As social media and internet companies cracked down last week on conservative voices they considered extreme—including President Donald Trump—a major publisher canceled an upcoming book about Big Tech’s abuse of power.

One year ago, a variety of internet TV companies lined up like pieces on a chessboard to challenge industry leader, Netflix. Disney+ and Apple TV+ had recently launched. Universal’s Peacock and HBO Max were on the way. Hulu and Amazon Prime Video braced for the onslaught.

The modern entertainment and arts industries have never undergone a shake-up like the one they experienced in 2020. Trends that were well underway as the year started, like the streaming revolution, moved to warp speed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Other well-established developments, such as the dominance of blockbuster superhero movies or the popularity of televised sporting events, stalled out or even reversed, though the virus wasn’t the lone driver of some of these changes.

Here was the big 2020 entertainment news.

In a sunny Los Angeles parking lot, the camera pans between two white canopy tents, both filled with numerous tables. Soon, one tent will be bustling with actors and crew taking a break from work on an NBCUniversal production. The other, an outdoor dining area for Pineapple Hill Saloon and Grill, will remain empty because of state coronavirus restrictions. In a social media video that went viral, saloon owner Angela Marsden lamented the unfairness of the situation, which exemplifies why many other Californians are upset, too.

When Warner Bros. Pictures announced in November that Wonder Woman 1984 would come out on Christmas Day in theaters and on the streaming platform HBO Max, theater owners, desperate for a blockbuster to draw back audiences, welcomed the news. Last week, however, the studio made the unwelcome decision to extend that hybrid model to all its movies slated for release in 2021.

Most holiday window displays feature Santa, snowmen, or nutcrackers. But at an upscale boutique in Los Angeles, window shoppers instead saw a poster of actress Alyssa Milano in a Santa hat wearing a shirt with the slogan, “Defund the Police.” Emblazoned above Milano’s picture were the words, “David call 911 there is a squirrel in our backyard!” A stuffed squirrel sat below.

Every fall, the American Library Association celebrates Banned Books Week to promote intellectual freedom by highlighting authors who have experienced censorship or attempts at suppression. Next fall, they can add Jordan Peterson to the list because employees at his own publisher attempted to scuttle his latest book.