter store in London (The Guardian)
- …and The Cursed Child prevailed on Broadway during last week’s blizzard (THR)
- Kristen Bell refutes reports that she’s making US$60 million for the Frozen sequels (Variety)
- Daddy Pig is “running” the London Marathon, as teased in the show (EasternEye)
- Is the Paramount-WBD promise of 30 theatrical films a year even possible? (Deadline)
- And speaking of the messy merger, strap in for a complex antitrust review in Europe (THR)
- Paramount+ and HBO Max will become one after the WBD merger (Variety)
- And Ted Sarandos opens up about the deal, calling Paramount’s offer “irrational” (The Wrap)
- Paramount hires a canceled screenwriter to develop one of its two G.I. Joe movies (THR)
- The number of shoppers willing to buy US$30-to-US$70 toys is up 18% (RetailDive)
- Sony wants a fresh start for its Spider-Man extended universe (THR)
- Netflix’s One Piece is sailing onto the big screen for season two (Deadline)
- Pew Research details how and why US teens are using AI chatbots (Pew Research)
- KPop Demon Hunters to get a physical release through the Criterion Collection (Variety)
- WBD is reviewing an increased takeover bid from Paramount (CNBC)
- Roblox’s head of parental advocacy says everyone has to “chip in” for kids’ safety (Vulture)
- Tubi exec says audiences don’t care if content is made by pros or creators (THR)
- And here’s a fun one: Every single Pokémon got its own 30th anniversary logo (Polygon)
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