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[J.J. Colao @JJColao]

Well look at that...

@mediasummitlive made it to Times Square!

Huge thanks to @Nasdaq for their continued partnership and for hooking us up with an incredible photo-op.

Can't wait to see everyone on Monday!

https://t.co/DHkNxrkm8n

[J.J. Colao @JJColao]

Media Summit | NYC is just 11 days away and this year we’re lucky to work with some of the biggest names in tech and finance to host it, including @Dropbox, @Nasdaq, @higgsfield_ai, Core Advisors, & @TIRTAVentures.

Huge thanks to them for supporting this event, along with all of the great journalism that it celebrates.

If you’re still looking to be part of a day that includes:

• 1-on-1 conversations with @hamishmckenzie, @chodapost, @JoannaStern, @KattyKay_, & @JonKelly2
• Panels with the best reporters covering AI, venture, and tech, including @keachhagey, @StevenLevy, @EmilyForlini, @DominicMadori, @loudmouthjulia, @nikogallogly, @AntoineGara, @akashpasricha, @LachCartwright, @bethanymac12, @Hadas_Gold, @nichcarlson & @emmma_camp_
• Some of the world's greatest moderators, including @sarafischer, @pkafka, @jonfine, @tamarawinter, @kerrymflynn, @clea_conner, @maxwelltani, @polinapompliano, & @katieeperry

…I highly recommend applying for a ticket at the link below before we run out of room.

https://t.co/2U6YmZgho7

[J.J. Colao @JJColao]

The countdown for @mediasummitlive | NYC continues, with now just 2 tiny weeks to go.

I am unreasonably STOKED for the day we have in store, which includes:

• One-on-one conversations with @hamishmckenzie, @chodapost, @KattyKay_, @JonKelly2, and @JoannaStern
• Panels with the best reporters covering AI, tech, media, and finance, like @DominicMadori, @EmilyForlini, @Hadas_Gold, @akashpasricha, @nichcarlson, @emmma_camp_, @StevenLevy, @keachhagey, @AntoineGara, @nikogallogly, @bethanymac12, @loudmouthjulia, and @LachCartwright
• Truly world-class moderators like @sarafischer, @polinapompliano, @pkafka, @kerrymflynn, @maxwelltani, @tamarawinter, @jonfine, @katieeperry, and @clea_conner

...not to mention a hand-picked room full of the smartest 250 people in tech, comms, and media.

If you're hoping to be a part of it, you can still apply for a ticket here: https://t.co/zUTj2eSX8N

See you all on November 16th!

[J.J. Colao @JJColao]

We're now less than 3 weeks away from @mediasummitlive and stoke levels have reached absurd heights.

That's because it’s shaping up to be an unbelievable day of programming, including:

• 1-on-1 conversations with @hamishmckenzie, @chodapost, @KattyKay_, @JonKelly2, and
@JoannaStern

• Panels with the best reporters covering AI, tech, media, & finance, including @DominicMadori,
@EmilyForlini, @Hadas_Gold, @akashpasricha,
@nichcarlson, @emmma_camp_, @LachCartwright,
@StevenLevy, @keachhagey, @AntoineGara, @nikogallogly, @bethanymac12, & @loudmouthjulia

• Truly world-class moderators like @sarafischer, @pkafka, @kerrymflynn, @polinapompliano, @maxwelltani, @tamarawinter, @katieeperry, & @clea_conner

And of course, we’ll have a room full of the smartest 250 people in comms & media in attendance.

If you're still aiming to be a part of it, you will definitely want to act fast since we are nearing capacity.

Request a ticket here: https://t.co/zUTj2eSX8N

See you all on November 16th.

[J.J. Colao @JJColao]

We’re now less than 4 weeks away from @mediasummitlive, which means it's TIME TO RELEASE THE AGENDA.

We’ve been hard at work putting together a day that includes:
• 1-on-1 conversations with @hamishmckenzie, @chodapost, @KattyKay_, @JonKelly2, and @JoannaStern
• Panels with the best reporters covering AI, tech, media, & finance, including @DominicMadori, @EmilyForlini, @Hadas_Gold, @akashpasricha, @nichcarlson, @emmma_camp_, @LachCartwright, @StevenLevy, @keachhagey, @AntoineGara, @nikogallogly, @bethanymac12, & @loudmouthjulia
• Truly world-class moderators like @sarafischer, @pkafka, @kerrymflynn, @maxwelltani, @tamarawinter, @katieeperry, & @clea_conner

If you're still aiming to be a part of it, I’d recommend you act fast because we are nearing capacity.

