- WaPo’s lengthy search for the best kids show names Magic Light Pictures’ Julia Donaldson adaptations (Washington Post)
- The Mandalorian and Grogu is tracking for a soft-for-Star-Wars US$160-million global opening (THR)
- US Senate Democrats urge FCC scrutiny of the Paramount-WBD deal’s foreign investors (Deadline)
- Nominations are now open for the 2027 Toy Industry Hall of Fame (Toy Association)
- ABC Australia delivered 86 hours of kids programming in 2024–25, reaching 3.2 million weekly viewers (ABC)
- Why He-Man was next in line for Mattel Studios after Barbie (The Wrap)
- POP Mart and MINISO are competing to dominate the Southeast Asian toy biz (RADII)
- Point-and-click video game franchise Broken Sword is getting a film adaptation (Variety)
- With a new owner, what’s next for Pokémon GO maker Niantic? (Games Industry Biz)
- Netflix is staffing up an AI animation incubator (Animation Magazine)
- The Magic Faraway Tree was a UK box office hit, and there are sequels in the works (ScreenDaily)
- Editorial director Greg Childs shares what to expect from this year’s CMC (Brands Untapped)
- Days after a deal with IATSE, MrBeast’s company is in a stand-off with the Teamsters (Deadline)
- Warner Bros. Pictures Animation seems interested in course-correcting its Looney Tunes approach (CartoonBrew)
- Texas is suing Netflix over allegedly collecting kids’ data without consent (Reuters)
- As part of Disney’s upfronts, it released details on Camp Rock 3‘s streaming window (TVLine)
- LAIKA has shared a first-look at its latest animated feature Wildwood (TheWrap)
- Bong Joon Ho’s animated family film Ally has secured some big stars (Deadline)
- AMC Theaters is all for Paramount’s deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery (Variety)
- Culver City is making it cheaper to film there to attract more production (TheWrap)
- eBay has rejected GameStop’s unexpected takeover bid (Reuters)
- The Sheep Detectives beat expectations with a US$28-million worldwide opening (ScreenDaily)
- After doing service work for decades, South Korea wants the world to see its animated series (CNN)
- Prime Video is taking a page from Netflix and Disney’s playbook with a vertical feed (TechCrunch)
- Top creators like MrBeast are turning to expensive advisors to maintain YouTube success (CNBC)
- IATSE is on strike against season two of CoComelon: The Melon Patch (THR)
- Hocus Pocus 3 is in early development at Disney (Deadline)
- A lawsuit alleges James Cameron’s Avatar used an actor’s likeness without consent (Variety)
- How Ted Turner’s own environmentalism paved the way for Captain Planet (THR)
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