- Pokémon TCG Pocket generated US$12 million-plus in its first four days (Gamesindutry.Biz)
- Paramount in a class-action suit for allegedly breaking the Video Privacy Protection Act (Advanced Television)
- Marketing vet Bob Bernstein on how he created the first McDonald’s Happy Meals (WJBF)
- Paris court sentences Disney/Pixar animator to 25 years behind bars (Cartoon Brew)
- The Animation Guild and AMPTP have extended their contract talks (The Wrap)
- TIFFCOM highlights AI’s potential to cut production costs by 90% (Variety)
- Japan’s anime industry generated US$22 billion last year (Screen Daily)
- Google Wallet will allow kids to make in-store purchases on their own (The Verge)
- Screenwriter Steven Knight leaves the follow-up to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Variety)
- Key takeaways from MIPCOM include nostalgic properties and unscripted content (Deadline)
- How Gen Alpha’s shopping habits are shaping the digital economy (checkout.com)
- New Call of Duty could add another four million subscribers to Xbox Game Pass (Gamesindsutry.biz)
- Lion Television’s Horrible Histories series will receive a BAFTA Special Award (BBC)
- New Stanford study says watching movies makes people more empathetic (THR)
- MIP London unveils plans to host a kids entertainment co-production summit (Deadline)
- Uniqlo teams up with Toei Animation on a new Dragon Ball apparel collection (CBR)
- SAG-AFTRA signs interim contracts with 120-plus game developers (BleedingCool)
- LA studios are lobbying for fewer restrictions to bolster Hollywood production (THR)
- Netflix has reportedly shut down its SoCal video game studio (Variety)
- Tweens/teens break down what they love and hate about social media (Mamamia)
- European prodcos and guilds break down the state of tax credits (Deadline)
- Epic launches an Unreal Engine/Sketchfab marketplace for animators (Engadget)
- Nigeria’s government wants to nix foreign cartoons to preserve local values (CartoonBrew)
- Marie-Philippe Bouchard to take over as CEO of the CBC in January (CBC)
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