Essence

First-Ever Black-Owned Animation Network to Launch This Summer

Although the critical and commercial success of Soul and Hair Love has opened the door to amplifying Black voices in animation, the industry is largely exclusionary. According to a recent report, only ...
Cartoon Brew

Gungnir Launches Animation Studio Aimed At Building A ‘Cartoon Network Of The Digital Era’

The L.A.-based publisher is expanding into animation with original series and films designed for a YouTube-first network ...
The Verge

Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. Animation workers are organizing to form a union

Production workers at Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. Animation have filed a petition to the National Labor Relations Board to form a union with The Animation Guild. Production workers at Cartoon ...
Yahoo

#RIPCartoonNetwork is trending on social media. Why the beloved animation channel is getting eulogized online.

The Cartoon Network logo is displayed on a smartphone. (Photo Illustration by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) The #RIPCartoonNetwork began trending on X on Monday, but there’s ...
Black Enterprise

First-Ever Black-Owned Animation Network Set to Launch in Summer 2022

Animation has not been traditionally a representation for people of color. Coupled with this is the reality that animation distribution for creators is limited. The time has come for animation ...

Gungnir launches animation studio to build the Cartoon Network of the digital era

EXCLUSIVE: L.A. publisher Gungnir is launching an animation studio that will feed an in-house YouTube channel that planned as “the Cartoon Network of the digital era.” Gungnir Animation Studio will ...
TV Technology

First-Ever Black-Owned Animation Network Set to Launch in Summer 2022

SAVANNAH, Ga.—Husband and wife duo Jermaine and Whaketa Hargrove have announced that they plan to launch the first-ever Black-owned streaming animation network, Animation TV, in Summer 2022. The ...