- The British Fashion Council is taking the metaverse seriously, unveiling a new award for Roblox designs (The Verge)
- …And the metaverse has moved beyond an abstract gimmick for plenty of companies (Wall Street Journal)
- Iceland is luring more productions with bountiful studio space and tax incentives (Variety)
- Taupe and cream nurseries and toys are all the rage on Instagram, but does the aesthetic hinder kids’ development? (WIRED)
- A Q&A with the woman behind Sesame Street’s first Asian American muppet (The Lily)
- Encanto is poised to come out on top of the US long weekend box office (Variety)
- STEM toys are the hottest items for kids this Black Friday (WIRED)
- A new COVID-19 variant is causing stress and new travel bans in Europe (Wall Street Journal)
- Why has Hasbro been doing so well since its last earnings report? (Nasdaq)
- Disney plans to spend nearly US$33 billion in 2022, according to its recent SEC report (TBI Vision)
- More kids are getting vaccinated in the US, which is good news for this weekend’s box office (CNBC)
- What’s behind the UK’s recent production boom? (Variety)
- Spotify is the latest social app to try and mimic TikTok (The Verge)
- Even though Trolls 2 was the breakout PVOD star of the pandemic, Trolls 3 will premiere exclusively in theaters (Deadline)
- Animation writers are looking to close the pay gap with their live-action counterparts, which would mean a significant pay hike (Variety)
- Netflix is everywhere…it even has its own hub on Spotify now (Digital TV Europe)
- It’s not just stores that are discounting on Black Friday—streamers are using the strategy to bring in new subscribers (The Hollywood Reporter)
- In a very unusual deal, Disney+ and HBO Max are splitting the Fox film slate for one more year (Variety)
- eOne’s programming president has his sights set on a Hasbro-packed content slate (Deadline)
- Spin Master spent 30 years building a toy empire; now it wants to do the same thing with digital games (The Globe & Mail)
- COVID-19 has changed how young people see themselves, and many feel undervalued (The Guardian)
- Airbnb is booming, but not because we’re all heading out on vacation…it turns out, we’re working more (The Atlantic)
- Hulu is trying out DTC merch with a line of ugly Christmas sweaters based on its originals (Tubefilter)
- In a bid to stand out from the competition, theater chain Cinemark is screening Netflix movies (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Nielsen is back at it with new plans to overhaul its commercial ratings (Variety)
- Now that TikTok has become such a giant, its natural next move is to…become Facebook? (WIRED)
- Disneyland plans on rolling out a park-specific voice assistant in the new year (Engadget)
- Today is the last day to take our Kids Industry Survey for a chance to win a Kidscreen Summit pass
- Korean conglom CJ ENM is making a US$1-billion bet on Endeavor Content (Variety)
- As air travel starts to take off again, one airline is bringing streaming to its in-flight entertainment (Deadline)
- Good news! Only 0.3% of teens say they have participated in very dangerous challenges on TikTok (Tubefilter)
- This unusual kids book from the ’70s was ahead of its time in encouraging people to be less wasteful (Vox)
- Former Netflix VP Bryan Noon has joined Walt Disney TV as president of entertainment (Realscreen)
- Toycos aren’t the only ones with supply chain woes–the media and tech sectors are hurting, too (Variety)
- NFT makers are trying to build the next Disney, but can they actually pull it off? (The Verge)
- With more than a million new subscribers, Paramount+ just had its most successful week ever (Deadline)
- J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot has formed a podcast unit and partnered with Spotify (Tubefilter)
- As a step towards greater transparency, Netflix has launched a new website to report its top-10 titles (The Verge)
- …But it’s also just a new way for Netflix to promote its most popular shows and films (Variety)
- Celebrities have been quick to cash in on NFTs, but the payoff has been disappointing (Bloomberg)
- STX Entertainment, the company behind the Ugly Dolls movie, is looking for a buyer (Deadline)
- COVID protocols have added about 5% to the cost of film and TV production (Variety)
- The IATSE contract was ratified by a razor-thin margin (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Discovery opens the ad format floodgates on its streamer (Broadcasting+Cable)
- Facebook is reportedly still tracking teens for advertising on its social platforms (TechCrunch)
- Vox Media is the latest company to acquire a podcast studio as the audio space heats up (Deadline)
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