Josh Sternberg
@joshsternberg.com
Executive Editor at Morning Brew
Priors: NBC News, WaPo, Adweek, Digiday
Bylines: The Awl, The Atlantic, Pacific Standard, Entrepreneur, HuffPost, Mashable, etc etc etc
Failed musician.
YMMV.
Tips? Signal: joshsternberg.08
Priors: NBC News, WaPo, Adweek, Digiday
Bylines: The Awl, The Atlantic, Pacific Standard, Entrepreneur, HuffPost, Mashable, etc etc etc
Failed musician.
YMMV.
Tips? Signal: joshsternberg.08
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Josh Sternberg
@joshsternberg.com
· Mar 11
In April 2020, my then-5yo came up with a song called “Join The Team”.
When I get low, this always lifts me up.
When I get low, this always lifts me up.
“I am working with Sen Graham to pass legislation to help bring home the immigrant children kidnapped by ICE. Standing with immigrants means confronting the cruelty of taking kids from their families and making clear why we must stay united against Trump’s aggression.”
Hits differently yeah?
Hits differently yeah?
I am working with Sen. Graham to pass legislation to help bring home thousands of Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia. Standing with Ukraine means confronting the cruelty of taking kids from their families and making clear why we must stay united against Putin’s aggression.
December 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“I am working with Sen Graham to pass legislation to help bring home the immigrant children kidnapped by ICE. Standing with immigrants means confronting the cruelty of taking kids from their families and making clear why we must stay united against Trump’s aggression.”
Hits differently yeah?
Hits differently yeah?
Reposted by Josh Sternberg
Almost 16 years to the day, former Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes dismissed Netflix as "the Albanian army."
Now Netflix is swooping in to buy Warner Bros.
Now Netflix is swooping in to buy Warner Bros.
December 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Almost 16 years to the day, former Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes dismissed Netflix as "the Albanian army."
Now Netflix is swooping in to buy Warner Bros.
Now Netflix is swooping in to buy Warner Bros.
Shabbat shalom. May you find light and love and warmth this weekend.
December 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Shabbat shalom. May you find light and love and warmth this weekend.
This doesn't help in trying to solve the Liebmans vs Katz's vs Harold's debate.
(My blood runs NJ, so I go with Harold's—though all three are fantastic; as is Tal's writing!)
(My blood runs NJ, so I go with Harold's—though all three are fantastic; as is Tal's writing!)
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December 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This doesn't help in trying to solve the Liebmans vs Katz's vs Harold's debate.
(My blood runs NJ, so I go with Harold's—though all three are fantastic; as is Tal's writing!)
(My blood runs NJ, so I go with Harold's—though all three are fantastic; as is Tal's writing!)
How long before she ends up at CBS News?
Or does she team up with Megyn Kelly?
Perhaps will end up with Tucker?
Or NRO?
Or Daily Caller?
No shortage of "journalistic" outlets to go to!
Cancel culture, lol
Or does she team up with Megyn Kelly?
Perhaps will end up with Tucker?
Or NRO?
Or Daily Caller?
No shortage of "journalistic" outlets to go to!
Cancel culture, lol
December 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
How long before she ends up at CBS News?
Or does she team up with Megyn Kelly?
Perhaps will end up with Tucker?
Or NRO?
Or Daily Caller?
No shortage of "journalistic" outlets to go to!
Cancel culture, lol
Or does she team up with Megyn Kelly?
Perhaps will end up with Tucker?
Or NRO?
Or Daily Caller?
No shortage of "journalistic" outlets to go to!
Cancel culture, lol
Reposted by Josh Sternberg
Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
Wife and kids getting covid shot today and we asked friends if they/their kids got covid shots this year. Five said no; one said yes. Three said they didn't get flu shots, either. These are, normally, very smart folks.
My gut tells me this is the result of lack of info/spread of disinfo on vaccines
My gut tells me this is the result of lack of info/spread of disinfo on vaccines
December 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Wife and kids getting covid shot today and we asked friends if they/their kids got covid shots this year. Five said no; one said yes. Three said they didn't get flu shots, either. These are, normally, very smart folks.
