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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- YouTube has appealed the verdict of a landmark social media addiction lawsuit in Los Angeles, seeking to challenge the jury’s determination that the company designed its platform to hook young users without concern for their well-being. Lawyers representing YouTube filed a notice of appeal Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, less than a week after Meta, which was also a defendant in the case, filed its own notice of appeal.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Music industry veterans Elad Marish, founder and creative director of Swell Sound, and executive producer Ana Velasco expand Swell’s offerings with Topshelf Music, a new music consultancy designed to help brands, agencies, production companies and creative teams navigate the music landscape through expert curation, artist relationships and creative strategy.

SAN FRANCISCO -- CatchLight has entered into a strategic equipment initiative with Sony Electronics (Sony) that will put powerful professional camera and video tools directly in the hands of local visual journalists. The growing relationship between CatchLight and Sony comes as local newsrooms face limited staffing, shrinking resources, and growing demand for visual reporting.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Getting home, and turning back the clock, has long been at the root of Christopher Nolan’s films. The astronauts of “Interstellar” painstakingly lose 23 years in space travel, almost the same length of time Odysseus is away from home in “The Odyssey”: a decade fighting the Trojan War, a decade trying to return to Ithaca. So, to a remarkable degree, Nolan’s “The Odyssey” — faithful as it is to Homer’s epic poem — feels, down to its nonlinear DNA, like a Nolan movie.

NEW YORK -- Amy Crawford, MassiveMusic’s VP, creative development, has been elected National Board president of the Association of Music Producers (AMP). She succeeds Matt Nelson, managing director at Storefront Music, who’s held the post for the past two years. Crawford has been an active participant with AMP’s East chapter for over three years, most recently serving as East Coast president.

The Writers Guild of America became the latest group to challenge Paramount's $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.

LONDON, LAGOS & ACCRA -- Moses Babatope’s Nile Media Entertainment Group, Chee Keong Cheung’s Action Xtreme and Idris Elba’s 22Summers have formed a strategic production collaboration and partnership focused on producing a slate of action films originating from across West Africa.

Imagine getting to play soccer in locations never before possible, from coastal shorelines to alpine settings. In a first-of-its-kind activation, Destination BC, working with ad agency Zulu Alpha Kilo (Z.A.K.), has launched the Super, Natural British Columbia Home Pitch: A Football Experience.

ATLANTA & OAKLAND, Calif. -- LaVant Consulting, a disability-centered consulting firm, and creative studio Where The Buffalo Roam (WTBR) have announced the launch of All in Frame, a free stock photo collection led by disabled creatives that gives marketing, advertising, and creative professionals the tools to tell more authentic stories about disability.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Writers Guild of America became the latest group to challenge Paramount’s $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.