Extra big episodes are the best episodes. At least that's what research tells us. Yes, our experts may be a bunch of children we hired with handfuls of candy but they are still as unbiased as they can be. Also they eat Lunchables while the rest of us are able to buy lobster thermidor. Suckers. Plus: VICE drops the SPAC life; GOOGLE & APPLE lose in the app store cases; SUBSTACK is moving into Hollywood; TIKTOK's algorithm is negatively impacting teens; and more!
Episode 164 - You Can't Handle the Prooth
🎵 ….appy birthdaaayyy toooooo yooooouuuuuuuu! 🎵 Ugh. Can you beleive Chad makes the whole offices of C+ Comedy sing to him on his birthday? Which is today, the day this episode uploads? What a weirdo. I mean he was already weird because he talks to himself in his office all the time. Sometimes sitting on a futon; other times standing in front of a back sheet. He needs a life. Speaking of things that need things: BIG MOUTH & CENTRAL PARK recast mixed race characters with people who are actually black; GOOGLE may be launching an Apple News+ competitor; and MICROSOFT is dumping MIXER and joining up with FACEBOOK GAMING after paying tens of millions to streamers like NINJA and SHROUD. I only understood the Microsoft part of that sentence. Understand the rest by listening to the show!
"Big Mouth," "Central Park" recast mixed race characters
Google will pay publishers’s paywalls on their news services
Late night and COVID struggles
Microsoft stops Mixr, starts partnership with Facebook Gaming
Episode 138 - What Is A Baby Yoga?
This is a late episode of this show. I think. I lost count. Chad talks about a whole litany of stuff. Plus, he took on the role of an extra for a day and he tells you why you may not want the entry level "acting" job.
Jack Ryan season two gets Amazon great ratings: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-ratings-jack-ryan-draws-solid-audience-season-2-1259267
YouTube subscriber drops due to inactive accounts: https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/youtube-subscriber-counts-drop-purge-defunct-accounts-1203422728/
CBS Evening News heads to Washington: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-evening-news-with-norah-odonnell-moves-to-washington-dc/
Genius sues Google over song lyrics: https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/3/20993621/genius-google-lawsuit-stolen-lyrics-lyricfind
Podcasts can win Pulitzers: https://www.engadget.com/2019/12/06/pulitzer-prize-podcasts-audio-reporting-award/
Episode 120 - Women Focused Lens
C+ Comedy has officially moved! A new office in the second bedroom of an apartment is just what we needed to make things better. Chad talks Comedy Central's new show SOUTH SIDE; REFINERY29 becoming part of Vice; and new features on the Google Pixel 4!
Refinery29 could be bought by Vice: https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/vice-media-talks-acquire-millennial-media-refinery29-1203281915
Google Pixel 4's fave scan and gesture features:https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/29/8934770/google-pixel-4-face-unlock-project-soli-hand-motion-fingerprint-sensor
Episode 111 - Basting Juices
Would you believe it if Chad forgot to do an episode last week? He didn't. Mostly. Here's this week's topics: changes at the TONIGHT SHOW; DISNEY remakes with people of color don't make the company woke; female reviewers are outnumbered; and the origins of/difference between creators and influencers thanks to YOUTUBE.
Google Assistant workers are treated poorly: https://nypost.com/2019/05/30/google-assistant-contractors-slam-company-as-white-collar-sweatshop/
Jimmy Fallon's "Tonight Show" is unraveling: https://www.thedailybeast.com/jimmy-fallons-tonight-show-reportedly-in-trouble-as-ratings-plummet?ref=scroll
"Tonight Show" drops theme song: https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/jimmy-fallon-tonight-show-nbc-opening-credits-the-roots-1203227606/
Gaming disorder is real: https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/25-05-2019-world-health-assembly-update
Disney remakes don't equal equality: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/27/movies/aladdin-disney-diversity
Female film critic numbers dwindle: https://www.thewrap.com/female-film-critics-still-outnumbered-by-male-reviewers-almost-2-to-1-in-2019-study-says/
Creators vs Influencers: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/05/how-creators-became-influencers/590725/