My gut tells me this is the result of lack of info/spread of disinfo on vaccines
My gut tells me this is the result of lack of info/spread of disinfo on vaccines
Really need to wrestle with:
1. When the AI bubble pops, and there's widespread economic destruction, it will lead to massive job loss; or
2. The AI is as good as advertised, in which case there's massive job loss and recession-like activity.
Both scenarios take us off a cliff.
1. When the AI bubble pops, and there's widespread economic destruction, it will lead to massive job loss; or
2. The AI is as good as advertised, in which case there's massive job loss and recession-like activity.
Both scenarios take us off a cliff.
December 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Really need to wrestle with:
1. When the AI bubble pops, and there's widespread economic destruction, it will lead to massive job loss; or
2. The AI is as good as advertised, in which case there's massive job loss and recession-like activity.
Both scenarios take us off a cliff.
1. When the AI bubble pops, and there's widespread economic destruction, it will lead to massive job loss; or
2. The AI is as good as advertised, in which case there's massive job loss and recession-like activity.
Both scenarios take us off a cliff.
Reposted by Josh Sternberg
An American journalist helped facilitate RFK Jr's ingratiation into Trump's world and kept secret disqualifying information on him that could have kept him out of major policy, which impacts millions of people.
Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
RFK Jr.’s CDC panel: No more hepatitis B vaccine for some newborns
The CDC's vaccine advisory panel, stocked with anti-vaccine activists and loyalists to RFK Jr., voted Friday to stop recommending a birth dose of vaccine.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
An American journalist helped facilitate RFK Jr's ingratiation into Trump's world and kept secret disqualifying information on him that could have kept him out of major policy, which impacts millions of people.
Reposted by Josh Sternberg
“My hopes for a natural delivery were shattered all for six YouTube videos at $800 each. None of those shots aired. I was never informed [by the New York Times] why, but can only assume that it would have been a bad look to open the episodes with a sweaty, heavily pregnant woman about to pass out.”
sorry about your cookies
this is probably TMI
sohla.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“My hopes for a natural delivery were shattered all for six YouTube videos at $800 each. None of those shots aired. I was never informed [by the New York Times] why, but can only assume that it would have been a bad look to open the episodes with a sweaty, heavily pregnant woman about to pass out.”
If you got bad news, you want to kick them blues, cocaine
When your day is done, and you want to run, cocaine
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie
Cocaine
When your day is done, and you want to run, cocaine
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie
Cocaine
December 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
If you got bad news, you want to kick them blues, cocaine
When your day is done, and you want to run, cocaine
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie
Cocaine
When your day is done, and you want to run, cocaine
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie
Cocaine
A year ago, Zazlav said "This is an industry that really needs to consolidate."
Earlier this year, we looked at how the last 25yrs of media consolidation changed the landscape.
It's bad for advertisers, which means bad for business.
www.marketingbrew.com/stories/2025...
Earlier this year, we looked at how the last 25yrs of media consolidation changed the landscape.
It's bad for advertisers, which means bad for business.
www.marketingbrew.com/stories/2025...
How 25 years of consolidation changed the media landscape for good
Years of megamergers across tech and media have made some media buying easier, but buyers and experts alike say a reckoning is on the horizon.
www.marketingbrew.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A year ago, Zazlav said "This is an industry that really needs to consolidate."
Earlier this year, we looked at how the last 25yrs of media consolidation changed the landscape.
It's bad for advertisers, which means bad for business.
www.marketingbrew.com/stories/2025...
Earlier this year, we looked at how the last 25yrs of media consolidation changed the landscape.
It's bad for advertisers, which means bad for business.
www.marketingbrew.com/stories/2025...
Feel like if a publication is going to give a former Trump official column space to write about the SCOTUS master plan, it should inform readers that the author was the spokesperson for the DOJ during Trump I.
Insane to me that known liars get plum writing opps.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Insane to me that known liars get plum writing opps.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Opinion | Actually, the Supreme Court Has a Plan
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Feel like if a publication is going to give a former Trump official column space to write about the SCOTUS master plan, it should inform readers that the author was the spokesperson for the DOJ during Trump I.
