CoComelon Cuts Staff, Production After Rapid Expansion

Not even the most popular kids show on YouTube (and Netflix) is immune to the media recession.

Cocomelon Lane: Season 1. (L to R) Ava Madison Gray as JJ, Alice Cho as Nina, Ava Madison Gray as Bella, and Alice Cho as Cece in Cocomelon Lane: Season 1. Cr. NETFLIX © 2023

Good afternoon from Los Angeles; it’s great to be back home after almost a month of travel. It’s also good to live in the city of Shohei Ohtani and LeBron James.

While it’s too soon for me to do a year-in-review, it was the right time for podcast extraordinaire Peter Kafka, who is leaving Vox Media to do something new. Peter and I covered the biggest stories of the year on his podcast, so give it a listen and make sure to check out his new show when it arrives next year.