Request a ticket here: https://t.co/mHOKDFnKnu

See you all on November 16th!

[Media Summit @mediasummitlive]

The press got @lyft's earnings story slightly wrong a few quarters ago. Terra Carmichael's team asked an AI model about it and got the same inaccurate information back. Google's summary sits above the search results and rarely shows its sources. Media Summit | SF 2026.

[J.J. Colao @JJColao]

We’re about a month away from @mediasummitlive and yet we are still somehow, some way, adding more speakers like every single week. The newest additions:

• @nikogallogly, Business Reporter at The New York Times Dealbook
• @sarafischer, Media Correspondent at Axios
• @srcasm, General Partner at FlyBridge
• @clea_conner, Managing Partner at Art of Ideas

They join a lineup that already includes:

• @hamishmckenzie, Co-founder & Chief Writing Officer at Substack
• @chodapost, Editor-in-Chief of CNBC
• @JoannaStern, Founder of New Things & Chief Tech Analyst at NBC News
• @JonKelly2, Co-founder & Editor-in-Chief of Puck
• @KattyKay_, US Special Correspondent at the BBC
• @StevenLevy, Editor-at-Large at WIRED
• @keachhagey, Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
• @nichcarlson, CEO & Editor-in-Chief of Dynamo
• @emmma_camp_, Senior Newsletter Editor at The Wall Street Journal
• @AntoineGara, US Private Equity & Deals Editor at The Financial Times
• @EmilyForlini, Senior AI Reporter at Fortune
• @LachCartwright, Founder of Breaker Media
• @loudmouthjulia, Media Correspondent at Puck
• @akashpasricha, Anchor at The Information TV
• @DominicMadori, Senior Venture Capital & Startup Reporter at TechCrunch
• @kerrymflynn, Media Reporter at Axios
• @pkafka, Chief Correspondent at Business Insider
• @tamarawinter, Commissioning Editor at Stripe Press
• @katieeperry, Author of Ticker Shock, CMO of zerohash

Request an invitation here if you haven’t snagged a ticket yet:

https://t.co/mHOKDFnKnu

Absolutely psyched for November.

[Media Summit @mediasummitlive]

@rocketalignment of @theinformation says token consumption belongs in a performance review as one metric among several, since every metric has always been gameable. @dseetharaman of @Reuters, at Media Summit | SF 2026, agreed, comparing token usage to word count.

[Media Summit @mediasummitlive]

@dseetharaman, who covers AI for @Reuters, spent the start of her career avoiding questions that made her sound like a beginner. At Media Summit | SF 2026 she said she asks them now, because everyone explaining a technology is incentivized to oversell it.

[Media Summit @mediasummitlive]

Chinese open-source models went from about 1% of developer AI queries to close to a third in two years. @berber_jin1, who covers the AI labs for @WSJ, said at Media Summit | SF 2026 that the press has barely written about it because the models are Chinese.

[Media Summit @mediasummitlive]

@berber_jin1 of @WSJ said at Media Summit | SF 2026 that he didn't see the enterprise model coming. A year ago investors were asking why anyone would fund Anthropic, which sold almost entirely to enterprise customers.

[J.J. Colao @JJColao]

Back again to announce yet more mind-bending speakers for @mediasummitlive, including:

• @pkafka, Chief Correspondent at Business Insider
• @tamarawinter, Commissioning Editor at Stripe Press
• @katieeperry, Author of Ticker Shock, CMO of zerohash

They join an already ridiculous lineup that includes:

• @hamishmckenzie, Co-founder & Chief Writing Officer at Substack
• @chodapost, Editor-in-Chief of CNBC
• @JoannaStern, Founder of New Things & Chief Tech Analyst at NBC News
• @JonKelly2, Co-founder & Editor-in-Chief of Puck
• @KattyKay_, US Special Correspondent at the BBC
• @StevenLevy, Editor-at-Large at WIRED
• @keachhagey, Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
• @nichcarlson, CEO & Editor-in-Chief of Dynamo
• @emmma_camp_, Senior Newsletter Editor at The Wall Street Journal
• @AntoineGara, US Private Equity & Deals Editor at The Financial Times
• @EmilyForlini, Senior AI Reporter at Fortune
• @LachCartwright, Founder of Breaker Media
• @loudmouthjulia, Media Correspondent at Puck
• @akashpasricha, Anchor at The Information TV
• @DominicMadori, Senior Venture Capital & Startup Reporter at TechCrunch
• @kerrymflynn, Media Reporter at Axios

Request an invitation here or risk missing out and crying:

https://t.co/mHOKDFoid2

See you all in November!