Insane to me that known liars get plum writing opps.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Insane to me that known liars get plum writing opps.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Cyber Monday generated $1.03B (a 4.2% increase YoY) in online BNPL sales w/most transactions happening on mobile devices. Overall, consumers spent $14.25B online on Cyber Monday. BNPL made up for more than 7.2% of total online sales on that day.
www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025...
www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025...
Why Americans put more than $1 billion on BNPL in a single day
Despite economic pressure, Cyber Week discounts pushed shoppers toward “pay later” at record levels.
www.retailbrew.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Cyber Monday generated $1.03B (a 4.2% increase YoY) in online BNPL sales w/most transactions happening on mobile devices. Overall, consumers spent $14.25B online on Cyber Monday. BNPL made up for more than 7.2% of total online sales on that day.
www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025...
www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025...
And the deal is done. $82.7 billion.
I hope someone maps out how much Zaz et al made and how many people have been laid off from the time he bought WB to the time he sold WB.
about.netflix.com/en/news/netf...
I hope someone maps out how much Zaz et al made and how many people have been laid off from the time he bought WB to the time he sold WB.
about.netflix.com/en/news/netf...
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
And the deal is done. $82.7 billion.
I hope someone maps out how much Zaz et al made and how many people have been laid off from the time he bought WB to the time he sold WB.
about.netflix.com/en/news/netf...
I hope someone maps out how much Zaz et al made and how many people have been laid off from the time he bought WB to the time he sold WB.
about.netflix.com/en/news/netf...
A blockbuster deal
The former mail-order-dvd company is now in exclusive talks to buy the former movie studio.
variety.com/2025/biz/new...
The former mail-order-dvd company is now in exclusive talks to buy the former movie studio.
variety.com/2025/biz/new...
Netflix Enters Exclusive Deal Talks to Acquire Warner Bros. Discovery
Netflix has entered exclusive talks to buy the studio and HBO Max service from Warner Bros. Discovery, winning a bidding war against Paramount and Comcast.
variety.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A blockbuster deal
The former mail-order-dvd company is now in exclusive talks to buy the former movie studio.
variety.com/2025/biz/new...
The former mail-order-dvd company is now in exclusive talks to buy the former movie studio.
variety.com/2025/biz/new...
My kingdom for these texts to stop
December 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM
My kingdom for these texts to stop
Reposted by Josh Sternberg
Kagan's dissent is all scorchers, but this is really frying me. As long as state legislatures wait until the last possible minute, according to the SCOTUS majority, they can *always* get away with rigging the lines—no matter how flagrantly—because it'll be the "eve of an election."
December 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Kagan's dissent is all scorchers, but this is really frying me. As long as state legislatures wait until the last possible minute, according to the SCOTUS majority, they can *always* get away with rigging the lines—no matter how flagrantly—because it'll be the "eve of an election."
Genuinely curious when we stop following SCOTUS rulings because it is clear 6 of them are not interested in a healthy, functioning society of 350 million people.
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Genuinely curious when we stop following SCOTUS rulings because it is clear 6 of them are not interested in a healthy, functioning society of 350 million people.
Christ, what an asshole.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), to reporters, after viewing video footage of the U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean on Sept. 2:
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
December 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Christ, what an asshole.
Glad to see @marisakabas.bsky.social mentioned in this year's Bloomberg Jealousy List. Lots of great stories here!
Also worth noting the amount of NYT coverage here and lack of industry-specific publication representation.
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Also worth noting the amount of NYT coverage here and lack of industry-specific publication representation.
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
The Stories We Most Admired in 2025: Businessweek’s Jealousy List
The stories we admired most this year.
www.bloomberg.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Glad to see @marisakabas.bsky.social mentioned in this year's Bloomberg Jealousy List. Lots of great stories here!
Also worth noting the amount of NYT coverage here and lack of industry-specific publication representation.
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Also worth noting the amount of NYT coverage here and lack of industry-specific publication representation.
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
He’s decided to sit next to the radiator. Been here for a good 10 min already!
December 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
He’s decided to sit next to the radiator. Been here for a good 10 min already!