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Semafor’s live journalism curates high-impact, compelling, and consequential editorial encounters between informed audiences, key leaders, and the most dynamic change agents in Washington, the U.S., and the world.
Mixed Signals from Semafor Media: The truth about modern media — from inside the machine. Every Friday, journalists Ben Smith and Max Tani pull back the curtain on key stories about media, revealing how money, access, culture and politics shape everything you read, watch, and hear.
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@SubwayTakes host @kareem Rahma joins Mixed Signals to talk about reinventing the talk show for the vertical video era, and just how much it costs. Max and Ben ask Kareem about how he built a show that feels spontaneous but runs like a TV production, why his Kamala Harris episode never aired, and his new show, Keep the Meter Running. They also get into his business model, what he learned from watching VICE go bankrupt, and much more.
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In a growing world of influencers and online fame, @reddit stands out.
CEO and co-founder Steve Huffman joined Mixed Signals this week to talk about why the platform is committed to charting a different path — where the option to remain anonymous is key, popularity can't be carried off-platform or monetized, and the users remain in control of the conversations in their various communities as the "world's greatest bullsh*t detector."
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How did Alex Cooper turn her podcast @callherdaddyinto the growing media business @Unwell? Listen to the latest episode of Mixed Signals where she discussed entering the creative agency space and building a new kind of media empire.
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Following a string of departures among its top AI leaders, @googledeepmind CEO Demis Hassabis dismissed the notion that Google was losing its grip on leading AI talent and said he remains confident in the company’s ability to attract and retain the best people. Watch Semafor's Reed Albergotti full interview here:
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