- Why big brands are struggling so much to quit plastic (Wall Street Journal)
- Preschoolers are overwhelmingly getting more screen time than the WHO’s recommended one hour per day (CTV News)
- Each streamer is testing a different release schedule—which will win out? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- The ultimate disrupter: Should Spotify be worried about the impact of TikTok? (Rolling Stone)
- Monopoly is rolling out the newest version of its game and it’s loooooong (The Verge)
- Frozen 2 has made the biggest global debut of any animated film ever…was there even any doubt that it would? (Gizmodo)
- It’s beginning to look a lot like a merger! ViacomCBS are set to close their deal next week (The Hollywood Reporter)
- As awards season heats up, an age-old debate finds new life: Should voice actors have their own category? (Variety)
- UK telco BT, which already offers Netflix and Amazon, is looking to add Disney+ and create an SVOD bundle (Sunday Times)
- Is the Elf about to be knocked off its shelf? A new diversity-focused reindeer is coming for the iconic toy’s crown (AdWeek)
- Disney+ and Hasbro are leaning into the fandom around Baby Yoda with new products (CNBC)
- …Which is great, since Hasbro really, really needs people to buy its Disney products (CNN)
- The streaming era relies on middlemen—like Roku and Chromecast—but what if there’s a conflict between the two? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Meanwhile, Netflix could play a key role in an upcoming Hollywood labor dispute (LA Times)
- To date, the Hollywood box office is lagging behind 2018, but big Disney tentpoles and The Rock could turn things around (Variety)
- That was fast…Disney+ user accounts are already showing up on hacker sites (CBC News)
- Can you tell whether kids will be prodigies from their DNA? Several companies are trying (Bloomberg)
- Notably absent from the Grammy noms: Peppa Pig (The Cut)
- Spotify plans to use an algorithm to help listeners find their next favorite podcast (The Verge)
- …And its execs have big plans to harness Hollywood and take over the pod space (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Disney says it doesn’t need data to make great shows (Recode)
- There’s still a lot of room for improvement, but 50% of TV eps were directed by women or POC this year (New York Times)
- How Neopets taught us not only how to care for virtual pets, but also each other (Vox)
- A deep dive into how Brian Robbins plans to save Nickelodeon from becoming a casualty of the streaming wars (Chicago Tribune)
- Everyone gives credit to Disney, but how did How to Train Your Dragon revolutionize animated filmmaking? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- …That’s not to say Disney isn’t doing cool things—just look at what it did with the costumes on Frozen 2 (Vox)
- Mattel has returned to the junk bond market after a whistleblower derailed a similar deal earlier (Bloomberg)
- The TikTok news keeps coming: Why the social media app is pivoting away from the US (CNBC)
- Disney is dominating the animated box office, but there are big opportunities for the rest of the industry to catch up (The Guardian)
- Forget the war on Christmas: Companies are using the holidays as a battleground for new viewers (Wall Street Journal)
- This may seem like the peak of the streaming wars, but really we’re just getting started (CNBC)
- Despite privacy concerns, teens will continue using TikTok because it brings them joy (Washington Post)
- Can an eSports influencer network build a billion-dollar business? (New York Times)
- Forget Okay Boomer, and welcome what Gen Z calls “The Karen Generation” (BuzzFeed News)
- …And in more tween slang: Being hot is over—it’s all about being ugly now (Vox)
- TikTok has started to let users embed commerce links in their profiles (Tech Crunch)
- It’s not all about money: Why are more stars lending their likenesses to video games? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Disney+ signed up more than 10 million subscribers on its first day (CNBC)
- …Meanwhile, the streamer is warning viewers that some of its content might have “outdated cultural depictions” (Variety)
- How the new Warner Bros. logo and branding signals its direction for the future (Fast Company)
- Will Google’s jump into cloud gaming flop? The digital world awaits with bated breath (The Verge)
- The streaming wars are affecting paychecks and making guild negotiations even harder (Variety)
- With Disney, Pixar and DreamWorks facing off, this might be the most competitive animated Oscar race yet (The Hollywood Reporter)
- …But don’t count out Netflix’s I Lost My Body, a dark horse that could take the prize (Indiewire)
- Former HBO CEO Richard Plepler may be headed to Apple (The New York Times)
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