Tidbits: Oscar Value, Palin E-Mails, Obama on YouTube, and More

IBISWorld, a research firm, used numbers to analyze the brand impact of an Oscar nomination. “The average Best Picture Oscar winners over the last four years saw a bump of 22.2% (or $20.3 million) in box office revenue after they were named a nominee, and an additional 15.3% (or $14.0 million) following their win at the award show,” the group found. BrandChannel reports that The King’s Speech has already seen its ticket sales spike 70 percent between Monday and Tuesday.