{"id":31130,"date":"2026-01-16T09:42:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/evan-shapiro-to-deliver-tv-kids-festival-keynote\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T13:47:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T18:47:28","slug":"evan-shapiro-to-deliver-tv-kids-festival-keynote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/evan-shapiro-to-deliver-tv-kids-festival-keynote\/","title":{"rendered":"Evan Shapiro to Deliver TV Kids Festival Keynote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Media cartographer and thought leader Evan Shapiro is on board for the TV Kids Festival, which you can register for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventcreate.com\/e\/tv-kids-festival-2026\">here<\/a> for free.<\/p>\n<p>Since he created his Media Universe Map, Evan Shapiro has become known as the media cartographer. Using his very specific voice and point of view, Shapiro charts media\u2019s future through his essays on the <em>Media War &amp; Peace<\/em> newsletter, which is now one of the most-read entertainment business publications on Substack. He also co-hosts <em>The Media Odyssey<\/em> podcast, which has become an industry touchstone. Shapiro has been a featured speaker at the world\u2019s most important media events. His maps, infographics and ruminations are now widely quoted and used by businesses, executives, analysts and colleges around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro is also an Emmy- and Peabody-winning producer of TV, films and podcasts, including <em>Portlandia<\/em>,<em> This Film Is Not Yet Rated<\/em>, <em>Please Like Me<\/em>,<em> Comedy Bang Bang<\/em>, <em>Brick City<\/em> and <em>Harmonquest<\/em>. He also served 18 years as a professor at New York University\u2019s Stern School of Business.<\/p>\n<p>Look for more announcements in the coming weeks about key speakers and panels taking place during the TV Kids Festival, which is running from February 17 to 20.<\/p>\n<p>You can register for the TV Kids Festival <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventcreate.com\/e\/tv-kids-festival-2026\">here<\/a>, free of charge.<\/p>\n<p>For sponsorship opportunities, please go <a href=\"https:\/\/newsletters.worldscreen.com\/mailers\/2025-11-06-tvkidsfest.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media cartographer and thought leader Evan Shapiro is on board for the TV Kids Festival, which you can register for here for free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":31138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[7475],"class_list":["post-31130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-evan-shapiro","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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