Jessica Testa

The extended video is here. We talk budgets, nerves and being intimidating : nytimes.com/2026/02/10/bus…

a real moment in time with @LizziePaton and @VVFriedman ! nytimes.com/2020/07/26/fas…

Thinking today of an Everlane ex-employee who told us this in 2020

Paid influence is increasingly rampant. I found out that: Tom Steyer paid TikTok star Carlos Espina $100K to endorse his campaign Jessica Reed Kraus was paid to attack an NYT reporter on X Dom Lucre was paid as much as $15K to support Trump's BBB nytimes.com/2026/05/16/bus…

SCOOP: Everlane sold to Shein for $100 million puck.news/everlane-is-se… @PuckNews

"He also included a price list stating that he charges $15,000 for posts beginning with the word 'BREAKING' or 'DEVELOPING.'" nytimes.com/2026/05/16/bus…

“I really believe Tom Steyer is different,” Mr. Espina said Unmentioned in Mr. Espina’s post: Mr. Steyer’s campaign was paying him $100,000 to help win the election. From @kenbensinger: nytimes.com/2026/05/16/bus…

"Reporters and editors who get their ideas from their social-media feeds — which is most of them, most of the time — can mistake a paid simulation of public interest for the real thing and then make it real by covering it. " vulture.com/article/social…

"Mr. Schlossberg said he needed a nap." nytimes.com/2026/05/14/nyr…

GQ is laying off a handful of employees today, I’m told.

‘The people love BuzzFeed. The people love Tasty. The people love HuffPost,’ Byron Allen tells Charlotte Klein in a new interview following his purchase of a majority stake in BuzzFeed. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

The Met’s director told me abt the #metgala: “This is not a show on Amazon. This is not a show on Lauren Sánchez’s dresses. One needs to be really clear that what our donors are supporting is the program of the Met, & the ideas of our curators, & the integrity of the institution”

Anna Wintour delivering unusually personal remarks at the Met on the first Monday (morning) in May

Scoop! The Costume Institute has been quietly saving its money from the Met Gala, and soon it will have enough to be self-supporting. Which means.... nytimes.com/2026/05/01/sty…

EVERYTHING IS TELEVISION, Chapter XXVII WSJ: "American public schools are awash in YouTube. 94% of teachers have used YouTube. Schools’ overreliance on the Google-owned platform for educational content has created a gateway for students to get sucked into an infinite scroll of videos on school-issued devices ... YouTube during snack time, dismissal and indoor recess. YouTube to teach drawing to first-graders. YouTube to read a book to class."

I’m obsessed with this podcast where the guys look like they’re going to be debating acceptable body count for women but then they’re just talking about gardening

The lights of New York apartments have been veering orange. We spoke to designers, consultants, and apartment dwellers about why we’re craving the hues of ‘Dune’’s Arrakis. curbed.com/article/orange…

The Ankler moves to new publishing platform created by Ben Thompson trib.al/3Js9r1E

@Acosta was a true gentleman who came to my aid last night after Tracey began screaming and blocking me from trying to leave the event. Acosta and several other men had to stand in his way to stop him from following me.

CAA super-agent Michael Glantz is the man eating his salad in this viral video:

A nauseous silence descended. Here's my report from inside the Washington Hilton ballroom tonight: nytimes.com/2026/04/26/bus…