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Stacking up the stories before the holiday extravaganza

November 2025

Hello all: This roundup is coming a bit earlier so I can do a holiday special spectacular in December. So like Cameron Diaz in “The Holiday”, I am getting warmed up for Thanksgiving and on my way to London for the Christmas season. My recent posts: Ken Burns Documentary legacy, Sonder x Marriott Breakup, Wins & Losses For Women In Media and Culture Lately, Women over 50 are the Superpower, Mozilla Fest: Unlearning, and my Pop Passport travel posts. Let’s stay connected: CMMedia, Newsletter, Pop Passport Podcast, Age Box Ventures, Linkedin

*A reminder pre-celebrations, that many people will have an especially rough Thanksgiving and holiday season this year. For ways to help, visit CharityNavigator

Business, Media & Tech News

• Cop30 Climate Summit + Mozilla Fest in Barcelona (I attended)

• BoF State of Fashion report

• Dear Sonder Guest, Your Hotel Is Closed

• Employers laid off 1.1 million people in 2025 + Teen Vogue Folds

• Nvidia sell off + AI bubble fears + 7 companies chokehold U.S. economy

• Is AI the New Frontier of Women’s Oppression

• Meta accused of silencing ads on women’s health

• Misleading FDA Warnings removed from HRT

• No, Women Aren’t the Problem response to sexist “Did women ruin the workplace”

• Netflix Wants 50+ Video Podcasts Next Year + iHeartMedia, TikTok Strike Partnership For Creator Podcasts + Podcasting’s Diversity Problem

• Terrible Oct box office numbers + Producers are raising industry alarms

• Bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery

• Have we passed peak social media + The Age of Anti-Social Media is here

• Backlash to Shay Mitchell’s misguided kids skincare

• Mariah Carey’s New Christmas Ad Sparks Divide

• Over-50 Influencers Brands’ Next Big Marketing Opportunity

• Last-ever U.S. penny was minted

• Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Farewell

Culture Club

• Rosalia’s new album “Lux” broke streaming records + her Zane Lowe interview

• November is Native American month + Ralph Lauren ongoing partnerships with indigenous designers + revisiting real Thanksgiving story

• Gallup Poll: Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.

• Intl Student Enrollments Plummet

• Booker Prize winner David Szalay’s “Flesh”

• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony

• Hollywood Reporter Latin Power List

• Dictionary word of the year is 67

• New Grand Egyptian Museum

• Sotheby’s auction records w/ Klimt & Frida Kahlo

• Billionaire backlash: Americans Want Billionaires Out Of Politics + gaudy Kris Jenner bday party + bad optics as Bezos sponsors Met Gala

• 2026 Travel: Conde Travel Traveler, Travel + Leisure + 50 best hotels

• Governors Awards honorary Oscars for Tom Cruise, Debbie Allen, Dolly Parton

• “American Revolution” Ken Burns doc is out + ‘Rest is History’ Pod coverage

• Variety Oscar prediction roundtable

• “Devil Wears Prada 2” teaser + Susan Powter doc trailer

• Reads “Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?” + “The stupiding of the American mind”

• Dua lipa x Margaret Atwood on her book pod

• GQ Man of the Year event + Jonathan Bailey is People’s sexist man

• Much debated covers from Vogue, Vanity fair, Harper’s Bazaar

• Markle’s show struggles & 2nd podcast ends + loses 10th communications director

• New streaming: Frankenstein, Beast in Me, Boots, Death by Lightening, All her fault, Pluribus

• Jen Lawrence announces Miss Piggy movie

• After host controversy, Mexico crowned Miss Universe

• Gary Oldman and David Beckham receive knighthoods

• Pope Leo continues to speak out for justice + welcomes filmmakers

• RIP Diane Ladd and Sally Kirkland

U.S. x World News

• 2026 World Cup teams

• Canada has been named most loved country in the world

• UK Strips ‘Prince’ titles and estate from Andrew

• Sudan massacre (RSF militia funded by U.A.E.)

• South Africa gender violence a national disaster

• West Bank settlement attacks + IDF Whistleblower

• California passes prop 50 + Texas courts rule redistricting illegal

• Government shutdown ends, but at what cost

• Supreme Court hears arguments on Tariffs

• Zohran Mamdani named NYC Mayor + unusual White House meeting

• JackSchlossberg congress run + RFK jr continues to spread disinformation

• More shame: Welcoming murderer Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman, name calling of journalist, posting about death to lawmakers

• FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE + bumbling ICE in general

• Education Department: admin accelerates dangerous plan for closure

• Internal maga in-fighting + MTG resigns

• Epstein files released + victims moving video

Stay aware and take care out there Carrieamitchell.com x