- How Nickelodeon, Disney and Sesame are trying to talk to kids about COVID-19 (Variety)
- Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the screen time debate is over, and screens won (The New York Times)
- Zoom is all the rage right now, but the video call platform has some drawbacks from scaling too quickly (Tech Crunch)
- JK Rowling has launched a digital Harry Potter hub for kids (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Top Disney execs are taking a pay cut (Variety)
- HBO Max doesn’t launch for more than a month, but the SVOD has already gained major momentum with viewers (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Spotify is launching its kids app in the US, Canada and France (Tech Crunch)
- Children are now getting into Facebook’s Messenger Kids…and all it took was a pandemic (Technology Review)
- As movie theaters around the world close, drive-ins are flourishing (The Atlantic)
- Disney+ is reportedly surveying subscribers on whether it should offer content for older viewers (TV Guide)
- Dispatches from around the entertainment industry: How COVID-19 is affecting individuals (Variety)
- Sesame is expanding its Caring for Each Other initiative to help kids tackle COVID-19 (The New York Times)
- The HQ Trivia app is back only two months after its shutdown—can it make a comeback? (The Verge)
- Prix Jeunesse and another Reed MIDEM event have both been cancelled and moved online (Kidscreen)
- It might be time to start considering that things may not ever really “go back to normal” (The Hollywood Reporter)
- …In the meantime, some of the biggest movies in the works are now on hold indefinitely (Variety)
- As Steven Universe comes to an end, let’s reflect on how the hidden gem changed animation (Entertainment Weekly)
- Amazon taught everyone that they can get whatever they want, whenever they want it…so, what happens now? (AdWeek)
- Hollywood has a growing debt problem, and this earnings season is going to be a mess (The Hollywood Reporter)
- It’s not just virtual entertainment that’s on the rise—children’s publishers are seeing a big spike, too (The New York Times)
- Amazon’s new essential items policy, while important, is devastating non-essential sellers (WIRED)
- …And toymakers are shifting focus to tackle medical supply shortages (Forbes)
- Look, it’s inevitable—everyone is going to have a Zoom call disaster sooner or later (Fast Company)
- Netflix has started to dole out some cash, giving US$1.2 million to the UK’s BFI and The Film & TV Charity’s COVID-19 fund (TBI)
- Media consumption is skyrocketing, but does it matter if ad sales are way down? (Recode)
- In what feels like a throwback to three years ago, the Nintendo Switch is sold out everywhere (The Hollywood Reporter)
- …And what gaming can teach us during a pandemic (Financial Times)
- Is it possible that right now we’re going through some of the stages of grief dealing with all of this change? (Harvard Business Review)
- The Olympics are being postponed until 2021 (Variety)
- What other disasters can teach us about how the trauma of COVID-19 will shape the way this gen grows up (The Atlantic)
- There really is no way to plan long term right now…we just have to take this all one day at a time (Digiday)
- The UK Creative Industry Federation is worried about the impact this crisis is having on freelancers, and is asking for US$17.5 billion to support them (TBI)
- A few more events were cancelled yesterday, including the Banff World Media Festival (Kidscreen)
- Netflix has created a US$100-million fund for the creative industry, but it’s still assessing how to distribute it (Tech Crunch)
- …And BBC’s Alice Webb says the SVOD just can’t compete in the UK when it comes to kids content (The Guardian)
- Amazon Prime, meanwhile, is looking to capitalize on all of the early digital releases with a new hub (CNET)
- Light at the end of the tunnel: 500 of China’s theaters are reopening (Variety)
- With the newest iteration of Animal Crossing, has Nintendo found a hit game for the pandemic? (The New Yorker)
- It only took a pandemic, but kids linear TV ratings are soaring (Digiday)
- Disney is digitally dropping another movie much earlier than expected (Variety)
- …And the House of Mouse has been hit hard, so it’s looking to raise some cash (Forbes)
- Netflix is reducing the bit rate of videos in Europe to lighten the network load (The Verge)
- More events are finding digital alternatives, and today’s COVID-19 updates (Kidscreen)
- As these movie release delays continue, there’s a ripple effect, creating a premiere pile-up in theaters (Variety)
- Since virtually every TV show has paused production…what happens next? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- If you liked touring virtual museums, check out zoos and aquariums online (New York Times)
- Why is Gen Z the saddest generation? Here are a couple of guesses (Digiday)
- Reed MIDEM is launching an online MIPTV event, and other COVID-19 updates (Kidscreen)
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