Stories from The (Nigerian) Media and Film Blog this week

[View this email in your browser] We bring you another weekly edition of The Media Blog! Filled with insights, news, perspective about journalism, content and business of the media; curated by Chi, Hauwa and Tolu. No time to waste – we just present it to you! [The Media Blog: Abeg, Bola Tinubu should go and find several seats] Every now and again, people – including questionable characters who have not satisfactorily answered corruption allegations – mount a bully pulpit to accuse ‘the social media’ [Read more...] [The Media Blog: Did Buzzfeed really cross a line?] Buzzfeed published an ‘unverified memo’ about Trump and Russia – and all hell has broken loose across America’s media (and on Trump’s timeline, of course, but that is no longer news). [Read more...] [The YNaija Rankings: Every month, we will rank the top films, TV and radio stations in Nigeria] YNaija will, from Wednesday, January 11, release a monthly countdown of platforms leading and lagging in the Nigerian media space. [Read more...] [The YNaija Ranking: ONTV is number 1 on our top 25 TV station ranking] ONTV continues to lead the TV ratings as far as the respected Media Facts ratings can tell, and since the Geopoll survey hasn’t yet gained mainstream currency, [Read more...] [The YNaija Ranking: Urban 96.5 is number 1 on our top 10 radio station ranking] The official Media Ratings haven’t come in, but the social media feedback and our un-official Uber-driver poll makes it clear Urban FM is the leader in the radio category. [Read more...] [The YNaija Ranking: BellaNaija is number 1 on our top 50 online media (web) ranking] BellaNaija holds the top spot in this category for very obvious reasons. Over the years, BellaNaija has grown in leaps to become a leader in the online media space in Nigeria, [Read more...] [The YNaija Ranking: GidiTraffic is number 1 on our top 10 online media (social) ranking] Nearing one million Twitter followers, Gidi Traffic is Nigeria’s most influential and most respected online media platform. It’s powerful presence hinges on the ease [Read more...] [The YNaija Ranking: The Wedding Party is number 1 on our top 10 film countdown] With over N250 million in earnings, it is clear why this countdown debuts with The Wedding Party at number one. It has smashed every single film record in the history of Nigerian film, [Read more...] [The Film Blog: '76 is quietly cleaning out] We were impressed by ’76, but [we didn’t love it]. Like The Wedding Party and 93 Days, it has pushed Nollywood many decades forward. [Read more...] [The Film Blog: Urgent message to Opa Williams and the producers of the film 'Three Wise Men'] We just finished watching the Opa Williams film ‘Three Wise Men’ (Williams, for a generation that doesn’t know its heroes, is one of the frontrunners of institutional comedy in Nigeria with ‘The Nite of A Thousand Laughs’) [Read more...] [The Film Blog: Why we must all join hands to reject and condemn Mike Ezuruonye's Brother Jekwu] Mike Ezuruonye’s movie ‘Brother Jekwu’ is bad. Look, we know there are those of you so traumatised by Nigeria’s utter lack of standards that you believe saying something is bad is not ‘constructive’. [Read more...] [The Film Blog: Gideon Okeke's basketmouth has started to leak again] Here is the summary: everything Gideon says is nonsense. That would be bad in and of itself.But the fact that he had to attack a veteran... [Read more...] [Follow YNaija on Twitter] [Join our community on Facebook] [Website] Copyright © 2015 Red Media Africa, All rights reserved. You've signed up for our newsletter Our mailing address is: Red Media Africa 59, Ogunlana Drive, Surulere Lagos 100211 Nigeria [Add us to your address book] Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences] or [unsubscribe from this list]