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

Another member, Misty Copeland, who became the American Ballet Theatre’s first African American female principal dancer in 2015, spoke of the importance of costumes in her ballet career during last month’s media event announcing the theme of next spring’s exhibition at the Upper East Side museum. —Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 10 Dec. 2025

The modern tournament is a world-wide media event drawing more than 200 journalists reporting in several languages. —Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 3 Dec. 2025

The president created a massive media event, surprised people by his affability toward an ideological foe and bathed in the idea of common ground around affordability. —Niall Stanage, The Hill, 21 Nov. 2025

The trailer was unveiled at a fan and media event in Mumbai on Friday, previewing the series created by Raj & DK under their D2R Films banner. —Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025

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