- Netflix is worth more than Disney, as one stock surges and the other plummets (Variety)
- Bumped premieres and straight-to-digital releases—if Hollywood has written off 2020, what does that mean for the future of movies? (Vulture)
- AVOD was seen as the shining light, while broadcast advertising suffered…but now it’s following suit (TBI Vision)
- …Speaking of which, YouTube ad prices dropped 20% (Digiday)
- …And it should be noted that kids content is the reason YouTube’s viewership is up (Bloomberg)
- Is the lockdown going to help or hurt Peacock’s launch? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- March retail sales were down 8.7%—the largest drop on record in March (Wall Street Journal)
- Disney+ has been editing older movies to make them more PG…does this signal something worrying about the streaming age? (The Verge)
- How influential can an influencer really be while on lockdown? (WIRED)
- It’s all about the llamas this year, apparently…though we did tell you that last year (New York Times)
- eOne’s chief strategy officer has left, the first big exec to depart following the Hasbro acquisition (Playback Daily)
- It looks like Universal’s digital-first strategy worked—Trolls World Tour is the new biggest ever on-demand release (Variety)
- Amid all of the furlough announcements, Disney has entered into a new US$5-billion credit agreement (Reuters)
- Kidtech execs got together to chat about the state of kids media, and how COVID-19 is changing things (TechCrunch)
- How do you get to Sesame Street? Through Zoom, of course (The New York Times)
- Amid news that Disney will furlough 43,000 employees, it’s also reportedly frozen development budgets (New York Times)
- A lot of companies aren’t paying their mortgages right now, and the ripples of that could cause a huge financial crisis (Vanity Fair)
- Since global lockdowns aren’t likely to lift soon, it might be time to rethink kids’ relationship with screens (National Geographic UK)
- Maybe cool it with all of the Zoom calls, as fatigue is starting to settle in (Digiday)
- Is the fact that Trolls World Tour is skipping theaters a sign of the times, or the future of film releases? (Variety)
- How the global film market is working to quell massive layoffs (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Disney+ has reached 50 million paid subscribers (Digital TV Europe)
- Sony is investing big money in Chinese platform Bilibili (Reuters)
- Disney has found a way to keep its theme parks alive, even if everything is closed (CNET)
- …And as live events disappear, what happens to the companies dedicated to putting them on? (Digiday)
- The UK’s Film & TV Charity has found that 93% of industry freelancers are out of work (TBI Vision)
- Everyone is stuck at home, yet no one has time for Quibi (Variety)
- Canada’s biggest province declared the Easter Bunny an essential service—here’s why it might help kids cope (CTV News)
- Broadcasters are struggling to figure out what their programming schedules will look like a few months from now (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How kids TV in the UK has begun to celebrate diverse cultures (The Guardian)
- Disney Animation has been making a new series of Frozen shorts, entirely from home (The Verge)
- TV viewership is up! Digital viewership is up! But European pay-TV is going to slide anyways (Digital TV Europe)
- Hollywood agents always want to discover the next big thing, and now they’re all looking to TikTok (The New York Times)
- Quibi is finally here—without any kids content—but is it worth watching? (Variety)
- ViacomCBS is looking to up its stake in Miramax (Digital TV Europe)
- Leading video game developers are encouraging people to stay at home with new in-game ads (BBC News)
- Why exactly did WarnerMedia pick Jason Kilar as its new leader? (Digiday)
- Disney will begin to furlough employees in a few weeks (Los Angeles Times)
- Movie theaters are looking for creative ways to generate revenue while closed, which means going virtual (Variety)
- YouTube is reportedly looking to emulate TikTok with a competitor called “Shorts” (Tubefilter)
- …But TikTok has several elements that make the app very hard to replicate (Tech Crunch)
- WarnerMedia’s new CEO Jason Kilar on what the future of streaming looks like (Variety)
- When the NFL returns, it’s turning to Nickelodeon to reach a younger audience (Bleacher Report)
- Forget playing doctor—playing coronavirus is all the rage with kids at home right now (The Atlantic)
- Is Bluey Australia’s biggest export since The Wiggles? (The New York Times)
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