- The edtech industry is leaning more heavily on the creator economy to engage kids…but should influencers be teachers? (Tech Crunch)
- Now that American kids are back in school, the focus will be on keeping them there (New York Times)
- Original Blue’s Clues host Steve Burns wants to clear up why he left the show (CNN)
- You can thank a monkey for the new pop-it toy craze (BBC News)
- HBO Max has picked its first six European countries for an October launch (Variety)
- Privatization of the UK’s Channel 4 could spell the end for a lot of indies (TBI Vision)
- What happened to the smaller movie studios of the 2010s? (Collider)
- Popular ’90s export Round the Twist from Australia is being made into a stage musical (The Guardian)
- US school children spent less time in class than ever before in modern history…so now what? (The Atlantic)
- This weekend was all about Shang-Chi—the Marvel film had the highest opening weekend this year so far (The Hollywood Reporter)
- TikTok has surpassed YouTube in terms of average watch time in the US and UK (BBC News)
- Why is Wall Street under-appreciating Roku? (Variety)
- Sometimes weird things get stuck in your head…in this case, it’s a Nickelodeon Original Movie song (The Cut)
- Talk about cornering the market: Amazon is reportedly considering launching its own branded TV sets (Digital TV Europe)
- China has put forward a bill that would remove all “effeminate men” from its entertainment (Variety)
- YouTube has hit 50 million premium and music subscribers—a whopping 20 million more than last year (The Verge)
- Why is a COVID-19 vaccine for kids taking so long? (CNN)
- US kids are encountering more ads on YouTube than any other platform (eMarketer)
- Facebook is trying its hand at the fantasy gaming market (Tech Crunch)
- Venice is one of the last festivals without a market—should that change? (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Nielsen’s rating accreditation has officially been suspended (Variety)
- Jenny Slate’s long-awaited Marcell the Shell movie is finally coming to screens (Entertainment Weekly)
- Disney is phasing out its Hotstar brand in the US, and rolling this content into Hulu and ESPN+ (Variety)
- The Arabic market is set for huge SVOD growth (Digital TV Europe)
- The Venice Film Festival is back amid industry uncertainty and concern (The Hollywood Reporter)
- TikTok has added educational resources as part of its overall push for more parental features (Tech Crunch)
- …And the app’s parentco has acquired virtual reality startup Pico (CNBC)
- Disney is reportedly accelerating its European focus with plans for a lot more originals (TBI Vision)
- …And HBO Max is coming to Europe this fall (Variety)
- New regulations in China will limit video game play among kids to three hours a week, Fridays to Sundays (Wall Street Journal)
- The Delta variant and a lack of vaccines is shifting COVID-19 to being a virus for the young (WIRED)
- After two years in beta and an unexpected cancellation, a LEGO Star Wars game is getting a second life on Apple Arcade (Polygon)
- Ed Asner, the prolific actor known for his roles in Up and Elf, has died (Deadline)
- A new Disney animated short is inspired by the creator’s daily school trips (BBC News)
- TikTok had to ban the “milk crate challenge” for being too dangerous (Teen Vogue)
- The pandemic has been bad for a lot of people, but very good for online creators (Bloomberg)
- Apple has settled a lawsuit with app developers over pricing and commissions (Variety)
- Netflix may reach 2.6 million subscribers in Africa by the end of this year (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Fortnite ran a Martin Luther King Jr. tribute, and it was a disaster (The Daily Beast)
- Loneliness may be the real reason why kids don’t like school (The Atlantic)
- Unscripted TV has increasingly become a talent-led business, but what does that mean for formats? (TBI Vision)
- Hollywood movies are getting squeezed out in China, and that could change which films get made (Variety)
- If you’ve not been following along with the Jeopardy host drama, here’s why it matters (The Hollywood Reporter)
- TikTok is reportedly testing 10-minute videos (Tubefilter)
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