- Animation Guild calls on Disney to speak out against Florida’s “Don’t say Gay” bill (Deadline)
- Discovery is the latest company to suspend operations in Russia (Reuters)
- Instagram is clamping down on Russian government propaganda (TechCrunch)
- The UK’s ScreenSkills program is investing US$13M in upskilling TV crews for the production boom (Variety)
- How to help Ukraine: 11 verified charities working to help Ukrainians amid invasion (Today)
- Boss Beauties will bring NFT female role models to the Spatial immersive 3D NFT platform (Investing.com)
- Study from the Recording Academy reveals that women still face barriers in the industry (Variety)
- A new campaign for Barbie focuses on inspiring role models such as Shonda Rhimes (License Global)
- Fallout from the pandemic: Children are severely behind in reading (New York Times)
- The Batman posts best box-office opening weekend of 2022 (Variety)
- Disney is confident Avatar 2 will reinvigorate the franchise (Screenrant)
- Netflix is pausing services in Russia over the country’s invasion of Ukraine (The Verge)
- …Meanwhile, TikTok has suspended livestreaming and new content from Russia (The New York Times)
- Tech giants are pulling their products from the Russian market (TechCrunch)
- Publishers should target younger demos for paid podcasts (Variety)
- Sony Pictures Television makes big unscripted moves with a US$300-million acquisition (Deadline)
- Students are passionate about standing up for books when they get banned (EdSurge)
- US states have started an investigation into TikTok’s effects on youth (CBS News)
- Microsoft looks to support 10,000 startups in Africa over the next five years (TechCrunch)
- Netflix has paused all projects and acquisitions from Russia (Variety)
- Charity Kids Entertainment Professionals for Young Refugees has launched a fundraising campaign for UNICEF in Ukraine (KEPYR)
- The invasion of Ukraine has stalled its plans to enter the global film industry (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Netflix has acquired Next Games in Finland for US$72 million (TechCrunch)
- Streaming, mergers and the metaverse are the three big trends to watch this year (Variety)
- Theater chain AMC is bouncing back with its best quarter in two years (Deadline)
- Ukrainian filmmakers are picking up guns instead of cameras to help war efforts (ScreenDaily)
- The European Film Academy will exclude Russian films from its film awards (Variety)
- Ukrainian-Russian conflict is the first ever to play out on TikTok (Wired)
- Russia’s invasion leads to backlash in arts world, where concerts and exhibitions are postponed (The Guardian)
- Nintendo Switch’s latest Pokémon game will come out later this year (Techcrunch)
- Without stricter age restrictions, kids remain vulnerable online (Bloomberg)
- In solidarity with Ukraine, the Stockholm Film Festival bans Russian state-backed films (The Hollywood Reporter)
- …Meanwhile, kids are watching the unfolding war on social media (Today)
- A new Beyblade live-action movie is in the works with producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Deadline)
- Rick and Morty/Solar Opposites workers file to join animation union (ComicBook)
- WarnerMedia Discovery planning profitable streaming growth and conservative content spending post-merger (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Technicolor is spinning off its Creative Studios division as a separate company (Variety)
- Physical stores are making a comeback, but the path forward isn’t a straight line (New York Times/subscription content)
- Reddit is revamping its app with new discoverability features to make it easier for people to find communities (TechCrunch)
- Looking at which studios were the most profitable in the last two years, Disney dipped while Sony and Paramount climbed (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Here’s something to think about: Why are movies so long? (Variety)
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