- Go big or go home: HBO Max is aiming to appeal to a broader audience than Disney+ (Variety)
- The first casualty of the ViacomCBS merger is *drumroll*…a building (NBC News)
- How did Netflix’s first animated feature even end up at Netflix? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Update from yesterday: Apparently TV ads suffered the deepest slump since the 2008 recession (Bloomberg)
- …And streamers have their own ad problems—they just can’t stop showing the same ones over and over (Digiday)
- Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who gave life to Big Bird, has died at 85 (The Washington Post)
- Gender-fluid retail is taking over—but is it powerful enough to kill the men’s department? (BusinessWorld)
- The Golden Globe nominees are in! And once again, only male directors have been nominated (Variety)
- Disney is nearing the record-breaking US$10-billion global box office mark, and Star Wars hasn’t even come out yet (CNBC)
- Will TV ad revenue stagnate for the next three years? (Digital TV Europe)
- Netflix’s CEO said the company has earmarked US$420 million to fight Disney in India (Tech Crunch)
- Even though it will definitely change, and soon, here’s a handy media landscape map (Recode)
- Nintendo Switch, released in 2018, just had its best week of sales ever (CNN)
- Will this year’s animated Oscar race come down to Disney vs. Disney? (Los Angeles Times)
- Disney+ is giving viewers fresh access to its old content…but is that really a good idea? (WIRED)
- Insta-update: Instagram will collect ages—but only so it can advertise more alcohol (Reuters)
- …And everything’s coming up COPPA, as TikTok gets sued for collecting kids data (Gizmodo)
- Sony had the keys to the future of gaming—how did it all go so wrong? (The Verge)
- Shari Redstone, chairman of the newly merged ViacomCBS, preps the company to be a content leader (Variety)
- Hasn’t anyone learned anything? Instagram still doesn’t check kids’ ages (Tech Crunch)
- Does the newly merged ViacomCBS need to slim down? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- An inside look at Disney’s big bet on an innovative Star Wars ride (CNN)
- And you thought poop toys were weird: Every top toy of the last 50 years, explained (WIRED)
- Subscriptions aren’t dropping on Netflix and YouTube, but daily viewership certainly is (Tubefilter)
- WarnerMedia plans to use the Tuzki IP adaptation as its major push into Asia in 2020 (The Hollywood Reporter)
- YouTube is changing how it moderates violent video games…and lessening restrictions (Polygon)
- Unique merch is in high demand right now, with Star Wars dutch ovens, parkas and Swarovski crystals hitting shelves (Vox)
- Is it just us or is the internet getting worse? How to fight lies, trickery and fakes online (The Verge)
- The cold doesn’t bother Frozen 2 as it rakes in another win at the box office this weekend (Variety)
- …And the film helped propel Disney past the US$3.2-billion mark in domestic ticket sales (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Are TV ads too focused on the short term to have any real emotional impact on consumers? (WARC)
- YouTube’s CEO stopped by 60 Minutes to clear up some of the platform’s issues…but she may have made things worse (Tech Crunch)
- The next battlefront in the streaming wars will be for retention (Vanity Fair)
- A step in the right direction: How Disney tried harder to reflect Indigenous culture in the Frozen sequel (CBC Kids News)
- Without a hit toy in sight, it’s all about licensing this holiday season (Los Angeles Times)
- Happy Black Friday! It’s worth noting that a lot of five-star reviews online are fake (Wall Street Journal)
- YouTubers are fighting the recent platform changes, but are they just undermining COPPA? (Slate)
- …And despite a crackdown on ads, YouTube continues to drive this year’s hottest toys (Buffalo News)
- Another show bites the dust: Netflix isn’t renewing its MST3K revival (CNN)
- How Frozen transformed its princesses into caped crusaders (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Disney+ is adding nearly a million new subscribers per day, according to research firm Apptopia (MarketWatch)
- It’s not just streamers looking to rake in the subs—publishers are also using original content to bring in more paying readers (Digiday)
- You can’t keep poaching without breaking a few eggs: Netflix faces a potential injunction for recruiting execs from rivals (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Inside Viacom18’s efforts to take control of the kids market in India (Quartz)
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