So much is happening right now! The show is back from a much needed month long hiatus. Not much has changed except everything is much sloppier. Topics include women director, protagonist numbers marching upwards; CollegeHumor layoffs; diversity in film and way more.
YouTube streams count towards Billboard charts: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/13/arts/music/billboard-youtube-charts.html
Kids YouTube changes: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/12/20/21025139/youtube-kids-coppa-law-ftc-2020
Richard Plepler on his 5 year deal with Apple: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/business/media/richard-plepler-apple.html
IGN review system gets simpler: https://www.ign.com/articles/2020/01/02/announcement-igns-review-scale-just-got-simpler
CollegeHumor goes through massive layoffs: https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/collegehumor-layoffs-sale.html
Female film director numbers up to 12%: https://www.thewrap.com/women-directed-record-12-of-top-100-grossing-films-in-2019-study-finds/
Female film protagonists up to 40%: https://www.thewrap.com/female-protagonists-2019-films/
BAFTA acknowledges lack of diversity in 2020 nominations: https://variety.com/2020/film/news/bafta-nominations-lack-of-diversity-1203459074/
Diversity in film and TV in 2019/2020: https://deadline.com/2020/01/hollywood-diversity-2009-strides-film-tv-representation-inclusion-1202817299/