The Broadcasters Podcast

Billboard and Rolling Stone are on the same team as the parent companies of these Mainstream Music Magazines Merge Making More Media Deregulation Rolling Stone, Billboard, Vibe, More to Operate Under New Joint Venture PMRC https://pitchfork.com/news/rolling-stone-billboard-vibe-more-to-operate-under-new-joint-venture-pmrc/ What Does the Rolling Stone and Billboard Deal Mean for Music Fans? https:/...

The Digital Media Disruption Dominates in a Crushing Entertainment and Media Covid Crisis. KOP talks about the resilience of digital has accelerated the demise of traditional media. Entertainment and media industry revenues to slump 6.7% in 2020 https://www.thedrum.com/news/2020/09/09/entertainment-and-media-industry-revenues-slump-67-2020 Why social media has changed the world — and how to fix it...

Hollywood studios delaying movie releases, added with labor unrest (and state-enforced lockdowns in New York and California) the movies lack motivation for moviegoers. Movie Theaters Returned. Audiences Didn’t. Now What? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/business/media/tenet-movie-theaters-coronavirus.html?smid=tw-share Tepid ‘Tenet’ Box Office Reflects U.S. Audiences’ Fear of Theaters https://va...

Netflix Crosses the Lines with Cuties, a Controversial French film “Cuties” (about a young Senegalese girl in Paris who joins a “free-spirited dance clique” to escape family dysfunction). KOP discusses the line crossed. ‘Cancel Netflix’ Backlash Grows Over ‘Cuties’ Film’s Sexualization of Young Girls https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/cancel-netflix-backlash-cuties-sexualized-girls-1234765747/...

KOP talks about the Digital Disruption and how it is destroying the Yellow Journalism bubble. He explains the origin of the phrase and how objectivity in journalism should affect reporting being compared to airtight evidence used in a court of law.  A majority of Republicans (70%) and Democrats (56%) believe that the news media should be approached with skepticism rather than trust. https://nie.mn...

Hollywood is Crumbling Thanks to Covid due to a series of epic events effecting the Hollywood establishment. Walmart to buy TikTok with Microsoft? https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/walmart-to-buy-tiktok-with-microsoft/ UCLA Department Of Film, TV & Digital Media Gets Poor Grade In Academic Senate Review https://deadline.com/2020/08/ucla-department-of-film-tv-digital-media-gets-poor-grade-in-a...

Apple takes another crack at online radio, while NPR notices podcasts do better for them than radio does. Plus, sex (WAP) and solitude (Folklore) soar in mainstream music under quarantine. Why Apple Music Still Cares About Radio https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/beats-apple-music-radio-announcement-1045912/ Apple announces Apple Music radio https://nr.apple.com/dE7W9d3G7L Radio listening has p...

Music and Entertainment make waves to push through the pandemic while dealing with costs and challenges that come in the way. Remote Control: Making Television Mid-Pandemic https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/12/arts/television/coastal-elites-connecting-social-distance.html AMC Theatres Charging 15 Cents a Ticket on Opening Day https://variety.com/2020/film/news/amc-theatres-charging-15-cents-a-ticket...

The Corporate Media is Disconnected and Living In Their Own Bubble KOP lays out the argument on how the corporate media is disconnected and living in their own bubble. As a result objective journalism has been rendered obsolete. Journalists’ Twitter use shows them talking within smaller bubbles https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/326226550?rn=0805T192112&fbclid=IwAR3NuSVFspHlkHj90fKDQKCSNi32JTKPnk...

Big Tech Confronted and Challenged for Content Censorship and Commerce in an antitrust hearing where the CEOs of big tech companies including Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google were hauled before lawmakers for a Congressional roasting. Trump administration petitions FCC on social media content rules https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-trump/trump-administration-petitions-fcc-on-social-media...

Movies studios and exhibitors continue to move back plans to reopen, while one music maker might make a bold move that could shake the core of the music industry. Big Screen Flicks on the Move out of 2020 https://deadline.com/2020/07/quiet-place-2-top-gun-2-moving-to-2021-1202993889/ Movie theaters implore studios: Release the blockbusters https://apnews.com/c717475b7faf5e518e4de99e18f5318c AMC Th...

While China offers a crucial customer base for Hollywood and provides popular technology for the world, changes may be coming thanks to Covid-19. Barr Criticizes Studios Over China Relationships, Singles Out Marvel, Paramount https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/barr-criticizes-studios-china-relationships-singles-marvel-paramount-1303474 China to Begin Post-Covid Reopening of Cinemas https://var...

AMC works out a financial runway to play motion pictures this summer, the state of playlists in 2020 and some new plays in the world of podcasting. $AMC Entertainment Nears Debt Deal That Would Ensure Solvency Into Early Next Year https://deadline.com/2020/07/amc-entertainment-debt-deal-solvency-early-next-year-1202981933/ Why releasing an album is a waste of time https://www.musicradar.com/news/w...

