Media Correspondent @Axios, Media Analyst @CNN ([email protected])
Washington, DC
Joined October 2010
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🏆 It brings me loads of joy to announce @sarafischer won SABEW's Best in Business award for her Newsletter
💪 The judges: "The author clearly hustles and is very plugged in to her beat."
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Kenan Thompson says Shane Gillis’ controversial “SNL” monologue “overshadowed” the entire episode:
“I know Shane, and I don’t know him to be a mean person, necessarily,” Thompson said at the Axios Media Trends Live summit. “But if he were to come back [to ‘SNL’], I’m sure we would have a conversation of like, ‘How do you think that went?’ You know what I mean? And, ‘What do you think you could have done?’ Like a little kid, you know? I would just sit him down and be like, ‘So what do you think we could change there, pal?'”
"Grace [Reiter], one of our newest cast members, had a phenomenal show, and it’s sad because nobody’s even talking about it,” Thompson added. “Even [musical guest] Rosalía is getting overshadowed because we want to go back and forth on what’s offensive and what’s not.”
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Versant Unlikely To Acquire Skydance Cable Networks If They Hit The Market, CEO Mark Lazarus Says deadline.com/2026/10/versant…
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“It’s a more scrutinized time” for comedy @nbcsnl cast member @KenanThompson tells @sarafischer at #MediaTrendsLive.
“I don’t think jokes are necessarily harmless just because they’re jokes and you didn’t intend it to be a certain kind of way. I think you need to educate yourself on how things might impact people.”
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Shane Gillis "is a wonderful man," Range Media Partners CEO Peter Micelli tells @sarafischer at #MediaTrendsLive. If comedians "don't test boundaries ... nobody's gonna watch 'em."
"Funny things are funny because there's some truth to where culture is going."
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If Shane Gillis were to come back to SNL, “I’m sure we would have a conversation … like a little kid” about what he could have done differently, @nbcsnl cast member @KenanThompson tells @sarafischer at #MediaTrendsLive.
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Axios’s @sarafischer in conversation with FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez @AGomezFCC
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FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez at Axios Media Trends: “We’ve essentially become a political tool of this administration” #AxiosLive with @sarafischer
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"I have never seen an FCC that's less independent than this FCC," Democratic commissioner @AGomezFCC tells @SaraFischer at #MediaTrendsLive.
"Clearly everything is at the direction of the White House, and that's really problematic."
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Mark Lazarus in conversation w/ Sara Fischer
Will Versant ever re-combine with NBCU once the latter is spun out from Comcast?
Nothing is off the table.
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Fascinating conversation between Axios’ @sarafischer + TruthSocial CEO Kevin McGurn
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WSJ editor-in-chief @EmmaTuckerWSJ to @sarafischer at #MediaTrendsLive on dining with President Trump amid his Epstein lawsuit against the publication:
"I'm a journalist. I was not gonna say no to a dinner with the president of the United States.
🍿All eyes are on @Netflix as it reports earnings this afternoon following a sweeping leadership shake-up and layoffs.
— Netflix has long dominated subscription streaming, but efforts to deepen engagement have come up short.
More in @axios Media Trends:
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Exclusive: Slate is making its top editor Hillary Frey its new CEO
— She'll remain EIC, overseeing the biz and newsroom
— Follows a broader trend of more journalists being tapped to run news companies as business pressure forces outlets to get creative axios.com/2026/10/20/slate-h…
NEW: Joel Kaplan out at @Meta after 15 years as policy chief, @mikeallen scoops axios.com/2026/10/20/joel-ka…
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Laurene Powell Jobs Invested $250 Million in David Ellison’s Skydance
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TOMORROW IN NYC: The biggest names in #media, #tech, #news and #entertainment are coming together for our 2nd annual @axios #MediaTrendsLive.
📈 We'll kick off with a members-only briefing where we unveil our data-driven annual trends presentation.
📢 We will have big newsmakers join us on stage, including @emmatuckerWSJ, @kenanthompson, @darrenwalker, @PittmanRadio, @AGomezFCC & more.
Join us: axiosmediatrendslive-2026.sp…
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New @axios: @Bill_Gross is trying to put 30 years of entrepreneurship know-how into an AI powered business idea machine available to all.
"I'll put everything into this." Bill Gross turns his life's work into an AI machine. axios.com/2026/10/19/bill-gr…
1/ The internet is losing its human touch. What happens when no one's watching?
AI slop sites are exploding. Publishers are blocking bots. And machines are increasingly deciding what information we see and trust.
My latest @axios #Media #Trends #Executive deep dive w @kerrymflynn and @christiiineeee reveals how AI is upending the internet. 🧵
AI shopping is already changing consumer behavior.
— @Walmart says shoppers using its Sparky AI for visual shopping convert at rates 57% higher than those using text-based
— @Amazon says its AI shopping asst drives customers to spend over 40% more per order.
The search bar is becoming a conversation.
The bottom line: The big threat isn't just AI replacing human activity. It's AI replacing human judgment.
Much more and full data in our latest @Axios Media Trends Executive deep dive here: axios.com/newsletters/axios-…
