media event

noun

: a publicity event staged for coverage by the news media

Examples of media event in a Sentence

The President's visit to the school was a major media event.

Recent Examples on the Web

A day after the media event, I was invited to a quieter Nvidia event to hear a lot more about the new RTX Spark computing platform. — Tom Warren, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026

The media event begins with the GM introducing the agent, who tells everyone how long and hard his client has been thinking about this day. — Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026

At Tuesday’s media event, Universal executives declined to discuss community concerns or efforts to alleviate them, but later issued a statement acknowledging that community feedback has been an important part of the process. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Tage Thompson gave a refreshingly honest answer when asked about Connor Hellebuyck at an NHL/NHLPA media event in Las Vegas last week. — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for media event

• misrepresent
• accent
• advent
• ascent
• assent
• augment
• cement
• consent
• dement
• descent
• detent
• dissent