The Media Blog

The Media Blog: Trump is very good for American media – by the millions

And we are not just talking about millions of dollars, but millions of people also. The latest hearings for former Federal Bureau of Investigations Director, James Comey brought everybody from every media watching and focused. And the ratings soared. Nielsen Ratings notes that almost 20 million people watched on traditional TV. “ABC topped all networks,... Read More

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The Media Blog: This story shows you why The New York Times is the Queen of Kings

That gorgeous headline. The plot, the twist, the drama. And that glorious ending: “The line stretched down hallways and around corners. Most people would never even sniff the room. Perhaps, Ms. Herring suggested, Mr. Trump would appreciate the scene. “He loves drama,” she said. And he loves a show with big ratings, or used to.... Read More

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The Media Blog: We just spent 30 minutes watching Trace Naija and our view of Nigerian music is dim

“Tu-ku-tu-ku-tu-tu” ‘Feelings’, by Mr Eazi, something we can’t be bothered to remember by Kcee, and ‘Yawa’ by Tekno, amongst others. All these songs have the exact same beat. Like, literally, the exact same thing. It’s like listening to to one long, boring, unimaginative song in a loop. We just spent a few minutes under 30... Read More

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The Media Blog: The Culture Custodian flubs a headline inspiring much chuckle and shaking of head

Everyone knows how important headlines are. They are very frequently the only things that determine what we click, and what we ignore. Headlines are so important that they could change the way you read an article. Take a look at this one by The Culture Custodian for instance. It’s a jaw dropper. The moment our... Read More

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The Media Blog: We love Inspector K, but its last episode was really bad

There’s a lot to love about Inspector K. It’s a pretty fantastic show. It is funny when it should be, mostly interesting, the photography is very often transcendent and the sound editing isn’t completely awful. However, Inspector K, like most things on God’s increasingly brown earth is not without its flaws. The biggest, most glaring,... Read More

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The YNaija Ranking: TVC News drops out of the top 25 TV countdown

Television Continental News has dropped out of the YNaija Ranking for TV. Also out of the list is, TVC Entertainment, sister station of TVC News. Both stations fell off the pecking order due to the decision of Continental Broadcasting Services (CBS), owners of the station to lay off 145 workers. CBS’ decision smacks of irresponsibility... Read More

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The Media Blog: The battle royale on Bellanaija over Ramsey Nouah and 30 Days in Atlanta

The people that be at Nollywood would probably like us to tell you that there’s a new movie coming to your screens some time soon. It’s called “My Wife & I” and it stars Ramsey Nouah and Omoni Oboli. The most interesting thing we know about it so far is that its poster is pretty... Read More

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The Media Blog: From African Booty Scratcher to African Time, the trailer beats the pilot in more ways than one

A year ago, in May, a trailer for a show called African Booty Scratcher was released on YouTube to much fanfare and excitement. It’s about a Nigerian family in America struggling to give their son a better life while ensuring that he maintains their traditional values. A difficult feat by anyone’s standards. Its trailer was... Read More

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The Media Blog: What the heck is A Nasty Boy doing?

There’s this fairly new website – to be rather honest we can’t tell if it’s new or not because these things pop up every other day including Christmas, but that’s an aside. The website’s called A Nasty Boy. Why anyone would fly that flag knowing full well that there’s the struggling company Nasty Gal is... Read More

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The Media Blog: This interview of how Emmanuella started is just too cute

We like the chemistry between the two, the honesty, and the overall cuteness of the mutual respect they both have for each other. And we are reminded that nothing comes easy. They started in 2011. Meanwhile, do you notice how restless Emmanuella is? Babe is an original. BN TV: Watch Mark Angel & Emmanuella explain... Read More

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The Media Blog: Hian, NET, says Dammy Krane was arrested for armed robbery o

Everything we know, from the buzz around the mugshot to the statement from the private jet company, Tap Jets makes it clear, Dammy Krane was arrested for “grand theft, credit card fraud and identity theft”. But it appears someone from NET has undertaken an overnight special investigation and arrived with a scoop that Dammy also... Read More

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The Media Blog: The nonsense that’s happening at TVC, and how we got here

It is easy to laugh, as many Nigerians are wont to. Because after all, how can a media group owned by the Lion of Bourdilion be facing financial challenges. But this is no laughing matter. And, no, the problems didn’t start with the Muhammadu Buhari government. The point is, Continental Broadcasting Services, owners of TV... Read More

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The Media Blog: Toolz has a brand new TV show

It’s very difficult not to like Toolz on television and radio. And Accelerate TV just has to score an A for effort. What do you think about this one?

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The Media Blog: Shouldn’t everyone be a little worried about what Theresa May wants to do with the media?

