Semafor has amassed intrigue since January, when former BuzzFeed editor Ben Smith quit his media-columnist gig at the New York Times to start a new globally-focused news platform with Justin Smith ...

In 2022, Ben Smith left the Times to build Semafor with the former Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith, who isn't related to him. The lawsuit claims Semafor is 'Ozy 2.0' ...

Semafor’s cofounder and editor-in-chief Ben Smith was accosted by Canada’s far-right Rebel News at the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, after Semafor ...

Semafor, the brainchild of Ben Smith and co-founder Justin Smith, the former CEO of Bloomberg News, launched in October 2022, eight months after Ben Smith left the Times.Its stated target audience ...

Semafor co-founder and editor-in-chief Ben Smith was criticized online for his “contrarian” take on the Olivia Nuzzi-Robert Kennedy Jr. scandal.

Ozy Media sued Buzzfeed, Semafor and its founder Ben Smith, claiming they stole trade secrets from the embattled news site after Smith helped tank its business with a devastating expose, according ...

Lawyers for Ozy Media, the defunct media and entertainment company founded by Carlos Watson, allege in a new lawsuit that Ben Smith, BuzzFeed and Semafor (the media startup co-founded by Smith in ...

Justin Smith said that Semafor’s events will be “an extension of our newsroom,” with plans for as many as 40 or 50 events in 2023. To start, the revenue mix will be 75% advertising and 25% ...

Ben Smith speaks on stage during the Semafor Media Summit on April 10, 2023 in New York City. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Semafor Signals will serve readers as a breaking news feed, where A ...

Ben Smith, Semafor co-founder and editor-in-chief, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the Trump-Biden debate as it drew 51 million TV viewers, how he saw Biden's performance, and more.