- Instagram takes on YouTube with long-form video app IGTV (TechCrunch)
- Toys “R” Us stores are closing down across Australia (BBC News)
- Facebook will now let group administrators charge membership fees (The Verge)
- BBC lays out its plan to promote staff diversity (Variety)
- MoviePass may be struggling, but it has changed the future of moviegoing (WIRED)
- Disney outmaneuvers Comcast with new US$71.3-billion bid for Fox (Variety)
- Facebook has launched its own live game show platform (TechCrunch)
- Hulu CEO gives Netflix some free advice on its content spend (CNBC)
- Amazon orders hour-long animated drama based on Invincible comic (The Hollywood Reporter)
- New research highlights the potential benefits of social media for kids (NPR)
- TRU’s iconic giraffe mascot has found a new home—at a children’s hospital (Bloomberg)
- Disney agrees to acquire Sky News and boost its funding (The Hollywood Reporter)
- The average time spent per day on mobile is about to surpass time spent on TV (eMarketer)
- No more mindlessly flipping through infomercials: Dish signs a deal to bring Netflix to hotel rooms (Variety)
- Why freemium games like Fortnite are facilitating a rise in video game gambling (The New Yorker)
- Incredibles 2 powers its way into a record-shattering US$180-million opening weekend (Vanity Fair)
- Rather than commercials, Fox is going to run inspirational videos during breaks (Variety)
- With an SVOD war still brewing, Amazon is crushing its competition on the game streaming front (New York Times)
- Compulsive video game playing has officially been labelled a mental health condition by WHO (CTV News)
- Virgin Media has tightened its alliance with Netflix by adding integrated billing (Digital TV Europe)
- Apple is reportedly in talks with Cartoon Saloon to create an animated movie (Variety)
- Only 25% of children’s shows globally are made by women, but Cartoon Network is trying to change that (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Tokyo Disneyland is getting a US$2.3-billion makeover (Bloomberg)
- Comcast is willing to do anything to get Fox, including leaving Hulu out of it (Deadline)
- Comcast takes on Disney with US$65-billion cash offer for Fox (Variety)
- Streaming app Live.ly is being folded into Musical.ly (Tubefilter)
- Snapchat is opening up its AR tech to developers (The Verge)
- Fortnite accounted for more than a third of streaming video game views in May (Recode)
- Marvel revives Iceman and Wasp, bringing some much-needed diversity to its superhero lineup (The Hollywood Reporter)
- The AT&T-Time Warner merger has officially been approved (Variety)
- Avengers: Infinity War joins the US$2-billion club (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Why both couch and phone shows have a place in the TV landscape (The Atlantic)
- Is a narrative built from social media posts the future of TV? (The New Yorker)
- From Adidas to LEGO: IKEA is signing on a lot of new, uncharacteristic partners (Fortune)
- Amazon Studios’ new boss is shaking things up by searching for new talent (New York Times)
- Can it keep up? Hulu reportedly lost US$436 million in the first quarter of 2018 (Fast Company)
- Even with all of the security concerns, Fitbit rolls out its fitness tracker for kids (The Verge)
- Podcast ads generated US$314 million last year and that number is set to double by 2020 (Tubefilter)
- Pixar’s co-founder John Lasseter will not be returning to the studio following his leave of absence (New York Times)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child racked up six Tony Awards, including Best Play (SyFy)
- Next year, people around the world will spend more time online than watching TV for the first time (Recode)
- What today’s shows can learn from how Mister Rogers talked to kids (The Atlantic)
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