Google has removed dozens of AI videos from YouTube that depicted Disney characters, after Disney sent a cease-and-desist letter flagging the links (Gene Maddaus/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/google-removes-ai-videos-disney…
TikTok launches a podcast series called TikTok in the Mix, featuring four 30-minute episodes streamed live on TikTok; the first episode stars Demi Lovato (Jem Aswad/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/tiktok-live-podcast-demi-lovato-1236605034/
Eine neue Staffel meiner ewigen Lieblingsserie #PushingDaisies, mit dem gesamtem Cast und wieder mit Showrunner Bryan Fuller? Das hatte ich nicht in den Karten. Yay!
https://deadline.com/2025/…
Disney's Zootopia 2 surpasses $1B at the global box office, the fastest PG-rated film to do so after just 17 days in release (Pamela McClintock/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/zootopi…
In the press release announcing the deal, Netflix says it "expects to maintain Warner Bros.' current operations..., including theatrical releases for films" (Tony Maglio/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/m
CBS names Tony Dokoupil as the new anchor of CBS Evening News as part of a major overhaul under Bari Weiss; Dokoupil is currently an anchor on CBS' morning show (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-ne
The WGA, which routinely opposes media mergers, says the Netflix-WBD deal must be blocked, and the Producers and Directors guilds express concern over the deal (Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/wga-opposes-netflix-warner-b…
Amazon signs a deal that gives its DSP access to iHeartMedia's streaming music and livestream radio now and to its podcasts and broadcast radio stations in 2026 (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/amazon-dsp-iheart…
ESPN announces DraftKings as the new sports betting partner for ESPN Bet, effective December 1 with a "full rollout expected in 2026" (Tony Maglio/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/busines…
SAG-AFTRA puts off taking a position on the Netflix-WBD deal but says a deal benefiting its members "must result in more creation and more production, not less" (Katie Campione/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/12/sag-aftra-reacts-netflix-wb-merger-123…