gamesindustry.biz reports: “Crossfire is the next video game set to be adapted for the silver screen. Variety reports a deal has been signed between Sony Pictures and South Korean games firm Smilegate to make a movie based on the latter’s popular multiplayer shooter.”
TechCrunch reports: “Facebook has been left red-faced after being forced to call off the launch date of its dating service in Europe because it failed to give its lead EU data regulator enough advanced warning, and it failed to demonstrate it had performed a legally required assessment of privacy risks.”
Hollywood Reporter reports: “Jam City’s co-founder and CEO weighs in on his company’s collaboration with Disney and why social media companies are his biggest competition.”
The Verge reports: “YouTube is trying to figure out how to help creators earn more revenue through alternative monetization methods, and its newest attempt reiterates that YouTube is still following in Twitch’s footsteps.”
VentureBeat reports: “Double Loop Games has raised $2.5 million in seed funding to make mobile games for everyone. The company’s founders are game veterans Emily Greer and Shelby Moledina, who have together worked on scores of titles.”
Variety reports: “Condé Nast Entertainment is upping its TV and film ambitions, announcing the formation of multiple “studios” dedicated to its major publishing brands. The New York-based media and publishing company is launching studios initially for five magazine titles: The New Yorker, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Wired and GQ.”
Variety reports: “Amid the run-up to the 2020 U.S. election, Reuters announced a deal with Facebook under which the giant social-networking corporation will pay the global news service to fact-check information, images and video on Facebook and Instagram.”
TechCrunch reports: “WhatsApp, the most popular messaging app, revealed today just how big it has become. The Facebook -owned app said it has amassed two billion users, up from 1.5 billion it revealed two years ago. It also remains free of ads and does not charge its users any fee.”
Hollywood Reporter reports: “As WarnerMedia’s streamer HBO Max preps for a May launch, a new film division will become a direct pipeline — and could spark awkward internal politics.”
The Verge reports: “Say you run a large social network in which your most zealous users frequently discuss their politics. In 2020, one way they are going to do this is through the sharing of memes — pithy, punchy photos and videos designed for maximum partisan impact.”
