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For many, weddings end up being about the friends and families instead of the couple getting married. PS contributor Kristine Thomason shares her decision to take a "solorette" weeks before her big day to fulfill her need for some self reflection. Read more about her decision and why its important to take care of yourself before monumental moments: https://lnkd.in/gX9KxYin

Veteran journalist Peter Kafka is bringing his acclaimed media and technology podcast back to Vox Media! Relaunching as Channels, the show will bring audiences weekly conversations about the areas where media and technology collide.?Read more about the show and partnership today in Axios and subscribe so you don't miss an episode! https://lnkd.in/edNA9MZh

Today, Fast Company announced Vox Media is the winner in the digital content, media, and entertainment category for the Best Workplaces for Innovators based on its resource Language, Please! As noted by Fast Company, Language, Please is a free platform to help media professionals and storytellers remove bias from the content they produce and "the result of a broad internal and external collaboration." https://lnkd.in/g_dY2VHV

The September 9–22 issue of?New York?is a special dual political cover with features by?Olivia Nuzzi?and?Rebecca Traister,?each examining the historic upending of the presidential race over the summer and how we got to the current moment. Traister writes a?sweeping deep dive?into the grassroots movements, primarily led by women and people of color, that propelled Kamala Harris’s?ascension to the top of the ticket, examining how Democratic politics has been entirely reshaped since the 2016 election by forces far removed from Washington and largely invisible to the pundit class. Nuzzi sits down with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago?for a?revealing and intimate conversation?with a man on the brink of self-reflection as he reels from his assassination attempt and the changing shape of the race and grapples with the existence of God. Read more about the issue here: https://lnkd.in/eJ3R42uG

Today, Vox is launching 'Explain It to Me,' a new multi-platform editorial franchise that will expand the brand's mission of explaining the world with a new weekly podcast and newsletter. Hosted by Jonquilyn Hill, the Explain It to Me podcast is a call-in show that will answer complicated questions from listeners about everything from retirement and why there’s so much money in politics to Gen Z’s odds of avoiding an apocalypse and why jars are so hard to open. The?newsletter?will draw on a rotating cast of journalists from across Vox’s newsroom, tackling politics and policy, the economy, culture, science, technology, and more. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/ecuYnd5U

For many women fans, their relationship with football — and with their own fandom — is complicated. They love their teams and what watching them play brings, but they simultaneously have misgivings about celebrating an organization that doesn't seem to support their values. PS Contributor Abbey Stone explores why it’s not always easy for women to be football fans, and why the NFL may be finally forced to confront the future of its fan base: https://lnkd.in/d2tcTVHz

The Cut's EIC Lindsay Peoples and Vox Media's CRO Geoff Schiller spoke to ADWEEK about the publication's September print issue. On stands now, Schiller also shared that “Because the Fall issue is a proven success from an advertising lens … we are excited to bring The Cut’s solo fashion issue back this Spring. It’s a special product, and given the dozens of advertising partners that have come into the offering for the first time, as well as the increase in sales, this was a no-brainer for us.” The Cut will be celebrating the September issue in NYC at the Cut Cafe, a week-long exclusive takeover of Bluestone Lane’s flagship store in Tribeca from Sept. 6-11. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gNkPzvZi

Today, the Cut released its first-ever solo print issue, “Fall Fashion,” with cover stars Chlo? Sevigny and Usher. The issue will bring readers more of what they love — features, conversation-starting essays, and outstanding fashion and beauty coverage — in time for New York Fashion Week. For the issue, Lindsay Peoples addressed readers with a letter celebrating the issue as a new chapter for the brand as she reaches her fourth year as editor-in-chief of the Cut: “In these past 40-plus months, the team has evolved, and so too has what it means to create a modern magazine that is responsive to what women and femmes care about most and, of course, want to read. The Cut’s first solo issue is the beginning of a new chapter and was a labor of love from every editor who pored over these pages. What makes this era of the Cut exciting is more than just words on the page — it’s this team’s consistent effort to meet the moment.” Read more about the issue and find the full editor’s letter here: https://lnkd.in/gQUeTvn8

Vox Media and Digitas North America published a joint study focused on what consumers believe is real and authentic content or created by Generative AI (GAI). Results show that while creators are adopting GAI, 74% believe content authenticity is something only humans can do. In addition, more than half of consumers can tell when GAI was used to generate content. Read more on MediaPost: https://lnkd.in/gwtHrdPP

Congratulations to Vox Media's Forte on being named a finalist in the Best Use of Technology by a Publisher category at the AdExchanger awards! These awards are the only recognition program honoring the best of the best in programmatic. https://lnkd.in/gxmXqV4d