- TikTok is in hot water again: A BBC investigation found that the app failed to remove online predators (BBC News)
- Apple Music has passed Spotify in US music subscriptions, and now the techco thinks it can replicate that success in other areas (Recode)
- To combat its long-standing problem of other apps copying its technology, Snapchat is starting to share (Tech Crunch)
- Amazon is reportedly developing Alexa-enabled earbuds to compete with Apple, but will it succeed? (AdWeek)
- Believe it or not, Netflix’s DVD rentals are still going strong—it brought in US$212 million last year (Tubefilter)
- Snapchat is changing the conversation with AR, new games and more commissioned content (Los Angeles Times)
- Six takeaways from CinemaCon: It’s all about Disney, Netflix and diversity (Variety)
- LatAm’s SVOD subscriptions are growing fast, and unsurprisingly, Netflix is leading the pack (Digital TV Europe)
- YouTube was built on the work of independent creators, so why is the platform abandoning them? (The Verge)
- Writers continue to struggle with salaries in the agency battle, but showrunners’ salaries are soaring (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Trying too hard will never be cool: New research shows Gen Z doesn’t like it when brands chase trends online (PR Week)
- Instagram’s IGTV is floundering, so the app is offering social stars big bucks to back the platform (The Verge)
- Trying to remember what companies own what? A flow chart can help with that (Recode)
- Following Equal Pay Day, a new lawsuit alleges Disney doesn’t pay women equitably (New York Times)
- YouTube staff say execs ignored warning signs about growing extremist content (Bloomberg)
- The Justice Department warns the Academy not to kick out Netflix (Variety)
- Tencent and Alibaba still dominate in China, but smaller players are finding a way in (eMarketer)
- WGA readies a tech solution to help writers get jobs if a deal isn’t reached in talent agency dispute (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Brands are seeing the potential of advertising on Twitch gaming streams (AdWeek)
- It might be time to stop asking kids what they want to be when they grow up (New York Times)
- Both The LEGO Movie and Scarface have violence, but the way kids react to each is totally different (The Huffington Post)
- Dumbo fails to meet box-office expectations—perhaps the shine of Disney’s remakes is wearing off? (New York Times)
- Discovery and BBC team up for a non-fiction SVOD (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How Netflix is taking over children’s screen time with its modest animation studio (Fast Company)
- Are you more likely to trust a robot if it has a body? Alexa’s chief scientist thinks so (Digital Trends)
- Mark Zuckerberg asks for new internet regulation (Washington Post)
- CN’s Steven Universe becomes the first animated show to win a kids category GLAAD Award (Out Magazine)
- BBC plans to attract a younger audience with its online services (Rapid TV News)
- Surprise, surprise: Netflix is 2019’s fastest-growing US brand (Variety)
- Dig into some writing tips from a pair of former Sesame Street songwriters (The Atlantic)
- PAW Patrol and Odd Squad were the big winners in the kids categories at the Canadian Screen Awards (ET Canada)
- It may not be the biggest, but Amazon Music is set to be the fastest-growing audio streaming service this year (eMarketer)
- Licensing doesn’t actually drive kids to choose junk food over healthy snacks, but it does influence parents (The Takeout)
- Apple Arcade is looking to take on the massive free-to-play monster the techco itself created (The Verge)
- According to YouTube, all of the advertisers that fled the platform in February have since returned (Tubefilter)
- All at once, game streaming is all anyone can talk about…and it’s the battle every techco now wants to win (Tech Crunch)
- How Google’s robotics program has shifted from flash to substance (New York Times)
- What are the ramifications of moving Fox’s big Avatar sequel to Disney? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- A look at Peter Stern, the man in charge of Apple’s new subscription services (Digiday)
- We keep telling you not to count Snapchat out—the app’s US ad business will grow 24% this year (eMarketer)
- TikTok acquired animated, location-specific overlay tech for users to add to their videos (Tech Crunch)
- LatAm will only add five million pay-TV subs by 2024 (Digital TV Europe)
- Inside indie theaters’ battles to stay alive (Variety)
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