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noun

a celebration, stunt, spectacle, or other activity carefully orchestrated to attract the attention of the news media.

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Origin of media event

First recorded in 1970–75

Words nearby media event

media bubble, media center, mediacy, mediad, mediaeval, media event, mediagenic, medial, media literacy, medial moraine, median

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How to use media event in a sentence

NBC had, perhaps self-aggrandizingly, referred to the 2016 Rio Olympics as “the most successful media event in history.”
We've Been Saying the Olympic Games Are Dead for Decades. Here's Why They Keep Going|L. Jon Wertheim|June 23, 2021|Time
The media event quickly descended into shouts from the crowd that were met with frustrated looks from public officials.
Street Battle Against Cops Again in Ferguson Despite Midnight Curfew|Justin Glawe|August 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There may have been a slip in the English translation of his remarks at a media event.
Income Inequality Was Quickly Forgotten at Davos|Christopher Dickey|January 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Apple has scheduled a media event for Wednesday morning, inviting the press to "Come see our latest creation."
My Paperless Life|Nicholas Ciarelli|January 25, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Knickerbocker SKD also happens to have another client—the Rev. Al Sharpton, with whom Kennedy just had a media-event lunch.
Unknown Caroline|Harry Siegel|December 20, 2008|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for media event

media event

noun

an event that is staged for or exploited by the mass media, whose attention lends it an apparent importance

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media event

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