- 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)
- Disney taps James Gorman as board chairman and will name a new CEO in early 2026 (Deadline)
- Wizards of the Coast drops big hints about a Spider-Man Magic booster set (ICv2)
- A new report shows nearly half of all Nintendo Switch gamers in the UK are female (Gamesindustry.biz)
- Ireland’s media watchdog implements the Online Safety Code for video platforms (Tech Crunch)
- Andy Yeatman to reveal Miraculous expansion plans in tomorrow’s MIP Junior keynote (Variety)
- Film and TV production in LA is approaching a historical low (THR)
- The FTC’s new “click to cancel” rule makes it easy for customers to stop their subscriptions (BBC)
- There could be a slight growth in holiday spending this year (License Global)
- Universal has set an opening date for its newest theme park (Deadline)
- Ofcom is threatening heavy fines for online safety offenders in the UK (Advanced Television)
- Instagram launches new safety features to protect teens (TechCrunch)
- How Sony and Disney marketing execs are mastering the TikTok algorithm (Variety)
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