Evan DeSimone
@MediaEvan
Media writer/complainer |previously Custom @digiday @videoinknews @integralads| words @tubefilter @DCNorg| [email protected]
I regret to inform you that I have relaunched my newsletter (ugh). It is called Media Happy Hour and, because I am broken in very specific ways, it would please me if you subscribed. mediahappyhour.substack.com/p/title-tk-is-…
NEWS: NPR's head of news and acting content chief announced she'll step down just days after Congress wiped out all federal funding for public media. Edith Chapin says she needs time away after holding two senior executive jobs for two years My story: npr.org/2025/07/22/nx-…
Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files on.wsj.com/4mcTIKV
Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files on.wsj.com/4mcTIKV
French prez Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte just filed a lawsuit against right-wing podcaster Candace Owens in the US over her outlandish claims against the couple, including that Brigitte is trans. Macrons are repped by Clare Locke. Complaint: clarelocke.com/wp-content/upl…
Someone thinks Bari Weiss is about to be his boss. (Might be right)
CBS Host Blames ‘One-Sided’ Colbert for His Firing in Tense Debate On Network's Drama mediaite.com/media/tv/cbs-h…
Very generous casting for both tbh.
The role of “Elon Musk” has been cast in the big OpenAI-Sam Altman movie starring Andrew Garfield from Amazon Studios. Elon will be played by….wait for it…Ike Barinholtz (Sal Saperstein from The Studio).
Tough break for the Morning News and the people of Dallas.
NEW: Alden Global Capital's MediaNews Group is making a last-minute bid for The Dallas Morning News, which reached a deal with Hearst earlier this month. MediaNews offering $16.50 a share to Hearst's $14 nytimes.com/2025/07/22/bus…
Increasingly worried that my retired mother is a North Korean infiltrating western workplaces…
Absolute sickos: North Koreans infiltrating western workplaces love Minions wsj.com/lifestyle/nort…
At the moment? Getting weird guys jobs in right wing media.
All that jubilee episode did was get that guy a new career in right wing media, what are we even doing
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Alex Trebek was the beloved host of our show for 37 seasons, and his light still shines brightly here at Jeopardy! He may be gone, but he will never be forgotten!
Ben Wikler for DNC Chair people looking increasingly vindicated…
Cash on hand (June 30) 🔴 RNC - $81 Million 🔵 DNC - $15 Million
History doesn’t repeat, but it does rhyme….
📸 GOV. ANDY BESHEAR AND FIRST LADY BRITAINY BESHEAR FOR VOGUE MAGAZINE:
Truly the longest sale process I can remember…
Telegraph sale poised to go ahead after Lords foreign ownership vote theguardian.com/media/2025/jul…
New: GBH to lay off 13 employees from American Experience due to "severe cuts in federal funding for public media," CEO Susan Goldberg said. The layoffs are among the first cuts in public media after Congress rescinded $1.1 billion for public broadcasters. bostonglobe.com/2025/07/22/bus…
New: WP Ventures, the “third newsroom,” is changing — some of it will now report to biz side leader Suzi Watford, while the editorially related stuff will stay in the newsroom. “The next iteration of WP Ventures will be developed apart from The Post newsroom.”
If your idea for a great business requires unlimited money and the untrammeled copyright to everything, it may not be a great business.
SCOOP: Leaked memo from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei outlines the startup's plans to seek investment from the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. “Unfortunately, I think ‘no bad person should ever benefit from our success’ is a pretty difficult principle to run a business on.”
Dave Jorgenson, star of The Washington Post’s YouTube channel, said that Will Lewis rolled “out the red carpet” for him to quit this month with a memo encouraging staff to consider a buyout. nytimes.com/2025/07/22/bus…