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Semafor co-founder and former BuzzFeed E.I.C. Ben Smith drops by to survey the media landscape heading into 2025: how news organizations are bracing for the impact of Trump’s return to the Oval, the recent wave of departures at The Washington Post, and how Semafor is balancing an events-first strategy with breaking news and good-old-fashioned email distribution.

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