- Roku lays off 200 employees in the US, cutting its workforce by 7% (Variety)
- Disney+ continues its global rollout, inking a new deal with Vodafone Portugal (Digital TV Europe)
- Crunchyroll and Sony sign a multi-series anime deal with Japanese broadcaster Wowow (Cartoon Brew)
- Google Play launches a new review process to vet the safety of kids apps (Tech Crunch)
- Target profits drop by half in Q3, and forecasts indicate grim holiday-quarter toy and electronics sales (Reuters)
- New research says TikTok will accrue more ad revenue than Meta and YouTube combined by 2027 (TBI Vision)
- Epic Games launches a new version of Unreal Engine 5 for animation and VFX work (Cartoon Brew)
- Strange World creators break down how they built Disney’s first gay teen romance (Variety)
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever nets more than US$330 million at the global box office (Variety)
- Nearly 5,000 UK TV and film workers are at risk of poverty (Screen Daily)
- How Walmart uses AI to buy merchandise and negotiate with suppliers (Forbes)
- Is Apple preparing to enter the metaverse with a new mixed-reality headset? (Bloomberg)
- The Top, Masters of the Universe and Lite-Brite are in America’s National Toy Hall of Fame (ABC News)
- The upcoming Avatar: The Last Airbender and SpongeBob SquarePants movies get 2025 premiere dates (Variety)
- Netflix is exploring live streaming with a new Chris Rock comedy special (THR)
- Key Twitter execs quit, including the head of trust and safety (TechCrunch)
- Warner Bros. Discovery stock closes at lowest level since April merger (THR)
- Netflix is reportedly looking to acquire live sports rights (Deadline)
- How the Black Panther team made a US$250-million sequel (Variety)
- …Meanwhile, the film is already off to a strong start with US$45-million in pre-sales (GameSpot)
- Toy Retailers Association unveils its list of 2022’s DreamToys (Licensing.biz)
- BBC Studios buys London-based unscripted producer Voltage TV (THR)
- YouTube Music and Premium reach more than 80 million paid subscribers combined (Variety)
- Fremantle acquires majority stake in UK-based TV prodco 72 Films (Screen Daily)
- ProSiebenSat.1 creates new label for its international production and distribution subsidiaries (Deadline)
- Paramount names Megan Marcus as its new podcast editorial VP (Variety)
- Nintendo net sales rise despite hardware sales declines (GamesIndustry.Biz)
- YouTube Shorts now available on TV, its “fastest-growing surface” (DTVE)
- What is Mastodon and why are Twitter users leaving the social network to join it? (TH)
- Facebook’s parent company prepares to make thousands of cuts (The Guardian)
- Can Netflix nab a best picture win with Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio? (Variety)
- Black Adam, One Piece Film: Red take top spots at North American box office (Box Office Mojo)
- Euro broadcasters are picking up plenty of docs from Ukrainian producers (TBI Vision)
- WBD CEO David Zaslav increases cost-saving target to US$3.5 billion (Financial Times)
- …and seeks to strike a deal with J.K. Rowling for more Harry Potter films (THR)
- UK PM Rishi Sunak is reportedly shelving plans to privatize Channel 4 (Deadline)
- Hey Duggee‘s new special episode features Ukrainian characters and subtitles (Sky News)
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