- Netflix CEOs Ted Sarandos and Reed Hastings have no plans to join the M&A fray (Variety)
- …But more mergers are on the horizon, including a potential one for Imagine Entertainment (The Wrap)
- And Comcast & ViacomCBS are looking at a streaming alliance (TBI Vision)
- Chris Nee shares her thoughts on gender pressure and enforcing pay parity in kids TV (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Spending more time in nature is crucial to children’s health, according to a new study (USA Today)
- Studios and unions in California have reached a tentative deal to relax COVID restrictions, despite an increase in cases (Variety)
- Discovery and YouTube will simulcast parts of the Olympics (Digital TV Europe)
- The big gaming companies aren’t stressed about Netflix and Amazon potentially joining the fray (Bloomberg)
- Two former WhatsApp employees have created a private ad-free social app (The Verge)
- The new Space Jam hit the box office this weekend, and alley-oop’d to number one in the US (Variety)
- Several UK productions are facing COVID-related shutdowns, including Netflix’s Matilda adaptation (Deadline)
- Video game AI is improving—what could that mean for on-screen diversity? (The Guardian)
- Peppa Pig is turning American kids into certified Brits who want mince pies and petrol (Wall Street Journal)
- California has passed a new tax credit bill aimed at improving Hollywood’s diversity (Variety)
- Pixar’s Luca racked up 1.57 billion minutes of viewing time in its opening week, according to Nielsen (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Former NFL player Colin Kaepernick is releasing a kids picture book about being different (LA Times)
- Hollywood has traditionally struggled to get into video games…can Netflix fix that? (Forbes)
- Cannes is still the same bizarre event it’s always been—but the pandemic made it even weirder (Vulture)
- UK regulator Ofcom is calling for more support of the country’s pubcasters (Variety)
- You might not have heard of Cree Summer, but you’ve definitely heard her voice (AV Club)
- Black TikTok creators are sick of others profiting from their dances, so they’re on strike (BBC News)
- Remember Twitter’s version of Instagram Stories? Don’t worry if you don’t, because it’s already shutting down (The Verge)
- From space to Paris, this year’s Emmy nominees are an eclectic list (Entertainment Weekly)
- A former WarnerMedia president has launched a new investment fund focused on taking European media companies public (TBI Vision)
- YouTube’s TikTok knockoff Shorts is rolling out globally (The Verge)
- Why are old Pokémon cards worth thousands of dollars? (The Walrus)
- The entertainment and media industry is poised for a big bounce-back (Digital TV Europe)
- Jill Biden is teaming up with Sesame Street to talk to military families and kids about race (The Hill)
- Could this be Netflix’s year to conquer the Emmys? (Vanity Fair)
- How retailers have managed to turn viral TikTok moments into cold hard cash (CNBC)
- Nickelodeon’s Brian Robbins gives his first interview since taking over kids programming for Paramount+ (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Black Widow had the biggest opening weekend of the pandemic, pulling in US$80 million at theaters and US$60 million online (LA Times)
- The next generation of AI toys will be a lot smarter, and a lot less protective, according to experts (CNBC)
- How has LEGO perfected its recycled plastic bricks? (WIRED)
- Since kids aren’t allowed to play video games at night in China, Tencent is using facial recognition software to crack down (Games Industry)
- Mattel is going to take over Hollywood one toy movie at a time (The New York Times)
- Amazon has struck a deal with Universal—after new movies appear on Peacock, they’ll head to Prime Video (Wall Street Journal)
- Prodcos are seeing podcasts as a new revenue stream and a good place to incubate IPs (Playback Daily)
- One of the surprise winners of the streaming wars: Poland (The Hollywood Reporter)
- That Girl Lay Lay has big plans for the future, starting with her Nickelodeon deal (Entertainment Tonight)
- Ben & Jerry’s digs into content with a Food Network competition series (Variety)
- Rather than apply for a job the old-fashioned way, TikTok wants people to send in video resumés to partner companies (Tech Crunch)
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