Episode 253 - Josh Johnson

Josh Johnson (comedian! HOLD UP with Dulcé Sloan and Josh Johnson!) returns to C+ Comedy to talk about his latest hour -- Up Here Killing Myself. He and Chad talk about their first interview, the special's therapy based wrap arounds, and difficulties growing up without money!

Check out the special on Peacock. Follow Josh on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and TikTok.

Plus: Night Court is the model for ad sales now on NBC; Warner Bros Discovery takes umbrage with Paramount's South Park stinginess; and the BAFTA's had all white winners again.

• Microsoft to bring Xbox games to NVIDIA’s cloud streaming

• YouTube Music getting podcasts while Google Podcasts is set to stay

• NPR to lose 10% of its workforce after advertising slowdown

• Night Court’s ad selling to be the framework of other NBC shows

• CNN’s new 9PM show is almost ready

• South Park at the center of lawsuit between Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount

• BAFTA’s white winners suggest the UK film industry be examined as a whole

Episode 252 - Merge Down

Do you know West from East? What about Discovery+ from HBO Max? Soon they will be one. Also separate. Plus: Ryan Seacrest is leaving the morning show; podcasting's sexy money period is over; and linear TV looks to make more money with ads; plus more!

• Seacrest leaving “Live!”

• Discovery+ might be staying and also going to HBO Max

• Paramount+ going up for some

• Netflix no longer has surprise me button

• Podcast industry’s gainful money period is over

• Cord cutting is taking a bigger chunk out of linear revenue

Episode 240 - Alyssa Limperis

ALYSSA LIMPERIS (Flatbush Misdemeanors) stops by to talk about her new Peacock special -- No Bad Days. It's an endearing piece of art covering the death of her father, stories around the time and getting through grief.

Follow Alyssa on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Youtube. Stream No Bad Days only on Peacock.

Watch a video version of the interview on Youtube.com/cpluscomedy.

Plus: all the news ever

• The Obamas leave Spotify for Audible

• Apple, MLS sign 10 year deal for streaming games

• Amazon Prime Video’s most watched shows

• A change of strategy for Netflix

• HBO Max reevaluating European originals

• Bob Chapek fires TV Content Exec Peter Rice from Disney

• Peter Rice was pretty good at his job

• There’s no reason Peter Rice should’ve been dropped

• YouTube TV surpasses 5 million subscribers

• Netflix talks to major studios to set up ad deals

• Hulu growth is more than Disney+ for the first time

• Marvel shortchanges comic book creators with movie payments

• Medium could never be more than its ambitions

• Super Apps are super difficult to pull off

• “Fall” movie uses AI to replace cuss words

• Axios sold to Cox

• Reductress sold to Phenomenal Media

• How does Axios sale change local news?

• Big Tech money is going into Washington based publications

Episode 233 - Some Form of Bundling

Nobody wants to bundle C+ Comedy with its services. Not The New York Times. Not Vox. Not even Mashable wants to get in on the ground floor and they live there! Here's one last pitch. C+ Comedy can offer you periodicals what you don't have: talent! Where else are you going to find a hit online entertainment business news show like News Time? Or the leading interviews with B-list comedians? Or the single most original podcast of all time? Hello? Periodicals? Plus: HBO MAX & DISCOVERY+ merge; women get their time to shine more than men on screen; and BUZZFEED's IPO screwed over employees + more!

• HBO Max and Discovery+ will merge

• Amazon now owns MGM

• Women outnumbered men in movies but only by a little

• International audiences want more diverse casts

• BuzzFeed did wrong with employees during IPO

Episode 227 - Mumble Mumble Mumble

Chad returns with a completely new setup and the same old stories. At least things will run smoother, right? jkjkjk This is C+ Comedy. Nothing goes right here. Plus: NPR loses top talent while doubling down on podacsting; THE CW is up for sale; THE NEW YORK TIMES buys THE ATHLETIC; & more!

• NPR getting real about podcasting

• NPR’s exodus of colorful talent

• Temp work at NPR is bad

• The CW could be sold by ViacomCBS and WarnerMedia

• Mark Pedowitz confirms The CW is for sale

• New York Times to buy The Athletic

• The NYT X Athletic deal is complete

• Examining the 2021 dual release strategy of HBO Max