NYCC has been trying to run a must-attend event for industry professionals inside a massive mega fan convention for the past few years. Did they hit the mark in 2025? My fresh-off-the-plane take today at @icv2.com #NYCC icv2.com/articles/col...

“It's like college move out day,” a member of the Pentagon press corps told CJR. Some reporters “have been sitting there for twenty years. It's pretty depressing." Read Ivan L Nagy. www.cjr.org/news/the-pen...

NBC News is reeling from its biggest round of cuts in years, cutting about 150 staffers as it divorces itself from MSNBC and CNBC. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/nbc-news-l...

Today, we are soft-launching Pathfounders, a new tech media brand to offer informed reporting, analysis, and opinion on the top tech startups and VC firms across Europe, Silicon Valley, and globally. pathfounders.com/p/welcome-to...

RIP to Drew Struzen, the greatest to ever do it. 🙌

Why?

This has been a strange Atlantic hurricane season. It seems like every storm fell into two categories: struggled mightily, or reached for the stars. Here's a recap of what we've seen so far this year:

#SeaKraken  win their season opener for the first time as goals from Dunn, Marchment and McCann seal the 3-1 win

New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Got a tip recently about how Trump's tariffs are preventing libraries from sharing books, and causing their loaned books to get stuck or lost in other countries: www.404media.co/libraries-ca...

Paramount+'s canceled Halo TV series has found a new lease of life on Netflix, swiftly becoming one of the streaming service's most popular shows.

In a rare interview with @status.news, top WaPo editor Matt Murray addressed the upheaval inside the newspaper—from the exodus of journalists to the outlet's fight to regain stability and reader confidence. www.status.news/p/matt-murra...

Microsoft is reportedly set to announce and launch a free version of Xbox Cloud Gaming with ads for PC, Xbox consoles, handheld devices, and the web.

Here's the announced paid attendance for game two of the ALDS at T-Mobile Park between the Detroit Tigers and our Seattle Mariners. Another sellout, loud crowd. Wonder how many folks were at the #Seahawks earlier today. #TridentsUp #SeizeTheMoment #Postseason #SeattleSports

Carol Burnett said that she approaches her exuberant physical comedy “from the outside in,” adding, “Once I have the wig on, I know exactly how this person moves and how they talk.”

Thirty seconds of ocean waves because you deserve it. Enjoy your Sunday.

Julio Rodríguez, clutch. He doubles to left field to score Cal Raleigh from second and Seattle has the lead. It is DEAFENING in here. Tigers 2 - 3 Mariners B8th, one out, Rodríguez on second. #TridentsUp #SeizeTheMoment #Postseason

Final: Tigers 2 Mariners 3

Commenting on the EA deal, Rob Fahey is concerned that it involves $20 billion in debt, "meaning that the newly private EA will be saddled with a debt burden almost three times higher than its annual revenues." www.gamesindustry.biz/eas-monster-...

"While respect for Japanese games and media is growing," says Alicia Haddick, "it's hard not to view Tokyo Game Show in 2025 as representing the anxieties of the industry and its players, rather than its virtues." www.gamesindustry.biz/tokyo-game-s...

Pure Watercraft founder resurfaces with Seattle startup focused on autonomous craft for the military https://www.geekwire.com/2025/pure-watercraft-founder-resurfaces-with-seattle-startup-focused-on-autonomous-craft-for-the-military/

JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

@talkingbiznews.bsky.social Retirement news www.linkedin.com/posts/mary-s...

Thunderbirds Are Go! Art by Bill Storie. Keep an eye on the Fanderson website for details of their FAB Annual 2026

Nigeria’s solar moment: 1.7 GW of Chinese panels imported in the past year, leapfrogging Egypt to become Africa’s #2. Part of a 60% YoY surge across the continent per @ember-energy.org data.

