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Mixed Signals from Semafor Media

Every Friday journalist Nayeema Raza and Semafor Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith pull back the curtain on

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Total: 55

Zohran Mamdani, until recently a little-known lawmaker, surprised New Yorkers by winning the Democra

Steve Inskeep has one of the most recognizable names and voices in the country, greeting millions of

The New York Times has weathered incredible changes in the media industry throughout its 174 years –

Cleo Abram left Vox and started her YouTube show, Huge If True, 3 years ago. Since then, the channel

The media industry has spent the last decade talking about its own decline — but where is it actuall

Top Chef, which is airing its 22nd season finale next week, has been shaping how we think and talk a

Adam Friedland represents a new kind of comedian—one who rose up through podcasting and now hosts a

Christiane Amanpour has been on the front lines of global media since the 80s, while her ex-husband,

Chris Black has gone from managing a pop-punk band to becoming a fashion-world insider, podcast host

Clay Travis started his career with a stunt on his blog involving a pudding strike and NFL streaming

Jen Psaki has gone from being a behind-the-scenes political staffer, to running the White House brie

Ezra Klein is on a book tour — you may have heard his voice on some of your other favorite podcasts

Tina Brown has shaped the culture and captured the zeitgeist since she reinvented Vanity Fair and Th

In a YouTube landscape filled with podcasts and talking heads, Jubilee Media’s wild debate videos st

Since the 80s, Piers Morgan has ridden massive changes in the media industry, jumping from print to

Nick Denton, the founder of Gawker, more or less disappeared from the Internet in 2017, after a publ

YouTube is undeniably the dominant media platform of the moment, and it’s increasingly the go-to pla

In this moment of media fragmentation and the rise of niche communities, are there still ways to rea

This week, we get an inside look at the independent creator model of media with a two-part conversat

Today, we have a special bonus episode: Ben and Max break down the most interesting moments from the