- Hollywood unions expect to begin bargaining on new contracts in February (Variety)
- YouTube is rolling out search options to filter out Shorts and long-form videos (The Verge)
- Comics and YA novel sales kept the children’s book market stable in 2025 (The Bookseller)
- Kathryn Hahn is in talks to play evil Mother Gothel in the live-action Tangled (Deadline)
- Despite fan theories, Netflix says there’s no secret last episode of Stranger Things (E! Online)
- LEGO affirms that the SMART Brick is here to stay amid backlash from play experts (IGN)
- The US Department of Justice is reviewing Paramount’s bid for WBD (The Wrap)
- Here are six emerging trends that retailers are watching in 2026 (Retail Dive)
- MrBeast is on the hunt for his company’s first head of viral marketing (Digiday)
- A California senator is proposing a four-year ban on AI chatbots in toys (TechCrunch)
- Embattled tween retailer Claire’s is adopting tech to revitalize its in-store experience (CIO Dive)
- US holiday e-commerce sales beat projections at US$257 billion, says Adobe (Forbes)
- Dave Filoni is reportedly replacing Kathleen Kennedy as Lucasfilm co-president (GamesRadar)
- John Mayer and McG have finalized their purchase of the Jim Henson Studio lot (Deadline)
- China’s box office grew 20% to US$7.4 billion, thanks to Zootopia 2 and Ne Zha 2 (THR)
- Disney navigated the DEI culture backlash by updating its language, not its values (Forbes)
- KPDH takes home Critics Choice Awards for best song and animated feature (THR)
- Disney to pay US$10 million for failing to label kids YouTube videos correctly (BBC)
- Video game adaptation commissions are up 30% since 2019, says Ampere (Advanced TV)
- Emily Horgan explores how kids fit into Netflix’s gaming strategy (GamesIndustry.Biz)
- Sony taps Paddington‘s Paul King to direct its upcoming Labubu film (Variety)
- YouTube has begun shutting down channels creating AI movie trailers (Deadline)
- Thunderbird shareholders say Blue Ant has undervalued the company (Cartoon Brew)
- Here are the actresses in the running to star in the live-action Tangled pic (THR)
- Netflix’s co-CEOs visit Warner Bros. studio lot with David Zaslav (THR)
- The global box office is projected to generate US$35 billion next year (Screen Rant)
- YouTube will stop providing data to the US Billboard charts in January (YouTube)
- Former Disney animators call the Mouse House’s OpenAI deal soulless (Deadline)
- Hollywood discusses how it uses Roblox to build brand awareness (Variety)
- What retailers can do to alleviate holiday consumer anxiety (RetailDive)
- Amazon is in talks to invest more than US$10 billion in OpenAI (TechCrunch)
- Canal+ sets a target of hitting more than 50 million subscribers by 2030 (Advanced TV)
- Stranger Things helped drive a 5.5% increase in TV watching last month (Nielsen)
- The UK says sustainable growth and funding are key to the BBC’s charter renewal (THR)
- Disney is free to sign licensing deals with more AI firms in one year (TechCrunch)
- KPop Demon Hunters‘ songwriters discuss how they made the iconic tracks (Deadline)
- Streaming sign-ups surge during the holidays, says Ampere (Broadband TV News)
- Disney+ has decided not to move forward with a Holes TV series (Variety)
- Zootopia 2 is the first imported film to do US$500 million at China’s box office (THR)
- Moody’s projects consumer spending growth will slow next year (Retail Dive)
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