@MediaEvan

Media writer/complainer |previously Custom @digiday @videoinknews @integralads| words @tubefilter @DCNorg| [email protected]

 New York City
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Joined June 2013
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It was a different time.
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exclusively can report that Abdul El-Sayed used to do the thing were were changed our names for Halloween on here.
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Tax incentives, the last round of ZIRP era studio construction, and New Jersey.
kayla says@KaylaSaysMore3h
I need to read up on why/how nyc’s production industry has suddenly revitalized - new stuff being filmed here every day, I know more folks getting jobs here than in LA
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A key player in aligning Meta with Republican priorities and ensuring Meta platforms spread dangerous Covid misinformation.
Alexandra S. Levine@Ali_Lev1h
Meta's Chief Global Affairs Officer Joel Kaplan -- a longtime top adviser to Mark Zuckerberg -- is leaving the company after a decade and a half: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Meta’s Chief Global Affairs Officer Joel Kaplan Departing

Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Global Affairs Officer Joel Kaplan is leaving the company, according to a company representative.

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Presumably Meta is anticipating a Republican wipeout in the midterms and will be seeking a policy chief who can engineer rapprochement with the Dems.
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Evan DeSimone retweeted
Jake Kanter@Jake_Kanter6h
CONFIRMED: BBC Three’s TV channel is being shut for a second time, as first reported by Deadline last month. BBC Scotland and Radio 4 Extra are also closing as linear services. The switch-off happens in spring 2027. BBC staff were told this morning. deadline.com/2026/10/bbc-tv-…

BBC Confirms Network Closures; BBC Three Switched Off For Second Time

The BBC is pulling the plug on BBC Three for the second time after the broadcaster confirmed network closures as part of plans to save £500 million.

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Ouch. theguardian.com/media/2026/o…

Condé Nast’s UK profits drop by more than a third as sale of Vogue publisher ruled out

Magazine group points to restructuring bill but says it ‘remains profitable in the UK for another year’

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Kara’s going to use this as an excuse to stay.
Teddy Schleifer
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Laurene Powell Jobs Invested $250 Million in David Ellison’s Skydance variety.com/2026/tv/news/lau…

Laurene Powell Jobs Invested $250 Million in David Ellison’s Skydance

Laurene Powell Jobs paid $250 million to acquire shares in Skydance, the David Ellison-led company formed by the merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery.

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It was always assumed that he’d choose himself to close out his run programming the halftime show. I take this as a good sign that he knows it’s time to move on. puck.news/jay-z-picks-jay-z-…

Jay-Z Picks Jay-Z for Super Bowl LXI

Ever since the rapper and Roc Nation head signed on to oversee the show in 2019, his own headlining spot has seemed like a certainty. According to sources, 2027 will be that year.

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I’m curious. Can Cibrowski discipline her given she’s a Bari creature?
Justin Baragona
@justinbaragonaOct 19
CBS News president Tom Cibrowski and CBS Evening News EP Kim Harvey are currently in London, meeting with foreign editor Shanydi Raice. While the trip was planned before Raice's all-hands meeting, no doubt the fallout over the "crazy bonkers" audio will be addressed.
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I think it’s pretty funny that there are 1000s of people who wanted to be journalists working in PR and comms and yet a guy with one of the last remaining jobs in journalism insists on doing PR spin for **** ***** and ***** *********
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Don’t let @mattyglesias find out about this remote work icon.
Africa Today Media Group
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President of Cameroon, the 93-year-old Paul Biya, is expected to visit Cameroon next week! He will have a two-week working trip before returning to Geneva, Switzerland, where he lives.
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Good progress here. I’ll be particularly interested in what steps Magyar and Tisza take to future-proof Hungarian media independence. apnews.com/article/hungary-m…

Hungarian journalists feel the pressure lifting after Orbán’s defeat

Former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's election defeat in April ended a 16-year rule marked by media control and restrictions on press freedoms.

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I doubt she’ll be the last notable name to flee the bew regime. cnn.com/2026/10/19/media/chr…

Christiane Amanpour announces she will leave CNN next June | CNN Business

CNN legend Christiane Amanpour, the network’s chief international anchor, said Monday that she will sign off from CNN next June.

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Can someone do a definitive piece on the rise and fall of affiliate marketing as the “savior of media?” Feels like a very tidy 10ish year arc. digiday.com/media/inside-wir…

Inside Wirecutter's push to diversify beyond affiliate revenue as AI reshapes discovery

Wirecutter is expanding beyond affiliate commerce with new categories, franchises and advertising opportunities as AI reshapes search.

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It seems one possible version of CBS is that journalists spend the bulk of their time debunking tendentious nonsense for management to the detriment of producing news for the audience. semafor.com/article/10/18/20…
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Specialization is going to become more important as major channels fall away and platforms diverge. digiday.com/media/the-verge-…

The Verge switches up its audience team to prepare for Google Zero

The Verge has restructured its audience development team to prioritize loyal readers over traffic and page views.

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A bizarre program, but also a symptom of the politicization of news overall. If political bias is the only/primary form of bias to be considered then non-partisan civil servants make perfect sense as neutral reviewers. telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…

BBC suspends Civil Service fact-checking scheme exposed by Telegraph

Investigation revealed civil servants had been seconded to cover topics including Covid and small boats crisis

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Evan DeSimone retweeted
Michael Savage@michaelsavageOct 15
NEW: Lisa Nandy ‘minded to intervene’ in Sky’s £1.6bn purchase of ITV Given the huge pressure TV is under, no one can see the deal being blocked, but Nandy did get some guarantees over content by intervening in the Paramount/WBD deal. theguardian.com/business/202…

Lisa Nandy ‘minded to intervene’ in Sky’s £1.6bn purchase of ITV

Culture secretary’s move paves way for deeper scrutiny of deal that would create UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster

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Government spend for public interest advertising could be hugely beneficial to local publishers. It’s also easily misused. Tread carefully. newsmediaalliance.org/md-eo-…

Maryland Governor Issues EO Directing Ad Procurement to Local News Organizations | News/Media...

Maryland Governor Wes Moore just issued an Executive Order "Directing State Media and Advertising Procurement Spending to Maryland News Organizations,& ...

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Major companies refusing to let AI agent providers create a layer between them and their customers dors not seem short sighted to me. Inevitable that agents will begin exacting a toll for access to those customers just like platforms did with publishers.
Justine Moore
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It's remarkably short-sighted for websites to block AI agents. Agents WILL become the way most people transact online - block them and you'll lose a ton of customers. And I suspect LLMs will get better at browser use faster than humans will improve at detecting them...
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