Plus: Social video gone wrong, Substack picks Pocket, and trend forecasting beef.

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	Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more By Kate Lindsay How Kelly Clarkson took over the homepage Plus: Social video gone wrong, Substack picks Pocket, and trend forecasting beef. kate lindsay Oct 16 ∙ Preview   READ IN APP   Welcome to media_gossip, Embedded’s special weekly edition of … media gossip, sent every Friday. You’re getting this because you subscribe to Embedded, but you can opt out here. This picture of my book club is here because I didn’t have anything else to be the social image <3 Nick’s Riffs This Week 42 ways men can improve their living spaces: Don’t use Ring cameras, don’t rely on the Wirecutter, clean your own apartment, and much more. Plus: Beware the menswear grifters How every outlet covered the Kelly Clarkson story Vulture turned it into a crossword clue. Kathryn VanArendonk asked, “What If New York Just Loves a Fancy, Complicated Bird?” Curbed interviewed the shop owner himself, stoking the discourse with the pullquote “Kelly Clarkson Has Put Us in Danger.” Alexandra Petri imagined Edgar Allen Poe’s response to the controversy for The Atlantic. Pablo Torre got the security footage, and then the New York Times clipped it. Slate’s take got the coveted Elijah Wood retweet. I kind of can’t believe The Strategist hasn’t capitalized on this with their own list of automatons yet. It was an incredible week for discourse, but at the same time, as everyone from pop culture news sites to storied institutions rush to cover it, this clip has not left my brain:... Keep reading with a 7-day free trial Subscribe to Embedded to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives. Start trial A subscription gets you: All of Kate's Monday essays Friday's media_gossip edition   Like Comment Restack   © 2026 Kate Lindsay & Nick Catucci 548 Market Street PMB 72296, San Francisco, CA 94104 Unsubscribe