Mediagazer: Profile of YouTube's top kids channel Cocomelon, which has about 2.5B monthly views and an estimated $11.3M in ad revenue, as it expands into merchandise (Bloomberg)

5:40 PM ET, February 10, 2020

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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Netflix won only two Oscars despite 24 nominations: Best Supporting Actress for Laura Dern and Best Documentary Feature for American Factory from Obamas' studio — Although Netflix received 24 nominations (the most of any studio) at this year's Oscars, its films only ended up winning two awards.

Discussion: CNBC, The Wrap, @barackobama, Ad Age, The Wrap, /Film, Variety, Business Insider, Fox News, @scottfeinberg, @lawrence, @sarahwhit10, Observer, The Streamable, @stevepasquale, @web and @jonerlichman

Tony Maglio / The Wrap:

The 2020 Oscars drew 23.6M viewers, an all-time low and down 20% YoY; the 2018 Oscars held the previous all-time low of 26.5M viewers — Audience for 92nd Academy Awards declines 20% — The 2020 Oscars drew 23.6 million viewers on ABC, down a whopping 6 million viewers — or -20% from last year.

Discussion: Variety, CNN, Deadline, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Ad Age, MediaPost, Deadline, Broadcasting & Cable, New York Post, Mediaite, @thrmattbelloni, @geezlais, @hertzbarry, @lucas_shaw, @brooksbarnesnyt and @markharrisnyc

Wall Street Journal:
Inside Netflix's aggressive Oscars campaign, spending an estimated $100M+ mainly to promote two films, while other studios usually spend $5M-$20M per film

Discussion: The Wrap, Variety, Business Insider, /Film, Daily Herald, @filloux, @pkafka and @pkafka, more at Techmeme »

Emily Bell / The Guardian:

NYT's success in hitting a target of $800M annual digital revenue, while young startups struggle, lays bare media's disastrous winner takes all state of affairs — A handful of legacy institutions thrive as digital startups face increasing pressures — The financial health of journalism …

Discussion: THEFUTURE, @ndhapple, @chriselliott57, @wblau, @nicnewman, @garyfoskett and @baekdal

Ian Burrell / The Drum:
Inside NYT's London newsroom, which has around 50 journalists and is bringing in five more to handle breaking news for the paper's UK version of Express Desk

Discussion: @jane__bradley, @mattandersonnyt and @lizziepaton

Adam Sherwin / inews:

Sources: the BBC is almost certain to appoint its first female Director-General, with Elisabeth Murdoch and ITV CEO Carolyn McCall as two top contenders — Prospect of Rupert Murdoch's daughter running the BBC will unnerve staff - but she has the right credentials for Downing Street

Discussion: careerssearch.bbc.co.uk, Press Gazette, @jbenton, @markdistef, @arusbridger, @tcmbigcheese, @janinegibson, @adamsherwin10, @emilybell, @jimwaterson, Digital TV Europe, @jamesrbuk, @peterjukes, @rmcunliffe, @taraconlan, @markdistef and @adamsherwin10

Ren LaForme / Poynter:

Muck Rack launches Trends, a Google Trends-like tool that shows which journalists and news organizations wrote about topics the most — What are journalists writing about? It seems like a question with an easy answer. Just go to a news outlet's homepage and take a peek, or do a quick internet search.

Discussion: @poynter, @itsren and @michellemanafy

Elaine Low / Variety:

Sony Pictures Television Chairman Mike Hopkins will exit this month to oversee Amazon's video entertainment operations, including Amazon Studios and Prime Video — Sony Pictures Television Chairman Mike Hopkins is departing his post at the industry's largest independent TV studio later …

Discussion: Deadline, Adweek, The Streamable, The Wrap, IndieWire and Hollywood Reporter

David Streitfeld / New York Times:

After Amazon removes Nazi and neo-Nazi books, some third-party booksellers say it seems to operate under vague or nonexistent rules regarding prohibited books — The retailer once said it would sell “the good, the bad and the ugly.” Now it has banished objectionable volumes …

Discussion: @davidstreitfeld, @oliverdarcy, @brendannyhan, @jgreenblattadl, @nytimesbooks, WIRED UK, @kirstinestewart, @redlianak, @henrywfowler and @puiwingtam

Jim Waterson / The Guardian:

Sources: George Osborne is expected to leave the Evening Standard, as the publication changes direction under CEO Mike Soutar amid widening losses — Exclusive: former chancellor expected to leave role amid shakeup by new chief executive, sources say — George Osborne's future …

Discussion: @suzanne_moore and @markhorsleyuk

Jason Gutierrez / New York Times:

Philippines moves to end the franchise of the country's leading broadcast network ABS-CBN, the latest push by Duterte's admin against critical media outlets — It's the latest push by the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte against media outlets he views as critical of his government.

