- 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)
- Hollywood is still struggling with adapting anime (The Atlantic)
- Eternals and Clifford the Big Red Dog led the US box office this weekend (Variety)
- The Film Academy has collected a lot of personal data from judges, but what happens to it now? (Deadline)
- Snapchat and Sony are developing a new augmented reality feature to improve the social app’s music experience (TechCrunch)
- Hollywood is extending its COVID-19 health protocols, which include testing and a vaccine mandate, to January 15 (Deadline)
- How did Sesame Street‘s new season cope with the pandemic? (Broadcasting+Cable)
- New online community Vibely aims to help creators avoid burnout (Tubefilter)
- Toys “R” Us is getting into the NFT craze with a Geoffrey the Giraffe collection (AdAge)
- Nickelodeon India is helping kids return to school with a new campaign (Indian Television)
- Can Disney’s Eternals help move the needle on LGBTQ+ issues in the Middle East? (Variety)
- Tencent is jumping on the metaverse bandwagon with plans for games, social networking and VR (TechCrunch)
- Dislikes be gone: YouTube is hiding the number of thumbs-down on all videos (Tubefilter)
- Division is reportedly brewing among union leaders and members of IATSE as the contract vote nears (Deadline)
- YouTube is readying its first live-shopping event (Tubefilter)
- Peter Jackson is selling Weta Digital’s VFX tech division to Unity for more than US$1 billion (Variety)
- Google is still facing a record US$2.8-billion antitrust fine in the EU despite its lengthy appeal (Deadline)
- A new investment fund has big plans for creating products that support the autism community (TechCrunch)
- Moonbug isn’t wasting any time post-acquisition, and plans to keep adding to its portfolio (TBI Vision)
- New research suggests talking to children who are watching TV helps limit negative screen-time effects (University of Michigan)
- AMC is finding its footing again as people return to theaters (Deadline)
- Can you make snakes huggable? The filmmakers behind Back to the Outback are certainly trying (Yahoo News)
- It looks like the BBC’s annual license fee will be frozen for two years—a big blow to the pubcaster’s funding (Deadline)
- …But after public backlash, the UK government will delay privatizing Channel 4 (Digital TV Europe)
- Book publishing insiders are hoping the US government puts a stop to a mega-merger (Vanity Fair)
- Is Facebook’s Meta rebrand anything more than a play for survival? (Tech Crunch)
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