- Everyone is talking about the metaverse at CES 2022…and not much else (TechCrunch)
- Here’s a look at what producers need to consider when picking a distributor (TBI Vision)
- LinkedIn is hopping on the Clubhouse bandwagon with an audio events platform (Tubefilter)
- Film critics have gained a lot of power, but what does that mean for the industry? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- The race is on to create a cross-screen method for measuring audiences (Variety)
- ViacomCBS and WarnerMedia are reportedly looking to sell teen-skewing channel The CW (The Hollywood Reporter)
- The directors behind Avengers: Endgame are embracing video games in a new deal (Deadline)
- France has slapped Google and Facebook with huge fines for not letting users decline cookies (TechCrunch)
- Superheroes might be the safest box-office bet this year…but what does that mean for everything else? (Variety)
- Moonbug’s new owner takes a minority stake in Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s prodco Westbrook (Deadline)
- HBO Max and HBO ended 2021 with 73.8 million subscribers (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Look out TV sets—TikTok is ready to grow beyond smartphones (TechCrunch)
- Greg Childs at the Children’s Media Conference was awarded a Queen’s OBE for his work in kids media (Animation UK)
- Bob Iger is on a final goodbye press tour, talking about how he transformed Disney (Variety)
- …And why he’s leaving the company (CNBC)
- Frequent Netflix collaborator Dark Hose Comics has been bought by Embracer Group (The Hollywood Reporter)
- It’s been a great year for animation; here’s a look back at some of the best work (Vulture)
- The UK and Australia have a new co-pro treaty that lets producers make smaller minimum financial contributions (Deadline)
- How Batman inspired Julia Donaldson’s latest holiday special about a…worm? (Variety)
- Brands are flocking to TikTok because it’s such a “sunny” place to advertise (New York Times)
- A backstage look at the birth of Sesame Street (Vulture)
- Spider-Man swung into a record-breaking weekend, with a US$587-million global box-office take (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Just in time for Christmas, new research shows that having too many toys isn’t good for kids (ABC News)
- Ever wonder how Spin Master came to be? Ronnen Harary dives deep into the company’s origin story (NPR)
- In a mission to build a massive catalogue, has Netflix lost its cool factor? (WIRED)
- Kids and family programming topped Paramount+ this year, with iCarly among its most popular shows (TBIVision)
- BBC is on track to meet its financial goals, but that is coming at the cost of new content (Sky News)
- TikTok has joined messaging app Discord so users have a less crowded place to chat (TechCrunch)
- …Meanwhile, schools are cancelling classes because of threats made on TikTok (The Verge)
- With so many Star Wars projects out there, Book of Boba Fett will be hard pressed to stay fresh (The Hollywood Reporter)
- The next big thing in gaming could be subscription services, and PlayStation is looking to cash in (Variety)
- TikTok is letting users determine what they don’t want to see in their feed (TechCrunch)
- And when it comes to social media, can it be regulated without interfering with people’s rights? (The Verge)
- Cineplex was awarded US$1.2 billion after Cineworld renegged on acquiring the theater chain (Variety)
- How video games have the power to connect, entertain and be a catalyst for change (The Guardian)
- Remember when robot dogs were everywhere—whatever happened to that? (WIRED)
- Studios are starting to plan 2022 movie releases, and it’s getting tricky (The Hollywood Reporter)
- The streaming wars are heating up in India, with Netflix discounting on the same day as Amazon’s rates increase (Variety)
- LEGO’s stock shortages look like they could last until March 2022, and that’s only if sales stop now (Brick Fanatics)
- Disney is confident it will renew its distribution deal with YouTube at the 11th hour (Deadline)
- Roughly 430 songs got more than a billion hits on TikTok this year (The Verge)
- Can Nielsen prove it still has a place in the streaming age? (Los Angeles Times)
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