- Netflix, Disney+, HBO and Paramount+ to drive US$20 billion in AVOD/SVOD revenue by 2029 (TBI Vision)
- New Girl actor Max Greenfield launches kids book I Don’t Want to Read This Book Aloud (Variety)
- Linear TV viewership was up in August, but down year over year, Nielsen reports (Deadline)
- Elon Musk says X will start charging “a small monthly fee” to use the platform (TechCrunch)
- The Walt Disney Company is reportedly looking to sell its Indian streaming and TV business (Bloomberg)
- The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 team up to launch live TV service (Financial Times)
- Paramount+ sets release date for family-friendly comedy Good Burger 2 (Deadline)
- The US music industry has grown 9% in the first half of the year, with paid streaming driving sales (Variety)
- TikTok has been fined US$367 million for violating EU laws on children’s data (The Verge)
- WGA will likely resume talks with studios next week (NYT)
- Former WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar joins Roblox’s board of directors (Variety)
- Netflix YA-skewing series One Piece scores a season two renewal (TV Line)
- Stuart Baxter vacates his longtime role as eOne’s president of international distribution (Deadline)
- Disney is the latest company to start suspending overall and first-look deals (Deadline)
- …Meanwhile, Marvel Studios VFX workers unanimously vote to unionize (The Wrap)
- Tech leaders and US senators hold talks on how to regulate AI (The Guardian)
- Epic Games chief creative officer Donald Mustard is retiring (Games Industry Biz)
- Netflix’s YA-skewing One Piece scores 19.2 million views in its first full week (Variety)
- How gaming companies can build age-appropriate experiences (Games Industry Biz)
- E-commerce platform TikTok Shop is officially open for business in the US (CNN)
- Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron has a UK theatrical release date (THR)
- Plans to cut screen funds spark concerns among Aussie producers (Deadline)
- Inside the growth of Saudi Arabia’s film industry (THR)
- YouTube begins testing a new ‘Playables’ section for games (TechCrunch)
- Disney+ slates Haunted Mansion for an October streaming debut (Variety)
- …and D23 is expanding into a week-long event in 2024 (Collider)
- Goosebumps makes its spooky premiere on streamers in October (TheWrap)
- A new report says APAC TV and film revenues will reach US$49 billion by 2029 (DTVE)
- Warner Bros. Television is suspending overall deals as strikes continue into their fourth month (THR)
- The EU names six tech giants that have allegedly run afoul of its new digital competition laws (TechCrunch)
- Roku is laying off 300 staffers and restructuring its content portfolio (Deadline)
- US advertising revenue is forecast to grow 5% this year, but a pay-TV decline is causing concerns (THR)
- WGA East begins voting for a new president and council members amid strikes (Variety)
- Duolingo is adding gamified music lessons to teach users more than 200 tunes (Engadget)
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