- The animation industry is divided on Skydance’s hire of John Lasseter (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Even though Amazon owns Twitch, it’s reportedly developing a new video game streaming service (The Information)
- …And Amazon’s IMDb site is launching a free ad-supported movie and TV service for the US (Variety)
- To benefit its upcoming Netflix rival Salto, France Télévisions cuts deal with producers for exclusive rights (Digital TV Europe)
- Hulu is going to let advertisers in a little and offer new “attribution” measures with more data (Broadcasting & Cable)
- The EU signed off on new rules this week to ensure 30% of Amazon and Netflix content remains domestic (Irish Times)
- M6 and Xilam are reportedly in the running to acquire French free-to-air kids channel Gulli (Digital TV Europe)
- The market for streaming TV devices is booming: Amazon Fire and Roku both exceed 25 million active accounts (CNET)
- …And the idea for SVOD service bundling is gaining serious momentum (The Hollywood Reporter)
- “Baby Shark” has hit the Billboard music charts do-do-do-do-do (Tube Filter)
- Hulu surpasses 25 million US subscribers (Variety)
- Facebook signs several deals with Android phone makers so its app is impossible to delete (Tech Crunch)
- One tech prediction that came true last year—smart speakers exploded, with sales growing 78% (Recode)
- Why are fewer kids joining, and staying in, sports leagues? (CBC News)
- Disney shutters parenting blog Babble (Tech Crunch)
- Amazon is the latest tech titan to be crowned “most valuable public company” (Wall Street Journal)
- …But the e-commerce giant is struggling to reach Gen Z (Forbes)
- After its revenue misstep last week, Apple is increasingly relying on services to bring in sales (Recode)
- Harry Potter and the new Kingdom Hearts are set to dominate video games this year, but streaming could change that (The Guardian)
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse takes Golden Globe for Animated Feature (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Bob Iger talks about opening a new Star Wars Land this summer in a broad Q&A (Barron’s)
- …But that will come with a 10% price hike on park admission fees (Bloomberg)
- Even though Nintendo is crushing it right now, the company might move away from making consoles (Eurogamer)
- Could 2019 be the year of inclusive products for kids? (StartUps)
- All of the hallmarks of a modern pyramid scheme: YouTubers are being paid to advertise a gambling scam to kids (The Verge)
- Who says Toys “R” Us is in trouble? It’s opening at least 60 new stores in Asia this year (South China Morning Post)
- Netflix has enjoyed a relatively smooth ride in the court of public opinion, but the tides could be shifting (The Atlantic)
- Mickey Mouse is about to become public domain—but what does that mean? (Ars Technica)
- Disney finished 2018 with a US$7-billion bang at the box office (Mashable)
- Not a great start to the year for Apple, though, as it downgrades its revenue forecast (Globe and Mail)
- Google is diving back into the Oscars race with a new animated short (IndieWire)
- The voice-activated device market is looking to have another big year of growth (eMarketer)
- Kids are learning Emoji as a second-language for the digital age (WIRED)
- Are kids really digital overusers, or is it just a sign of changing times? (eMarketer)
- How Mattel’s head of customer service handles the holiday season (Forbes)
- Transformers made Hasbro a force in Hollywood—can the new movie keep it alive? (Bloomberg)
- A new FTC complaint is the latest to ask the US government body to investigate kids apps (Tech Crunch)
- Disney’s head of film production on its upcoming slate and big bet on Lion King (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Is stealing a dance illegal? That’s the question courts have to answer as Fortnite gets slapped with a third lawsuit (The Verge)
- …And Nintendo is going to court over a no-refunds on pre-orders policy (Engadget)
- A new US study has found that kids are highly influenced by sugary cereal commercials (Reuters)
- It’s a streaming world, we’re all just living in it: Hulu, Netflix and Amazon all look to be Oscar-bound this year (WIRED)
- As the FCC continues to look at kids TV rules in the US, politicians are weighing in (Broadcasting + Cable)
- Come on Facebook! Again? Internal documents reveal the social net gave major techcos access to user data (New York Times)
- The classic Kid President viral videos are coming back in 2019 (Tube Filter)
- Twitch is doing everything to build up its creators, but it still can’t keep them (The Verge)
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