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While Hollywood tries to figure out what to do with animation, the medium’s independent scene is apparently thriving on YouTube. A recent report from the company’s Trends and Culture team dug into the ...

Maddy Buxton, Culture & Trends manager at YouTube, discusses how creators and digital animation on the platform are global, fan-driven, popular among young adults, and driving innovation and ...

When YouTube releases a trends report, it inevitably makes an argument about itself, and it will feel like PR. The company’s 2026 Animation Trends report is no exception, although it touches on trends ...

One of TikTok's hottest dances of the year is inspired by a bizarre video of Rick and Morty dancing to an upbeat remix of a song by The Smiths. Here's what you need to know.

The integration of CBS and Paramount cable assets under George Cheeks, Chair of TV Media, continues. After BET Studios in December became a label of CBS Studios, the same is now being done with ...

Paramount’s upheaval at the top continues to impact the company’s subsidiaries, and Nickelodeon’s animation division, which recently saw the departure of Rasmey Naito, has a new boss in longtime ...

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Since the beginning of the Iran war, the group Explosive Media has released over a dozen viral videos mocking Trump and the US. Minutes after President Donald Trump announced that he would not wipe ...

New rule: if your new album gets a bad review from 'Pitchfork,' don't make a T-shirt with the score on it. That joke is officially over... Either Gen Z is getting deep into Gen X music, or middle-aged ...

When it’s hard or impossible to identify trustworthy sources, you can choose to believe whatever you find comforting, invigorating or infuriating In early March, a week after the first US-Israeli ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X In April 2026, the Watch With Us team has two new additions to its list of the best animated ...