- BBC does not plan on sending anyone to MIPCOM in the fall (TBI Vision)
- Ad spending doesn’t look good for 2020—a new report estimates it will drop at least 9% (The Hollywood Reporter)
- The creators of a video game meant to help kids with ADHD say it’s the future…critics say it’s all marketing (The Washington Post)
- Banning TikTok might not be the right move for the US, though it could set an example (The New York Times)
- …Meanwhile, the app has set up a US$200-million fund for creators (Tech Crunch)
- Disney has indefinitely delayed Mulan and pushed Star Wars and Avatar sequels to 2028 (CNN Business)
- …Paramount is also delaying its big-title releases to 2021 at the earliest (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How TikTok’s founder is racing to save the app before it’s banned in the US (BNN Bloomberg)
- With a return to school still up in the air, many parents are considering holding their young ones back (New York Times)
- HBO Max has logged more than four million subs one month since launch (The Hollywood Reporter)
- …Meanwhile, its parentco WarnerMedia will release more movies online as the pandemic continues (Variety)
- Several streamers will lose major titles, like Harry Potter, which drew in big numbers at launch (Tubefilter)
- Let me re-re-re-re-introduce you to the Muppets (New York Times)
- ViacomCBS Networks in the UK is instituting a “no diversity, no commission” policy (TBI Vision)
- Inside the mind of a child: How kids play, and what’s changing about it (New York Times)
- If tuning in for two minutes counts as a “view” for Netflix, does viewership data even matter? (Vulture)
- …And how Hollywood unwittingly built the SVOD it now competes against (Recode)
- Tenet, one of the big tentpoles for this year’s box office, has been delayed indefinitely (The Hollywood Reporter)
- …And without any releases lined up for 2020, exhibitors and theaters around the world are headed towards “catastrophe” (Variety)
- …This could spell big trouble for the toy industry, which usually sees big gains from movie releases (The Hustle)
- How will the collapse of Quibi affect the market for shorts? (TBI)
- This is going to be the summer of free-range kids (CBC News)
- How Hulu opened the ad-supported streaming floodgates…and what it means for the future of SVODs (Digiday)
- China’s reopened cinemas are taking things slow (Variety)
- Prominent gaming industry figures have stepped down, but is anything really changing about the culture? (The New York Times)
- In case you can’t keep track, here’s a guide to the many issues TikTok faces right now (CNN Business)
- Please keep your mouth inside your mask at all times: Disney bans walking and drinking/eating at the same time (Deadline)
- It’s not just for movies—four US cities are developing drive-in eSports arenas (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Netflix just announced a bunch of positive news…so why did shares plunge 10%? (Tech Crunch)
- Queer representation is on the rise in films, but trans characters are all but nonexistent for the third year in a row (Variety)
- How SVODS are using Facebook and YouTube to compete for dominance (Tubefilter)
- A Disney analyst doesn’t think theaters will be open meaningfully until mid-2021 (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Thrillers lead Netflix’s original movie top-10 (Bloomberg)
- The entertainment business has been uncharacteristically quiet as other advertisers protest Facebook (The New York Times)
- Nick Cannon has been let go at ViacomCBS after making anti-semitic remarks, which will affect a few Nickelodeon shows (BBC News)
- Peacock baked a cake recipe into its terms of service…and apparently it’s tasty (TV Guide)
- Netflix once considered YouTube its biggest rival, but now the pair have embraced each other…what gives? (Bloomberg)
- Lockdown in the UK has been all about family viewing time (Advanced Television)
- No idea when you’re going back to the office? Zoom hopes the return never occurs (Wall Street Journal)
- Librarians are turning Google forms into virtual escape rooms as a way of keeping patrons engaged (The Verge)
- CBS is committing 25% of its script development budget to BIPOC creators (Deadline)
- From Broadway to movie theaters, how the live entertainment business is struggling to find a way forward (Variety)
- Say goodbye to the schmooze—Coronavirus is upending industry networking (Digiday)
- Doc McStuffins creator Chris Nee is ready to make all of kids TV more diverse, with five shows already greenlit at Netflix (IndieWire)
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