[Media Summit @mediasummitlive]

@dseetharaman, who covers AI for @Reuters, says plainly that she can't keep up with every news update. Rocket Drew of The Information scrolls Twitter, reads Techmeme, and has Claude write him a morning briefing. At Media Summit | SF 2026 he said stories still go unnoticed.

[Media Summit @mediasummitlive]

@stephaniemehta interviewed Whatnot's CEO for her newsletter and learned the company ties employee ratings to hours spent selling and handling support tickets.

Days later she applied the same logic at Mansueto Ventures.

With @JJColao at Media Summit | SF 2026.

[Media Summit @mediasummitlive]

The brands sponsoring @Inc and @FastCompany also compete with them for speakers and readers.

@stephaniemehta calls it co-opetition and has managed it for 20 years.

Her edge is motive, since each of them is selling something.

With @JJColao at Media Summit | SF 2026.

[J.J. Colao @JJColao]

I sometimes worry we pack so much firepower into @mediasummitlive that my tiny brain won’t be able to handle it all.

NEVERTHELESS, I'm excited to announce 4 more brilliant media minds to our lineup:

• @nichcarlson, CEO & Editor-in-Chief of Dynamo
• @emmma_camp_, Senior Newsletter Editor at The Wall Street Journal
• @AntoineGara, US Private Equity & Deals Editor at The Financial Times
• @EmilyForlini, Senior AI Reporter at Fortune

They join an already legendary lineup that includes:

• @hamishmckenzie, Co-founder & Chief Writing Officer at Substack
• @JoannaStern, Founder of New Things
• @DylanAbruscato , President of TBPN
• @JonKelly2, Co-founder & Editor-in-Chief of Puck
• @KattyKay_, US Special Correspondent at the BBC
• @StevenLevy, Editor-at-Large at WIRED
• @keachhagey, Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
• @LachCartwright, Founder of Breaker Media
• @loudmouthjulia, Media Correspondent at Puck
• @DominicMadori, Reporter at TechCrunch
• @akashpasricha, Anchor at The Information TV
• @kerrymflynn, Media Reporter at Axios

Request an invitation here: https://t.co/mHOKDFnKnu

As always, 10% of ticket sales goes directly to @pressfreedom.

Psyched to see all of you media nerds in November!

[Media Summit @mediasummitlive]

@stephaniemehta, CEO of Mansueto Ventures (@Inc, @FastCompany), runs a 200-person publisher and still writes a column every week.

Her reasoning: if the CEO can find the time, nobody in the newsroom can say they were too busy to file.

With @JJColao at Media Summit | SF 2026.

[Media Summit @mediasummitlive]

Print barely makes money for @Inc and @FastCompany. Mansueto Ventures CEO @stephaniemehta keeps printing anyway.

Most competitors have no physical product, and a magazine still does work in a client meeting that a link cannot.

With @JJColao at Media Summit | SF 2026.

[Media Summit @mediasummitlive]

@stephaniemehta thought newsroom management had prepared her for anything.

Running Mansueto Ventures, publisher of @Inc and @FastCompany, showed her that a revenue team and a newsroom come to work for completely different reasons.

With @JJColao at Media Summit | SF 2026.

[J.J. Colao @JJColao]

I’m very excited to welcome two more legends to the @mediasummitlive stage:

• @JoannaStern, Founder of New Things
• @kerrymflynn, Media Reporter at Axios

They join an ALREADY legend-packed lineup that includes:

• @hamishmckenzie, Co-founder & Chief Writing Officer at Substack
• David Cho, Editor-in-Chief of CNBC
• @DylanAbruscato, President of TBPN
• @JonKelly2, Co-founder & Editor-in-Chief of Puck
• @KattyKay_, US Special Correspondent at the BBC
• @StevenLevy, Editor-at-Large at WIRED
• @keachhagey, Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
• @LachCartwright, Founder of Breaker Media
• @loudmouthjulia, Media Correspondent at Puck
• @DominicMadori, Reporter at TechCrunch
• @akashpasricha, Anchor at The Information TV

If you haven’t already snagged a ticket, request one here:

https://t.co/2U6YmZgho7

10% of ticket sales go directly to @pressfreedom.

See you in November!