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Corus Halts Production At Nelvana
Corus Entertainment has paused production at Nelvana Ltd., ending one of the most influential runs in Canadian animation history. The announcement ends a sobering chapter for a studio that, for more than 50 years, helped shape Canada into a recognized global hub for standout and unforgettable children’s content.
In an email statement to The Globe and Mail, Corus said Nelvana is not being shuttered outright but confirmed that ongoing productions are being wound down and new ones are on hold “for the time being.”
Jamie Lang at Cartoon Brew reports on Canada’s Animation Giant Falls Silent, Ending A 50-Year Legacy,
Founded in 1971 by Clive Smith, Michael Hirsh, and Patrick Loubert, Nelvana earned international acclaim with The Care Bears Movie (1985) and went on to produce some of the most beloved children’s programming of the late 20th century, including Franklin, Babar, and The Magic School Bus. Its more recent portfolio ranged from Barney’s World to Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go
Disney will pay $10 million for collecting data on kids
Disney has agreed to pay $10 million to settle allegations from the Federal Trade Commission that it violated federal law by misleadingly labeling cartoons on YouTube so it could illegally collect children’s personal data.
Lauren Felner at The Verge reports on Disney allegedly using cartoons to collect YouTube data on kids.
The FTC alleges that Disney failed to label some videos of its popular kids cartoons it uploaded to YouTube as “Made for Kids” — a designation that makes such videos ineligible for certain features, like the collection of personal information. It’s a way YouTube makes it harder to target kids with personalized ads. But rather than mark individual videos as either “Made for Kids” or “Not Made for Kids,” the FTC alleges, Disney left the default designation at the channel level, so any video uploaded to a “Not Made for Kids” channel would bear that “Not Made for Kids” label instead.
The result was…
With profits over $35 billion for fiscal 2025 the settlement is like us being fined 10 or 20 dollars.
Watch musicians create vintage cartoon sound effects!
From Jennifer Sandlin at Boing Boing:
This short video of percussionist and sound effects specialist Josh Harmon (who describes his work as “spreading joy through sound and rhythm!”) collaborating with musician, composer, bandleader and all-around national treasure Jon Batiste to create vintage cartoon sound effects, is exactly the joy-filled experience I needed to witness today.
In the background of the video, you can see a vintage cartoon clip from 1934, from an episode of Popeye called “We Aim to Please.” In the clip…
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