- How the EMEA region quietly became Netflix’s biggest subscriber base (THR)
- GKIDS secures NA theatrical rights to Spirited Away: Live On Stage (Cartoon Brew)
- JP Morgan CEO warns the battle with inflation is not over yet in the US (Reuters)
- Meta acquires VR developer Within, following an FTC antitrust lawsuit (TechCrunch)
- The BFI will hand out US$16 million over three years to support UK film education (Deadline)
- Warner Bros. Discovery plans to keep Discovery+ as a standalone streaming service (THR)
- Thailand’s government approves a 30% increase in film production incentives (Variety)
- A new bill aims to strip away Disney’s self-governing status in Florida (Cartoon Brew)
- Aardman head Sean Clarke warns that the UK animation industry is struggling (The Guardian)
- The Hogwarts Legacy video game may have debuted the Wizarding World’s first transgender character (Deadline)
- AMC unveils ticketing prices based on where audiences want to sit in the theater (THR)
- Meta plans to open up its Horizon Worlds metaverse app to teens (WSJ, subscription content)
- Disney’s Iger is expected to lay out his streaming strategy and operating structure in this week’s quarterly call (NYT)
- A new US bill casts scrutiny on how movies are altered to appease Chinese regulators (Deadline)
- Paramount+ inks its first mobile distribution deal in the UK with phone carrier Three (THR)
- Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates sheds light on AI applications and the potential impact on jobs (Forbes)
- Disney board fires back against activist investor Nelson Peltz’s proposals to shareholders (WSJ)
- YouTube Shorts crosses 50 billion daily views, but lags against other platforms (TechCrunch)
- Universal, Paramount and Disney bring movie trailers back to the Super Bowl (Variety)
- Netflix faces flak for using AI-generated illustrations in anime (Cartoon Brew)
- In the US, bipartisan pressure on Google and Apple to ban TikTok in app stores grows (NYT)
- Sony Pictures’ Q3 revenue is down, but Lyle, Lyle Crocodile and Matilda performed well (Deadline)
- BBC Studios is looking at M&A as part of its strategy to double in size (TBI Vision)
- Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA promotes a new director of streaming marketing (Variety)
- TikTok introduces its own strike system for creators who break its rules (Engadget)
- The IMF paints a sunnier world economy picture for 2023, but inflationary clouds remain (Bloomberg)
- Teen-skewing BBC3 appoints a new head of content (Deadline)
- DC Studios unveils its first slate of projects in development for HBO Max (TBI Vision)
- Madeline McIntosh resigns as head of Penguin Random House (NYT)
- Historical middle-grade novel Freewater wins the Newbery Medal, while picture book Hot Dog takes the Caldecott prize (NPR)
- Paramount+ and Showtime plan to merge in the US (TBI Vision)
- Anime helps Japan maintain its ranking as the world’s third-largest box-office market (Variety)
- Nintendo, Sony and Xbox are skipping E3 2023 in June (GamesIndustry.biz)
- TikTok CEO to testify before US Congress on privacy and child-access concerns (Reuters)
- The RTL Group/Talpa Network merger has been blocked (Digital TV Europe)
- Disney+ cancels The Mysterious Benedict Society after two seasons (Deadline)
- StudioCanal CEO Anna Marsh will open MIPTV 2023 with a keynote on strategy (THR)
- Kevin Fortson to retire after 30 years at Warner Bros. Unscripted TV (Deadline)
- The Academy is teaming up with film-centric social media platform Letterboxd (The Wrap)
- “Bolt-on” acquisitions are proving an effective strategy for NBCUniversal, says CEO Jeff Shell (THR)
- BuzzFeed will implement an AI-centric strategy for its content this year (Variety)
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