- WOTC misses deadline to voluntarily recognize workers union (Games Industry Biz)
- Major publishers sue Meta, alleging it trained its AI model using their books (The Verge)
- SVODs are improving viewer retention, driven by shows like like Disney’s Zombies toon (Advanced TV)
- TV pioneer and Cartoon Network founder Ted Turner dies at 87 (CNN)
- Prime Video is hosting a fan event to show off its YA slate (THR)
- Crunchyroll expands its Ani-May campaign into a licensing and retail program (Toy Book)
- A handful of subscribers filed a lawsuit to try and block the Paramount and WBD merger (Variety)
- Flooded with AI tracks, Spotify introduces a badge to identify human creators (TechCrunch)
- There’s bipartisan support for US legislation regulating AI chatbots for kids (Reuters)
- A live-action Casper series is reportedly in the works for Disney+ (Deadline)
- Netflix has unveiled its mobile revamp, including a vertical video feed (THR)
- A day after shuttering its UK stores, Claire’s rolls out a US campaign to attract Gen Alpha (Toy Book)
- He-Man creator Roger Sweet dies at 91 shortly before the movie’s release (Forbes)
- A Tangled sequel was scrapped because the writers couldn’t come up with a strong enough story (The Direct)
- California’s new tax credits could be keeping animation jobs at DreamWorks and Disney alive (LA Times)
- Moose Toys has unveiled its new toy line for the latest Minions movie (License Global)
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