Discussion: Agence France-Presse, @nytimes, @heyitsmemistera, @alders_ledge and @alfonslopeztena

Brian Steinberg / Variety:

CBS Sports strikes a deal with British bookmaker William Hill, making it the official provider of sportsbook and wagering data across all CBS Sports properties — CBS Sports is making a bid to one-up its competitors in the rapidly developing arena for U.S. sports betting.

Discussion: Axios and @alexweprin

Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:

Journalists should avoid framing politics as a horserace and stop making political predictions in part because there's so little accountability if they're wrong — Of all the lessons the mainstream media should have learned over the past four years, one of them is inexcusably obvious: We're bad at predictions.

Discussion: Columbia Journalism Review, @sulliview, @jason_pontin, @anandwrites, @danvock, @dangillmor, The Week, Raw Story, @jayrosen_nyu, @nprscottsimon and Politico

Stars & Stripes:

DOD proposes funding cuts to the military newspaper Stars and Stripes; source: around $7M of “operating and maintenance funds” would be cut, or 35% of expenses — WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has proposed a cut to funding for Stars and Stripes as part of its $705.4 billion budget …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, @chadgarland, @oliverdarcy and @chadgarland

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Cox Enterprises buys back Dayton Daily News and two other Ohio daily papers from Apollo Global Management, ensuring they can continue 7-day publication

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Bloomberg:
Profile of YouTube's top kids channel Cocomelon, which has about 2.5B monthly views and an estimated $11.3M in ad revenue, as it expands into merchandise

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Piya Sinha-Roy / Hollywood Reporter:
A series of wins and performances helped redefine the 2020 Oscars after a nominees list that was the least diverse since the 2015 #OscarsSoWhite backlash

Discussion: The Week, The Stranger, BuzzFeed News, BBC and BuzzFeed News

Shirley Halperin / Variety:
Splice, the popular platform for rights-cleared sounds and beats, says it has paid out more than $25M to musicians in its artist-to-artist marketplace

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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Sun admits its reporter attended an attack on the home of Manchester United boss, after the club complained that the paper had advance notice of the attack

Discussion: @hackinginquiry, @skysportsnews and @danroan

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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Eight of the UK's 22 audited papers, excluding those in Scotland, are now edited by women, as are four of the ten daily national titles

Discussion: @pressgazette, @jessbrammar and @hillyjanes

David Bauder / Associated Press:
CBS News president called threats against Gayle King “reprehensible” after King was criticized for asking about Kobe Bryant's rape charge in an interview

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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
A look at New Hampshire's WMUR, a Hearst-owned station watched by 56% of the state's households weekly and which took in ~$40M in political advertising in 2016

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News Corp:
News Corp says WSJ passed 2M digital subscribers in Q4 2019, up 13% YoY, while Dow Jones digital subscriptions grew 17% and overall subscriptions passed 3.5M

Discussion: Nieman Lab, MediaPost, Fox Business, @michaelmillerau, @gerryfsmith and News Corp

ESPN:
ESPN's Jessica Mendoza, who was criticized for working as both ESPN analyst and NY Mets adviser, resigns from the Mets, gets pulled from Sunday Night Baseball

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Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
Google introduces Gemma 4 12B, a unified, encoder-free open multimodal model that can run locally on devices with 16GB of VRAM or unified memory

Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg:
Filing: SpaceX aims to raise $75B in its IPO, selling 555.6M shares at $135 each, which would value it at almost $1.77T, eclipsing Aramco's $29.4B IPO in 2019

Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Meta has repeatedly delayed plans to release the Muse Spark API due to bugs and infrastructure needs; Meta says it plans to release it this month

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