If you hear “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” in the background of this podcast, then you know you’re in the right place! Whatever this thing is returns with hot, steamy news from the trades. Like PBS NEWSHOUR possibly getting new hosts; THE CW cancelling everything before it goes up for sale; free streamers AMAZON FREEVEE, PLUTO TV, and TUBI exploding in popularity + more!

Chad wears a tuxedo as he picks his Oscar faves! He's a snazzy baby boy, isn't he? Plus a bunch of stories including SPOTIFY's latest acquisitions and its strong arming of the podcast space; THE RINGER and BARSTOOL acquisitions are for the digital space; women and people of color numbers are rising in front of the camera but falling behind it and more!

“Hamilton” heads to theaters. May change how film and broadway interact:
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-02-03/how-disneys-hamilton-movie-can-change-the-movie-musical-landscape

Women, people of color on film numbers rise:
https://variety.com/2020/film/news/annenberg-film-study-women-people-of-color-2019-1203491761/

BUT women, POC not represented behind the scenes:
https://variety.com/2020/film/news/diversity-hollywood-behind-the-scenes-ucla-study-1203494631/

NYT sub growth in physical and digital. Raising sub prices:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/business/new-york-times-earning.html

Spotify buys The Ringer:
https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/spotify-acquires-the-ringer-bill-simmons-podcast-1203493439/

Spotify reigns supreme in podcasts:
https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/05/spotify-podcasts-the-ringer/

Barstool sold to a casino:
https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/1/29/21113130/barstool-sports-penn-national-deal-dave-portnoy-chernin

Barstool and The Ringer acquisitions happened because of their millennial reach, digital video:
https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/2/6/21120354/ringer-spotify-barstool-penn-national-media-tv-buyers

ViacomCBS streaming service being prepped:
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/06/viacomcbs-new-streaming-service-to-include-paramount-cbs-all-access.html

Picking the Oscar winners:
https://oscar.go.com/news/nominations/oscar-nominations-2020-list-nominees-by-category

Chad wears a tuxedo as he picks his Oscar faves! He's a snazzy baby boy, isn't he? Plus a bunch of stories including SPOTIFY's latest acquisitions and its st...