- Disney’s new chief of direct-to-consumer talks Fox plans and Disney+ (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Hasbro is creating a new collection of comics by women, for girls (Polygon)
- Getting down to the wire—Pixar and DreamWorks dominate the Oscar shortlist for animated short (IndieWire)
- How Into the Spider-Verse had to buck animation standards to make it work (The Verge)
- Former One Directioner Liam Payne is playing a free concert…in VR (Variety)
- Who says animation is just for little kids? Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse swings to the top of the box office (Fortune)
- …And don’t worry, Netflix isn’t killing movie theaters—people still want both (Variety)
- Without a doubt, Fortnite was the most important game of the year (CNET)
- Another day, another Facebook bug: This one may have exposed millions of users’ photos to app developers (Recode)
- Facebook is looking to get into pay-TV and have users watch HBO on it (Recode)
- Trying to keep up with inappropriate content, YouTube took down 58 million videos in Q3 (Reuters)
- Demand for Netflix Originals to overtake licensed titles by 2019 (Deadline)
- Mattel’s revival plan is all about Barbie…the movie (New York Times)
- How Nickelodeon’s young fans are driving broadcast ratings (Bloomberg)
- Pixar’s new animated fantasy film Onward is scheduled for 2020 (The Independent)
- The FCC launches a review of media ownership rules in the US, including a ban on mergers (Variety)
- Why animation pros think it’s time for new voices with fresh stories (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Indian animation writers face many challenges to be taken seriously (Indian Television)
- If Facebook goes the way of Myspace, what’s going to happen to the web? (New York Times)
- Mattel’s COO on how the toyco is reviving Barbie for modern times (Marketing Week)
- Wait, I missed that! Netflix is testing an instant replay feature (LA Times)
- Already fully supplied with ESPN, Disney plans to sell off Fox’s sportsnets (New York Post)
- Zoom zoom: US internet speeds rose 40% this year (Recode)
- Instagram is testing a new type of account for high-profile influencers (The Verge)
- How Bob Bakish plans to turn things around at Viacom (Variety)
- Disney makes history at the box office (again), bringing in US$7 billion globally this year (IGN)
- Don’t freak out, but apps—even ones aimed at kids—are tracking users constantly (New York Times)
- Netflix announces its first-ever African original series (Fast Company)
- Meanwhile, Hulu is now the first streaming service to accept mobile Venmo payments (Tube Filter)
- Aquaman swims into a US$94-million opening in China ahead of the North American release (The Hollywood Reporter)
- …But it’s Ralph Breaks the Internet that’s breaking the box office stateside (Variety)
- Amazon Prime Channels revenue grew to US$1.7 billion in 2018 (The Drum)
- The future is live: Why live-streaming is taking over social media and financing people’s lives (New York Times)
- What really goes into a remake like Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns (The Hollywood Reporter)
- More tween girls in the UK are watching and participating in eSports than boys (Games Industry)
- …And video game addictions are real—but still vastly misunderstood by the public (Vox)
- This season’s hottest toy trend? Empathetic playthings (MarketWatch)
- Amazon: how kids can be taught to become tech whizzes at an early age (Mashable)
- The Golden Globe nominations for Best Animated film are in—and they’re a bit different this year (Indie Wire)
- As nearly every major media company moves into streaming, Netflix could lose a fifth of its content (Recode)
- Despite the success of its Harry Potter game and a big deal with Disney, Jam City is laying off a number of its staff (IGN)
- Facebook, up to its profile picture in controversy, now wants to develop itself as an AI expert (TechCrunch)
- How animators gave Spider-Man its new look (The Hollywood Reporter)
- More reason to binge-watch: AT&T and Hulu plan to run ads when you hit pause (The Verge)
- Move over superheroes, musicals are the new box-office juggernaut (Forbes)
- Hasbro’s CEO is confident the toyco can return to growth in 2019 (Yahoo News)
- Netflix’s valuation depends upon its regional growth, but the streamer is struggling in India (CNBC)
- The late Stan Lee to be inducted into the Toy Association Hall of Fame (Retail Merchandiser)
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