- 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)
- The Golden Globe noms are in—see who’s in the running for Best Motion Picture, Animated (Variety)
- Nordic streamer Viaplay’s global expansion continues with a planned US launch (Digital TV Europe)
- HBO Max has been swinging big to gain traction in the streaming wars—and it seems to be working (WIRED)
- Why are people so surprised that Sesame Street has political messages? It’s always been that way (New York Times)
- What does a modern indie production company even look like? (TBI Vision)
- What kids content strategy looks like now at France’s TF1 and Spain’s RTVE (TBI Vision)
- Disney Animation is readying its next movie—Strange World will premiere in 2022 (Variety)
- A lot of toys are being marketed as educational these days, but it turns out the act of play is the real benefit (The Guardian)
- How this year’s biggest animated movies created their sonic landscapes (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Fewer and fewer Hollywood films are being released in China, and South Korea is looking to fill that void (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Every platform wants to be TikTok—Twitter is the latest to jump on the bandwagon (Tech Crunch)
- …Meanwhile, Instagram plans on rolling out stricter safety tools for under-18s (Wall Street Journal)
- Amazon is retiring Alexa…but not the one you think (The Verge)
- TikTok is targeting the UK for its first major push into e-commerce (BBC News)
- The nature of fame has changed, and it’s all about the internet fad now (New York Times)
- Why Sesame Street is still a driving force in educational content (Wall Street Journal)
- Anyone can create an NFT…but the question is, should you? (The Verge)
- UK broadcasters have agreed to stop using the acronym BAME, and will instead be specific about diversity (Deadline)
- Ever wonder how TikTok is so good at reading your mind? (New York Times)
- WildWorks, the maker of popular kids virtual world Animal Jam, is getting into crypto gaming (Tech Crunch)
- Najafi Companies has swooped in to to buy STX Entertainment, ending its merger with Eros (Variety)
- Disney’s Encanto is staying at the top of the box office (Variety)
- Why are YouTube videos that analyze decades-old Nickelodeon shows so popular? (WIRED)
- Netflix makes the most movies in Hollywood…and now it wants to make the best, too (Bloomberg)
- Studio71 is working on NFT tie-ins for a new animated YouTube series (Tubefilter)
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