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A well-funded UAE news startup runs aground
Launched with a splash by Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris in November, the newsroom was slashed and the tycoon’s daughter is now CEO.
Moniify.com
After NBC, Todd buys in to local news
He’s looking to spend as much as $2 billion on local news, without buying a major publisher.
Andrew Roth/Sipa USA
New York City’s attempt to boost local media faces recriminations
A city law requiring ad dollars go to local media isn’t distributing the cash equally.
Jeenah Moon/Reuters
With ‘shadow hearings,’ Democrats counterprogram the right — and find an audience
They’re essentially press conferences taped at the Capitol and staged to look like committee hearings. But they’re getting views.
Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters
How Bloomberg — and ‘Bloomberg’ — drove markets and headlines
The finance data and media company has tried fruitlessly to find the owner of the “Walter Bloomberg” account, which coasts off Bloomberg’s name for clicks. But in 2025, someone like “Walter” can shake Wall Street.
“Eden, Janine and Jim”/Flickr/CC BY 2.0
Jubilee CEO: Pete Buttigieg’s team edited his appearance — and what was cut could’ve helped Democrats
“But I think the most ironic thing is the things that folks are most interested in cutting typically are the things that often would do the best for them,” Jason Y. Lee told Semafor’s Mixed Signals podcast.
YouTube/Jubilee
Mixed Signals: Can YouTube debates bring America back together? with Jubilee’s Jason Y. Lee
Jubilee Media has recently gained a broader audience from their wild political debate videos — but are they bridging polarization or just making money off of it?
Analysis: An American Brexit?
Britain’s crashing out of the European economic system is the closest parallel to what the US did with global trade last week.
Big Tech squares off with EU regulators
Trump administration officials want Europe to drop content moderation requirements.
Piers Morgan lines up investors, plans expansion for ‘Uncensored’
“I won’t reveal too much about them at this stage, but a lot of very interesting people came forward who want to invest,” Morgan said on Semafor’s Mixed Signals podcast.
Mixed Signals: Piers Morgan on going independent, Meghan Markle, and why he likes pouring gasoline on the fire
Piers Morgan discusses how he’s building his “Uncensored” brand, what he likes about being a YouTuber, and if he misses anything about legacy media.
Mixed Signals: Nick Denton’s surprising return, courtesy of Elon Musk, Denmark, and Chinese cars
Why the Gawker founder is back online after disappearing from public life for almost a decade.
Journalists consider briefing room sit-in as Trump clashes with White House press corps
The White House Correspondents’ Association is mulling its response to a briefing room seating change.
Get out of their bubbles, or harden them? Newsom, Democrats debate their media future
The relentlessly anti-Trump style of the MeidasTouch Network is a stark contrast with California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s friendly interviews with conservative pundits.
A blogger in Moscow
Former CIA agent Larry C. Johnson, once a cable news regular and now a fringe figure, sat down with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov last month — and thinks no one’s listening to the Russians.
Audacy rolls out new podcast advertising tools
The company is also tapping a new head of podcasts.
Netflix CEO says movie theaters are dead: ‘What is the consumer trying to tell you?’
“The theatrical box office is down 40 to 50% from pre-COVID, and this year is down 8% already, so the trend is not reversing.”
Nick Denton: The US is being governed by ’500 nuts on X’
“Rubio, Musk, Vance, Trump, they’re all competing for the applause from these 500 nuts on X,” Denton said on Semafor’s Mixed Signals podcast.