As the Independent rightly calls it, the United Kingdom government is “planning to introduce huge regulations on the way the internet works, allowing the government to decide what is said online.” There is no universe in which that sounds good, or – if you ask us – ends well. “Some people say that it is... Read More

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The Media Blog: Why we are rooting for Mo Abudu and Jason Njoku– and you should too

Think about it. Think about just how many people have been investing in film since Mo Abudu and AY showed people just how much a movie can draw in, in a country with still-too-few cinemas. And think of the explosion since The Wedding Party shattered everything we knew about records going into the new year.... Read More

ay makun, EbonyLife, Jason Njoku, Mo Abudu, Movie industry, nigeria, nollywood, Rok TV, The Media Blog

The Media Blog: Dear Accelerate TV, thank you deeply for King Women

When we thought it couldn’t get any better, King Women arrived with this sublime interview of Chioma Omeruah aka Chigurl. This interview is a gem. It’s a deft mix of soul, humour, passion, pain, confession, disappointment, shame, all underlined by such a searing human, honesty is exactly the stuff that the world’s best interviews are... Read More

Accelerate TV, Chigul, Chioma Omeruwah, Kemi Adetiba, kING WOMEN, The Media Blog

The Media Blog: The MacArthur foundation handed over $5m to Premium Times, The Cable and Sahara Reporters – and it warms our hearts

The fund is essentially for investigative journalism and building the capacity for media platforms to hold governments accountable across board. So the MarArthur Foundation has generously shared three-year grants to Nigeria’s three leading investigative journalism platforms. The good news is that they are all online platforms – The Cable, Premium Times and of course Sahara... Read More

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The Media Blog: We like this new thing SaharaReporters just launched

It’s the Civic Media Hub, and it’s modelled after the MIT Centre for Civic Media. It’s a place to incubate all kinds of activist media platforms, which means, if all goes well it will be an explosion of militant SaharaReporters-type platforms. Is that a good or a bad thing? It depends on a lot of... Read More

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The Media Blog: Funke Akindele is trying something new with online TV – and it’s very hard

Everything she has done so far has turned to gold – Jenifa’s Diary 1, Jenifa’s Diary 2 and Jenifa’s Diary, the blockbuster television series. So there’s no one with the credibility to tell Funke Akindele she can’t do hard things. And hard thing is exactly what she is trying to do with her new project... Read More

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The Media Blog: Why does the Lagos government want to regulate online?

We know many people didn’t really pay attention, but they should have. Anytime a politician muses about ‘regulating’ any party of the media, all hackles should be up. In this case, the Lagos government suddenly woke up and decided to review the 14-year-old Newspapers Law. “In view of the realisation that the State Newspapers Cap... Read More

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The Media Blog: We have a question for Thisday Style…

… What took you so long? Biola Alabi had been due for a Style cover since the times she turned Africa Magic around, split those channels into money spinners and gave us the gift of the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards. Anyway, here we are. This is her year. Her gig on Arise TV, the... Read More

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The Media Blog: Kemi Adetiba continues to wow with King Women [WATCH]

We thought we would be tired by now. She kicked off exactly right with Taiwo Ajao-Lovett, wound it up a notch with Tara Fela-Durotoye, two of the others were a bit of downers, but still gripping. And by the time she had a non-celebrity, we thought we’d be tired. News flash: We are not. This... Read More

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The Media Blog: Huffington Post KILLS it with this headline

We are loving it so hard, we want to marry it. On the matter of Leaker-In-Chief, Donald J Trump, prattling about his country’s secrets to their arch-enemies from Russia and the hypocritical silence from those like House Speaker Paul Ryan, who wanted to lunch Hillary Clinton over having an absolutely legal private server, they serve... Read More

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The Media Blog: Everything about this Newsroom.ng headline on Banky W is terrible, terrible, terrible

Look, we are sympathetic. Everyone is in the traffic race, of some sort, even those who pretend not to be. What’s the point of journalism if enough people are not reading? But this one takes the cake. The Banky W/Adesua Etomi news was everywhere yesterday, and it was a boon for website traffic. Everyone got... Read More

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The Media Blog: Everything is breaking news these days, isn’t it?

And yes, we know we’re guilty of it too. But seriously. What’s the reason? Okay, we know the reason. Or part of it anyway. It’s a new age. Content glut. Too much information. Competition for eyes. Etc etc etc. But we have to wonder – is there another way to chart the future of digital... Read More

[The Media Blog] This is EXACTLY how not to spend N614,000

What has this world even come to? An ad in today's ThisDay. Are you people really ok? pic.twitter.com/ub0mvzYhlb — tyro (@DoubleEph) May 2, 2017 This is a full-page, coloured ad in a daily newspaper in Nigeria. Someone really paid for this??? Let’s provide a little bit of context. The story is that an ad placement... Read More

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The YNaija Ranking: ROK TV retains the #1 spot on our top 25 TV countdown

More, more, more. That appears to be the motto of Mary Njoku led ROK TV with its onslaught of original content, from movies to tv shows. The last time a TV station came out the gate swinging so confidently, we got EbonyLife TV, whose very existence today flies in the face of all those who... Read More

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The YNaija Ranking: Urban 96.5 FM retains the #1 position on our top 25 radio stations countdown

Urban 96.5 FM remains at number one this month for very simple reasons: The people love it, the quality of programming is top notch. Not only are people listening to it, but people are talking about it. That goes for listeners who find it impressive and industry professionals who find its ability to impress consumers... Read More

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