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The long-anticipated news startup Semafor launches on Tuesday with a team of prominent journalists producing a mix of scoops, analysis and newsletters, but its most unique feature may be in the way that it presents its stories. Stories are broken down to different components, starting with the actual…

Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith is leaving his post after eight years to launch what he called “a new kind of global news media company that serves unbiased journalism to a truly global audience.” As news of Smith’s exit plan surfaced this morning, New York Times media columnist Ben Smith also said he would be coming…

Ben Smith is departing as BuzzFeed‘s editor-in-chief for The New York Times, where he will serve as media columnist. Smith helped build the editorial side of BuzzFeed since he joined the media platform from Politico, and the site has become a significant source of political coverage and investigative journalism…