Transparent, global reporting by Semafor journalists on politics, policy, business, finance, technology, climate, energy, media, entertainment, world affairs, China, Asia, Europe, Africa for US and international readers.

Semafor is a news website founded in 2022 by Ben Smith, a former editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News and media columnist at The New York Times, and Justin B. Smith, the former CEO of Bloomberg Media Group.

Transparent, global reporting by Semafor journalists on politics, policy, the 2024 presidential election, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Congress, and the White House.

Semafor’s mission is built upon fostering trust amongst our readership and combating the misinformation that abounds in today’s news landscape. Our coverage seeks to portray different points of view across every story, grounded in a singular set of facts.

5 days ago · NEW YORK (AP) — The media company Semafor is planning a Washington economic conference for global CEOs this April that it hopes will rival the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, for influence. Semafor said Wednesday that more than 200 CEOs have already committed to attend the event, now in its third year, representing an ...

The most consequential gathering on the state of the global economy. Semafor's 2025 World Economy Summit.

5 days ago · Overall, we rate Semafor Least Biased based on providing counter-arguments to stories that differ from the author’s perspective. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing of information.

Oct 18, 2022 · NEW YORK (AP) — The media organization Semafor launched on Tuesday with no less an ambition than reinventing the news story. Semafor is the brainchild of Ben Smith — former media reporter for The New York Times and, before that, former editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed — and Justin Smith, ex-CEO of Bloomberg Media.

4 days ago · Elon Musk’s DOGE shuttered USAID. It has searched Medicare payments and gained access to a sensitive Treasury Department payment system. Its initial Labor Department presence prompted a lawsuit.. And it’s just getting started. The Social Security Administration is an upcoming focus of the Department of Government Efficiency, a source with knowledge of …

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