In brief: NBCUniversal has partnered with Samsung to launch a new playable experience in Fortnite called: “Tonight at the Rock – Powered by Samsung Galaxy”.

Disney+ is no longer expected to overtake the streaming giant for global subscriptions as both platforms prepare to launch an ad-funded tier.

Media by Mother has become the first US agency to partner with the European programmatic analytics and optimization company.

The United Nations, in consultation with CAN, has released a number of tips for media organizations to communicate on the topic of climate change.

Young people are “selectively avoiding ‘narrow’ or ‘serious’ news, at least some of the time” to guard their mental health, according to a recent study.

Western Europe is forecast to have 238 million SVOD subscriptions by 2027, up 44% from the end of last year, driven by a surge in Disney+ sign-ups.

Snapchat has rolled out a suite of tools to “empower” Snapchat users in advance of the 2022 US midterm election.

Snap has partnered with the LEGO Group to launch a new augmented reality experience across London as part of the toy brand’s 90th anniversary.

Twitter is rolling out an updated “Birdwatch” onboarding process that better incentivizes contributors to write and rate notes in a thoughtful way.

Durrani most recently served as senior editor at The New York Times’ T Brand Studio.