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station captured this photograph of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The highly oblique image gives an enhanced sense of the topography. Kamchatka Peninsula experiences frequent tectonic activity 🧪

The Fed should fund its renovation this way :) "Trump’s share of the settlement—$22 million—will go to the nonprofit Trust for the National Mall, earmarked for the construction of a Mar-a-Lago-style ballroom Trump is building at the White House, according to the court documents."

So frustrating 😩 www.socialmediatoday.com/news/data-su...

Hollywood studios and investors say YouTube is the future. So why aren't they investing more money in popular channels?

Foreign buyers bet South Korea is the new Japan on.ft.com/3KjczGJ | opinion

It has been published: the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy's report on undersea cables. It was a privilege to be involved in the inquiry and see some of my suggestions picked up by the committee. publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5901/jt...

The Media Universe: 2020-2025 Get Maps for each of the last five years here: open.substack.com/pub/eshap/p/...

Olivia Newton-John stars with John Travolta, Jeff Conaway, Stockard Channing, Didi Conn and Dinah Manoff in Randal Kleiser's 🇺🇸American musical romantic comedy directorial debut film "GREASE" (1978) 🎬 Paramount Pictures

Some important context I think people are missing is that Saudi Arabia *already* owns 10% of Electronic Arts. It's the company's third-largest institutional shareholder.

Jared Kushner’s private equity firm is said to be partnering with the Saudi sovereign wealth fund to buy out Electronic Arts.

Catch a ride on Flying Nimbus to the grand opening of the world's 1st Dragon Ball Store in Tokyo on November 14!

The founder of GDC, Chris Crawford, has suggested that the "gigantic costs" of the event, compared with the "microscopic costs" of interacting over the internet, mean GDC is "rapidly becoming a dinosaur." www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-founder-...

As Costco stops selling Xbox, Rob Fahey says it's a sacrifice Microsoft is willing to make for Game Pass. "Regardless, it would take an incredible amount of spin," he says, "to claim that being dropped by mass-market retail is actually a good sign for Xbox." www.gamesindustry.biz/retailers-we...

"Despite clear Covid-era evidence that GDC could be digitally accessible, and there being no reason but [organizer] Informa’s bottom line for the event being so expensive, GDC remains offline-only and the ticket prices obscene," - one of my quotes in this article www.theguardian.com/games/2025/s...

Last words: What Washington is losing with the demise of Crosscut. As a nearly two-decade venture in nonprofit news comes undone, it underscores the precariousness of public service journalism. My latest column for the Washington State Standard: washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/09/24/l...

For the first time in 24 years, the Mariners are AL West champions. The party is on after the Mariners cruised to a 9-1 win over the Rockies with two historic homers for Cal Raleigh.

Today is Platformer's fifth birthday! I wrote about the state of the newsletter economy, how the business is going, and what we're planning for year six www.platformer.news/platformer-y...

Thanks to @retrohistories.bsky.social and @limeyotoko.bsky.social, we've added nearly 200 more issues of the British game industry magazine MCV to our digital archive! We're now at 400+ issues archive.gamehistory.org/folder/eb206...

ATOP THE DIVISION! YOUR SEATTLE MARINERS ARE THE 2025 AL WEST CHAMPIONS! ANOTHER STEP COMPLETED! Photos in graphic by Eric Hiller, Kevin Ng, and Rio Giancarlo. #TridentsUp #SeattleMariners #MLB #SeattleSports

In a night of firsts, Cal Raleigh etched his name in more home run history and the #Mariners ended a 24-year drought as AL West champs. Callaghan Bluechel details a magical night at T-Mobile: emeraldcityspectrum.com/home/raleigh...

For Seattle media fans, I have a nice catch-up interview with former longtime TV news anchor Margo Myers who worked at both KIRO and KOMO a ways back. Check it out @ tvnuggetmaster.blogspot.com

Costco has quietly stopped selling Xbox consoles in the US and UK, in both its online and physical stores. www.gamesindustry.biz/costco-stops...

Once known mainly as the birthplace of Starbucks, Boeing and grunge music, the Seattle metro area has undergone a tech transformation. Now that virtuous circle is wobbling.