KOP talks about a future of journalism without a scintilla of objectivity. Plus, on the 50th anniversary of American Top 40, we look at the revising of radio history. What comes after we get rid of objectivity in journalism? https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/what-comes-after-we-get-rid-of-objectivity-in-journalism.php Media Leaders Weigh In on Where the Industry Will Head After COVID-19 https://...

KOP looks into the current state of Objective Journalism Going Obsolete In a Cloud of Bias and Unemployment. Plus COVID-19 Panic Returns looking to dampen the return of entertainment. Objectivity isn’t a magic wand https://www.cjr.org/analysis/objectivity-isnt-a-magic-wand.php Estimates of COVID-19’s impact on journalism fail to count freelancers, whose livelihoods have vanished overnight https://...

The Culture War led in part be the Black Lives Matter movement continues to lead an aggressive push for social and cultural change, and all forms of media are being affected. KOP runs through the latest. Black Lives Matter: From Protests to Lasting Change (Opinion) https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Black-Lives-Matter-From/249017 Howard Stern comes under fire for blackface skit and use of N-word...

Long Time critics have felt the label urban contemporary “is seemingly designed to compartmentalize black artists, undermining the culture’s contributions to and influences on music even as it tries to celebrate it.” Republic Records — home to top artists including Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift — on Friday vowed to ban the word “urban” as a generalization for hip-hop and R&B. Many see it as an an...

KOP weighs how Media, Entertainment, and Culture have responded to the George Floyd protests, and their plight for systemic and institutional change. The Media, Entertainment and Culture Industry’s Response and Role in a Society in Crisis http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Media_Entertainment_Report_2020.pdf The media industry’s preexisting conditions https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/layoffs_buzz...

Headlines of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and the media coverage in Minneapolis prompted KOP to look at the convergence of the media establishment and Silicon Valley, aka the Social Media Platform Press Complex. What to do when you’re overwhelmed by coronavirus media coverage https://www.fastcompany.com/90508461/what-to-do-when-youre-overwhelmed-by-coronavirus-media-coverage Big T...

KOP analyzes Joe Rogan’s $100 Million Podcast Move to Spotify and the Future of Podcasting. Why The Joe Rogan, Spotify Deal Is A Game Changer https://mediaconfidential.blogspot.com/2020/05/why-joe-rogan-spotify-deal-is-game.html?spref=tw Spotify’s $100m+ Joe Rogan deal redefines its podcast strategy. Songwriters and record labels should be watching closely. https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/s...

AMC Theatres could be up for sale as a result of an Amazon Takeover? Quibi is Quibbling with a bad start. Radio is reeling with a lack of revenue. L.A. Coronavirus Update: Mayor Eric Garcetti Says, “I Don’t Want To Turn Los Angeles Into Some Sort Of Police State” https://deadline.com/2020/05/l-a-coronavirus-update-mayor-eric-garcetti-says-i-dont-want-to-turn-los-angeles-into-some-sort-of-police-st...

Overseas movies and TV production proceeds. The Radio Industry Needs a New Revival. KOP lays out what Radio should do to change and adapt to audience in real time. WME Looking At Black Monday: 20% Of Employees Will Be Laid Off, Furloughed Or Cut To Part Time How The World’s Biggest Producers Are Plotting Their Way Out Of The Pandemic. Live Nation CEO Awaits NFL Schedule To Set Stadium Dates: Sees...

AMC Theatres Won’t Play Universal Movies in Wake of ‘Trolls World Tour’ Dispute. Regal Follows Suit. KOP takes on the theatrical vs. digital release debate. Universal Just Told the World That Theaters Are No Longer the Priority. Local Media Outlets To D.C. Lawmakers: Consumers Are Leaning On Us During Coronavirus Crisis, But We Need A Lifeline. Coronavirus continues to take its toll on the media i...

Democratic senators call for funding for local media in coronavirus stimulus, Funding Journalism, Finding Innovation: Success Stories and Ideas for Creative, Sustainable Partnerships. and In a Crisis, Radio Should Be Bigger Than Ever — So Why Isn’t It? WGA Offers To Start Contract Talks With AMPTP On May 11; Says It’s “Prepared To Agree” To Extend Current Pact To June 30. Hollywood’s Backstage Cre...

The White House Coronavirus Task Force lays out its phased post-pandemic plan to get the entertainment industry back to work in place. KOP lays out what the industry is planning out. Movie Theaters, Other Large Venues Can Reopen, But With Strict Physical Distancing. ‘Contagion’ Director Steven Soderbergh To Head DGA Committee To Address Getting Town Restarted. New Federal Coronavirus Guidelines Sp...