Fox News reportedly imposes ‘soft ban’ on Donald Trump The former president has not made a weekday showing on the channel since appearing on Sean Hannity’s show in September The Guardian - US · Mar 3, 2023
Trump ‘soft banned’ from Fox News amid clash with Murdoch over election lies coverage Aide to former president reportedly said that ‘the Murdochs have made it pretty clear they want to move on from Trump’ The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023
Pompeo reveals Jared, Ivanka, Haley plot Pompeo trashed Haley over the move against Pence as all three prepare potential 2024 presidential bids Salon · Jan 19, 2023
JPMorgan is accusing the 30-year old founder of fintech startup Frank of fraud—after paying $175 million for her company Less than two years after buying Frank, the bank claims that Frank’s management invented numbers it provided during the due diligence process. Fortune · Jan 13, 2023
Coinbase's relationship with the media has been fraught. Brian Armstrong can fix that The Coinbase CEO embracing mainstream media could help his company—but also all of crypto. Fortune · Jan 12, 2023
Microsoft in Talks to Invest $10 bln in ChatGPT Owner -Semafor Microsoft Corp is in talks to invest $10 billion into OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, which will value the San Francisco-based firm at $29 billion, Semafor reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. The funding includes other venture firms and deal documents were sent to prospective investors in… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 10, 2023
Microsoft in talks to invest $10bn in ChatGPT owner BENGALURU: Microsoft Corp is in talks to invest US$10 billion into OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, which will value the San Francisco-based firm at $29 billion, Semafor reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. Bangkok Post · Jan 10, 2023
Goldman Sachs weighs 40% cut on investment banker bonuses As Wall Street goes from feast to famine, Goldman Sachs is reportedly weighing the largest cuts to banker bonuses since the 2008 financial crisis Fortune · Dec 15, 2022
China casts long shadow over US-Africa Leaders Summit With dozens of African leaders descending on Washington this week, the Biden administration is offering a not so subtle pitch in its economic competition with China on the continent: The U.S. offers a better option to African partners The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022
Stanford law professors are entangled in Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX mess—and SBF’s father withdrew from an upcoming class Bankman-Fried’s father—and his colleague—are reportedly consulting with the disgraced founder of the crypto exchange, who was raised on the prestigious university’s campus. Fortune · Dec 6, 2022
GOP fears Trump third-party 2024 bid "It’s not totally out of the realm of possibility," a former Trump administration official said Salon · Nov 22, 2022
Did Sam Bankman-Fried's Millions Buy the Media's Loyalty? The mainstream coverage of SBF and FTX is more than a little blasé. Reason · Nov 21, 2022
Sen. Bob Menendez is under federal criminal investigation again The probe comes five years after the DOJ dropped its corruption case against Menendez. Axios · Oct 26, 2022
Semafor news site makes debut, intent on reinventing news The media organization Semafor launches Tuesday with no less an ambition than reinventing the news story The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022
The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2022 Tucker Carlson admits he hates white liberal women more than anything: ‘I’m not mad at Black people’ The Fox News host sat down for a chat with Semafor’s Ben Smith on Thursday
Axios · Mar 22, 2022 Scoop: Ben and Justin Smith plan to name their new company “Semafor" The word is roughly the same across dozens of languages.