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...