“When’s the last time you felt nervous?” “I don’t get nervous.” Nice @jessicatesta.bsky.social invu w Vogue stewards

some details here on the podcast race at the Golden Globes - and how much it cost to enter it “I understand controversy might not be so bad for an awards ceremony vying for your attention Sunday night.” “On the one hand, they mean absolutely nothing.” Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/b...

news: At an advertiser event in NYC tonight, YouTube announced its “first late-night show,” coming this spring — live and weekly but inspired by “classic late-night.” Outside Tonight will be hosted by Julian Shapiro-Barnum of Recess Therapy (a child interview series)

CBS has never seen a leader like Bari Weiss before: a Substack millionaire with no experience in TV news. She rails against “cancel culture,” embraces the title “Zionist fanatic,” and believes her values “now have the opportunity to go very, very big” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

Amazon drew a pretty clear line today between audio and video podcasts (and right through ~100 employees) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/b...

“This is our real life, especially for young people ... The majority of our lives aren't spent debating policy & debating political candidates. It's spent engaging with social media, & that's where we learn values."- Brett Cooper www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/b... What happens online matters offline.

when influencer/podcaster Alix Earle made a brand deal with Poppi, she asked for equity and rev share instead of the traditional check ........ then Poppi sold to Pepsi for almost $2 billion www.wsj.com/style/alix-e...

scoop w/ @jessicatesta.bsky.social : @karaswisher.bsky.social new deal at Vox Media with Scott Galloway is expected to generate $100 million over four years, with the pair keeping 70% after some costs: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/b...

“Make America Healthy Again” content has become unavoidable if you consume women’s media today www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/b...

A lot of echoes here to the aughts era when all the big time magazine editors were cut loose. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...

"This new TV diaspora has one central proposition: The future of news is casual. Sometimes very casual" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...

Political reporter Tara Palmeri is leaving her $260,000 base salary at Puck to go independent via Youtube, which has given her a $10,000 grant for equipment and editors' services. She intends to try a scoop-heavy approach, she told the NYT, which is currently relatively rare in Youtube journalism

Michelle Obama is making a video podcast www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/b...

@jessicatesta.bsky.social to cover media industry for @nytimes.com: talkingbiznews.com/media-news/n...

Cecile Richards has died. Her final project was about finding ways to spread abortion stories beyond the reach of legacy media (and their liberal audiences), and to anthologize them for history’s sake. “The only thing people respond to and remember are stories.” www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/b...

hm what if my first bluesky post was about Kylie Kelce’s new Rogan-dethroning podcast???? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/b...