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Semafor is building an anti-scale media business
Semafor is building an anti-scale media business
Smith says Semafor has moved away from chasing massive traffic and instead targets a specific valuable audience while combining quality journalism with a large events business.
- Speaker
- Ben Smith
- Topic
- Media Business Model
- Source timestamp
- 2:59
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