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Times journalist’s children allegedly became billionaire memoirist’s focus

Days after a New York Times investigation raised questions about Amy Griffin’s memoir The Tell, reporter Katherine Rosman received a worrying call.
Amy Griffin and book

Rest of World faces prospect of shutting down

The six-year-old digital publication has seen the social and web search traffic on which it depends evaporate.
Rest of world
Screenshot/Rest of World

White House expects press briefing ‘soon’ as hiring search continues

The White House’s press secretary vacancy won’t necessarily keep the briefing room closed.
The lectern in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Four years of Semafor

Semafor is starting to emerge clearly as the thing we hoped it would become.
Semafor World Economy group photo.
The Semafor team after Semafor World Economy in April 2026. Kris Tripplaar/Semafor

How CBS News’ Middle East war spread to the Upper Midwest

Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss has personally advocated for CBS News journalists to pursue numerous story angles related to Abdul El-Sayed’s supposed sympathy towards the Muslim Brotherhood.
Bari Weiss and Abdul El-Sayed
Brendan McDermid/Reuters; Jim Vondruska/Reuters

Fox stays positive on data centers even as public backlash grows

More than half of the references to data centers on Fox News over the last two years would have left viewers with a favorable impression, according to a Semafor analysis.
A data center from above
Fred Greaves/Reuters

Hack reveals Netanyahu campaign’s media ties

The latest breach comes from the Whatsapp account of Netanyahu aide Jonatan Urich.

ABC News offers contradictory explanation for vanishing Anduril story

Emails between ABC News and its subjects, provided to Semafor, show the network seeking to downplay its errors by misrepresenting its own processes.

New Skydance CEO Kreiz will be Ellison’s enforcer

Investors are warily eying Skydance’s freshly downgraded debt, and layoffs are coming.

Marc Elias’ Democracy Docket sees Trump 2.0 success

One of the Democratic Party’s most prolific lawyers also is becoming one of its most prolific posters.

CEO’s podcast sparks tensions atop The Atlantic

Nicholas Thompson’s podcast, “The Most Interesting Thing in AI,” has been a source of friction at the magazine.

AI nonprofit will spend $10 million on journalism

A Silicon Valley nonprofit close to the AI safety movement is funding coverage of artificial intelligence.

Euractiv relaunches as ‘Rapporteur’ in Brussels

The newsroom, founded in 1999, has rebooted in recent years as a competitor to Politico Europe.

Beverage brand Liquid Death will make others’ ads

Liquid Death is one of the purest marketing stories of the moment: a billion-dollar company that sells the ultimate commodity through edgy comedy.

Trump battles press as Xi heads to town

A judge is expected to hear arguments in a lawsuit brought by the three news outlets the president banned from the White House last week.

Inside the US Treasury secretary’s tense relationship with financial media

Scott Bessent’s blacklist starts with Bloomberg.

Fertile ground

Flagship’s lead writer Tom Chivers says goodbye after four years.

Crooked Media’s nonprofit launches new political creator drive

The nonprofit arm of Pod Save America’s audio empire is hoping to lure younger voters back to the Democratic Party.