Ben Smith

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Semafor EIC, author of "Traffic" out May 2

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A new paper from Columbia’s SIPA ran the numbers on how much large platforms (Google and Facebook) might owe publishers under their model . It came out at $14bn a year - pretty reasonable imo . @semaforben.bsky.social has a good take on it here www.semafor.com/article/11/1...

Publishers should seek billions from Google, study argueswww.semafor.com The Columbia paper will be grist for political debate.

Didn't log into this place for a month and now find I have way more followers. Is this what they call "yield farming"??

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Bonus Friday Odd Lots with @semaforben.bsky.social https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-12/ben-smith-of-semafor-on-traffic-buzzfeed-gawker-and-digital-media?srnd=oddlots&sref=vuYGislZ

Anyone have a spare invite code for a friend?

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Listen to @semaforben talk about the last 20 years of digital media and his great new book on this fantastic weekend bonus episode! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bonus-semaforben-on-the-golden-age-of-digital-media/id1355212895?i=1000611999160

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Some new news, and my riff on the surprising reboot of AM2DM https://www.semafor.com/article/05/09/2023/inside-tucker-carlsons-new-media-plan

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Up next, Traffic by @semaforben.bsky.social

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Spotted in DC: @semaforben.bsky.social’s book on Publication Day

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it's a really fun day to be a media nerd - @semaforben.bsky.social is on the Verge podcast with @reckless.bsky.social, and Recode with Jonah Peretti/Nick Denton. https://www.vox.com/technology/23707208/nick-denton-jonah-peretti-ben-smith-buzzfeed-gawker-book-traffic-podcast-peter-kafka-recode-media

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Don’t call me a hero, Darth. I’m no hero. Please. Hero is not a term with which I’m comfortable. Please, folks.

so jake was brave enough to utter 'skeets' on national tv but which elected official be the first to enter 'skeets' into the congressional record i am taking odds right here

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Pitch-perfect Bluesky vibe check from @sarahjeong.bsky.social https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/2/23708385/bluesky-weather-report-moderation-app-store

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Here to say @semaforben.bsky.social’s book Traffic is great. You’ll read it in two days. I always wondered where Nich Carlson came from, and now I know he’s the guy from Gizmodo who loved making slideshows of startup offices.

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“He was always happy to share BuzzFeed’s secrets. It didn’t seem likely that the dinosaurs would evolve as they had in the movie Jurassic Park and learn to open doors.” Read a new excerpt from @semaforben.bsky.social’s book “Traffic”

When the media dinosaurs learned to open doorswww.semafor.com My new book, Traffic, comes out today. I started work on it in the fall of 2020, and it now feels like it’s coming at the end of an era.