Industry News Roundup – January 2020
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Project Anime provides some of the latest news in the Japanese pop culture industry during January 2020.
[Anime News Network]
Digital Manga Sales Up 29.5% in Japan in 2019
[Verge]
[Anime News Network]
[Business Insider]
Youtube nabs exclusive streaming rights for Activision Blizzard’s Global Esports Competitions
[Publishers Weekly]
[The Japan Times]
Four NTT group companies and two others to set up Japanese esports firm
[Variety]
Netflix secures international rights to Studio Ghibli animated films
[Anime News Network]
[Cord Cutters News]
Thomas Overton (previously VP of Engineering at VentureBeat) joins Crunchyroll as CTO
[The Hollywood Reporter]
Sony’s Funimation Adds Key Hires to Grow Anime Distributor