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In this edition: A look at Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Pulitzer Prize Board.
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Trump relitigates Russia ‘collusion’: Can you sue a narrative?
The president-elect has sued the Pulitzer Prize board in a case that clarifies the legacy of battles between president and press.
Al Lucca/Semafor
Analysis: Media’s return to the past
A deeply partisan media landscape is in many ways a return to business as usual.
Mixed Signals: What digital media’s most notorious scandal says about the business
On Monday, Carlos Watson, the founder of Ozy Media, was sentenced to nearly 10 years —116 months — in prison for fraud.
Why filmmaker Nenad Cicin-Sain fired his AI screenwriter
ChatGPT said it would write a screenplay for filmmaker Nenad Cicin-Sain. It never got past the opening scene.
Soeren Stache/DPA/Picture Alliance
Kamala Harris’ digital chief on Democrats ‘losing hold of culture’
Deputy campaign manager Rob Flaherty discusses Harris’ 2024 media strategy.
Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
Cloudy skies at Bluesky
More and more journalists have joined the platform — including Jesse Singal, who some users want to ban.
Dado Ruvic/Reuters
Axios braces for future Trump legal action
News organizations are trying to prep for the incoming Trump administration.
More YouTube viewers are watching on their TVs
Viewers watched over 400 million hours of podcasts monthly on living room devices, the company told Semafor.
Mixed Signals: How YouTube became TV – with Colin and Samir
YouTube and podcasts have come fully of age as dominant forms of media, and legacy media companies are frantic to buy their way in.
Weakened US public broadcasters will fight for their lives in 2025
As Republicans take power in Washington, there’s greater concern among public radio figures about the future of NPR and public radio broadly.
MSNBC producers are going to love New Jersey
The looming move en masse to New Jersey or worse, Connecticut, that has staff of almost all levels spooked.
Murdoch shops for podcasts
Fox is talking to potential acquisition targets in political media, particularly on the right.
Taylor Lorenz and Vox are parting ways
Vox had a short-term partnership with the high-profile tech reporter that is set to expire at the beginning of the year.
Sale of The Observer to Tortoise Media approved by board
The controversial deal was agreed despite strikes at sister publication The Guardian earlier this week.
Mixed Signals: Elon Musk is today’s Ted Turner, and legacy media is “scared”
Mixed Signals from Semafor Media is back for Season 2, and this time we’re following the money in the ever-changing media business.
Axios HQ acquires PR network Mixing Board
The network of communications industry experts was founded by former Twitter executive Sean Garrett
The Verge raises a partial paywall: ‘It’s a tragedy that garbage is free and news is behind paywalls’
Vox Media’s technology-focused site announced Tuesday that it was rolling out its first sitewide subscription service, putting some content behind a paywall.
Media braces for consolidation in 2025, as investors chase Bari Weiss’ Free Press
Media insiders expect investment and dealmaking to whir back to life.