- WBD relaunches its feature animation division under a new name (Cartoon Brew)
- Vidgame developer Embracer Group is closing studios, cancelling games and laying off staff (IGN)
- Sphere Entertainment opens a new facility to produce immersive projects (Deadline)
- From a Lionel Messi series to Mariposas Negras, a roundup of new projects being animated in the Canary Islands (Variety)
- Funko is letting consumers create personalized figurines online (THR)
- Animation exec and Portfolio Entertainment CEO Joy Rosen has died at age 65 (Animation Magazine)
- Canadian broadcasters team up to focus on environmentally sustainable production (Advanced Television)
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts does US$170 million in worldwide ticket sales on opening weekend (Variety)
- Sony unveils a new Spider-Verse short film tackling mental health (THR)
- “Like proud new parents,” ITV measures the success of ITVX on its six-month birthday (DTVE)
- Gamestop fires CEO and appoints new executive chairman (Reuters)
- The EU pressures Meta to take online child protection action (TechCrunch)
- Producers share how they hired teen talent to animate a key Spider-Verse sequence (NYT)
- Sony Pictures Television looks to expand its global footprint with more EMEA co-productions (TBI Vision)
- Universal says its on-demand film strategy has boosted viewership (NYT)
- Why the Spider-Verse franchise has such long legs (Variety)
- Twitch reverses course on controversial changes to its ad policy (The Verge)
- SkyShowtime CEO talks programming strategy and the writers strike (Deadline)
- Instagram recommendation algorithms promote pedophile networks, research shows (The Verge)
- Disneyland Paris is rocked by a wave of protests and an employee strike (Variety)
- Apple buys an LA-based startup that makes AR headsets used at Nintendo World parks (TechCrunch)
- SAG-AFTRA members vote in favor of strike authorization ahead of negotiations (Variety)
- Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse breaks Sony’s opening-weekend record for an animated film (Cartoon Brew)
- Microsoft to pay US$20 million for illegally collecting kids’ personal information (Bloomberg, subscription)
- Apple’s new mixed-reality headset will allow Disney+ users to watch content (The Verge)
- Spotify cuts 2% of its workforce in a podcast business revamp (Deadline)
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie becomes the second-biggest animated pic of all time (People)
- Hollywood directors reach an agreement with studios that includes salary improvements (NYT)
- Disney absorbs a US$1.5-billion content write-off charge after removing dozens of titles (THR)
- Former Disney vet Peter Rice signs film and TV production deal With A24 (THR)
- Amazon and AMC Networks launch program for deaf creatives of color, including teens (Variety)
- Netflix shareholders reject pay packages for top executives amid WGA scrutiny (Reuters)
- WHSmith and Toys “R” Us will launch nine UK shop-in-shops this summer (The Toy Book)
- BonusXP, the game developer behind Stranger Things titles, is shutting down (TechCrunch)
- Disney wraps up cost-cutting that has seen 7,000 jobs eliminated (Variety)
- Amazon to pay a US$25-million penalty for violating kids’ online privacy law (NYT)
- Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse is expected to have a US$150-million global opening (Deadline)
- …and plans are underway for a Spider-Woman film and a live-action Miles Morales project (Vulture)
- Global video game revenues dipped by 5% last year, according to a Newzoo report (Games Industry Biz)
- Consumers and analysts weigh in on the content-cutting strategy of streamers (CNBC)
- MultiChoice Africa signs an MOU with the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (Broadband TV News)
- Terra Potts, EVP of worldwide marketing, exits Warner Bros. Pictures (THR)
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