- Analysts predict a 2x spike in US retail closures this year (RetailWire)
- Anime producer Kenji Shimizu steps in as Fuji TV’s new president (Anime News Network)
- Physical video game sales have dropped by 85% between 2000 and 2024 (VG247)
- The world’s oldest storyboard has been found in Iranian cave paintings (TV Brics)
- The demand for kids content presents new opportunities for streamers (The Current)
- Vida the Vet and Wicked receive nods at the 36th GLAAD Media Awards (GLAAD)
- Winnie-the-Pooh is named the top book inspiring kids to get outdoors (NottinghamPost)
- A new study finds that playing video games can improve ADHD symptoms (MedicalXPress)
- Analyzing Spellbound‘s underperformance on Netflix (The Kids StreamerSphere)
- Keith Le Goy upped to chair of Sony Pictures Television (Broadcast International)
- Circana warns President Trump’s tariffs may raise the price of video games (GameSpot)
- Fortnite reclaimed the top spot on Newzoo’s revenue charts for December (Gamesindustry.biz)
- Screen Producers Australia appoints Kate Carnell as inaugural council chair (if.com)
- A Gravity Falls auction has raised more than US$93,000 for LA wildfire relief (Animation Magazine)
- Breaking down what happens to kids who watch violence on TV (Miragenews)
- Sony cancels two unannounced live-service PlayStation 5 titles (Gamesindustry.biz)
- The BBC establishes a policy on generative AI content (Broadcast Now)
- Nintendo officially announces Switch 2, which will come out later this year (The Verge)
- Stronger-than-anticipated toy demand buoys Target’s holiday sales outlook (Reuters)
- The Australian Open livestreams animated matches on YouTube (Independent)
- A lawsuit against Google/YouTube over kids data collection moves forward (Bloomberg)
- Trends in kids publishing to watch out for this year (The Bookseller)
- Sony patents an AI game system to predict player behavior (Games Industry Biz)
- Anthony Noto and Joey Levin join WBD’s board of directors (The Wrap)
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