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Gaming industry TV ad spend is rising — blame Tom Nook

Even with much of the U.S. economy shutting down due to the coronavirus pandemic, the gaming sector upped its advertising outlay for television to an estimated $ 17.3 million in March—$ 5.3 million more than February’s spend. As we’ve previously mentioned, gaming could be an economic bright spot with millions …

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Disney World Furloughing 43,000 Workers

Walt Disney World in Florida plans to furlough about 43,000 workers after it closed last month because of the coronavirus pandemic, the company and a union coalition representing the workers said. In mid-March, Disney theme parks worldwide closed, including Disney World in Florida and Disneyland Resort in California. The furloughs, …

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Gaming acquisitions and investments continued in Q1 despite coronavirus

More than $ 700 million was invested in game startups in the first quarter, though that amount is down from the year-earlier period, according to data collected by Sergei Evdokimov, investment associate at Mail.ru Games Ventures. It was a big dip, but it’s not bad for a quarter with so …

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