- HBO is testing a theatrical/streaming day-and-date release strategy for some of its upcoming flicks (Variety)
- ViacomCBS has been hit with another round of layoffs (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Tencent Music is looking to bring a wave of virtual concerts to China (TechCrunch)
- Kahoot is launching an educational game subscription service to support kids learning at home (Engadget)
- The next gen of exec talent: 35 rising stars under 35 in the entertainment industry (The Hollywood Reporter)
- TikTok is rolling out new parental controls for teens (Tech Crunch)
- One bright spot for retail this year is toys, which are flying off the shelves (CTV News)
- Want to get into an elite kindergarten? The key is being proficient on Zoom…at age four (Bloomberg)
- With a preschool show already in the works, Marc Anthony’s prodco has signed an overall deal with ViacomCBS (The Hollywood Reporter)
- VOID, the poster child for the future of VR, is teetering on the brink of extinction (The Verge)
- This year’s holidays were supposed to save retail, but with the virus surging, that’s seeming less likely (Bloomberg)
- Forget flour and roller skates; the hottest lockdown item is delivery boxes (Wall Street Journal)
- HBO Max and Amazon have finally put their differences aside and signed a deal (Tech Crunch)
- Now that Disney+ has surpassed its five-year targets, analysts are predicting it will hit 194 million subscribers by 2025 (The Hollywood Reporter)
- No wonder everyone turned to Animal Crossing—researchers have found that video games can help with mental health (The Guardian)
- Mattel is rolling out a new Barbie line that has a little something…extra (USA Today)
- Amazon Prime Video is committing US$1.2 million to COVID-19 relief for Italy’s entertainment industry (Variety)
- Instagram is revamping its app to more directly compete with TikTok, but will anyone notice? (Forbes)
- …And Netflix is also borrowing from the app with its own full-screen vertical humor videos (Tech Crunch)
- While everyone is focused on consoles and cloud gaming, Nintendo is rolling out more retro options (The Verge)
- Profits for China’s Tencent surged by 89% this quarter (Investing)
- Netflix’s Bela Bajaria has plans for the streamer internationally…which will likely involve more cancellations (TBI Vision)
- Electronic Arts is getting into TV production, but only so it can direct people back to video games (Variety)
- Forget Prime Day—China will likely see three billion packages shipped for Singles Day (Tech Crunch)
- The EU has charged Amazon with an anti-trust lawsuit, citing unfair competition (CBC News)
- In all the recent chaos, apparently the US government forgot that it was trying to ban TikTok (The Verge)
- How will the ViacomCBS exec team save some of its legacy cable brands? (Variety)
- Edtech may be the hottest area for investment right now, but its top talent is defecting to gaming (Tech Crunch)
- An Etsy seller is getting creative with dumpster-fire toys and tree ornaments to commemorate 2020 (CNN)
- Scooby-Doo creator Ken Spears has died (BBC News)
- Disneyland is looking to furlough even more employees (The Hollywood Reporter)
- …Meanwhile, WarnerMedia is entering into another round of layoffs (Variety)
- The musical future is virtual: Lil Nas X just hosted a concert in gaming platform Roblox (The Verge)
- Beyonce’s daughter Blue Ivy Carter narrated the new Hair Love book (Los Angeles Times)
- ViacomCBS is shutting down smaller legacy streamers to make way for Paramount+ (TBI Vision)
- Kids are spending thousands gambling in video games (Business Insider)
- …And a new promotion for Fortnite is rewarding kids who make in-game purchases with a Disney+ subscription (The Verge)
- Theaters and theme parks could finally be on the rebound…well, their shares are at least (Variety)
- Podcast platforms are popping up at a rapid pace, fuelling an even bigger boom for the medium (Tech Crunch)
- With everyone still at home, is it a surprise that Roku had a great quarter? (Variety)
- Death in the theater: Disney has pulled several of its films slated for holiday releases (Reuters)
- ViacomCBS says its production is almost back to normal, and it is gaining subs for its streamers (The Hollywood Repoter)
- Want to reach kids? Video games actually might be the most effective marketing tool now (BNN Bloomberg)
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