#1203 Ben Smith | Famous Journalist Reveals Media Secrets

The Pomp Podcast

Anthony Pompliano

Business, Investing

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Ben Smith is the co-founder of Semafor, and the author of a brand new book called, ‘Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, And Delusion In The Billion-Dollar Race To Go Viral.’ In this conversation, we talk about the state of the media, what is going right, what is going wrong, what he learned from working at BuzzFeed, Politico, New York Times, and now starting his own media company.

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0:26.6	My goal is to help millions learn from the world's most interesting people. So let's get in to
0:31.6	today's episode. Ben Smith is the co-founder of Semaphore and also the author of a brand new book called Traffic,
0:38.6	Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion Dollar Race to go viral.
0:42.6	In this conversation, we talk about the state of the media.
0:45.3	What's going right?
0:45.9	What's going wrong?
0:46.8	What did he learn from working at BuzzFeed, Politico, New York Times, and now starting his own media company?
0:52.8	Ben constantly is thinking about the media industry
0:55.5	and what is actually going to happen in the future. So it's always a pleasure to talk with him.
1:00.4	His new book is fantastic, which I think that you will enjoy as well. Here is my conversation
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2:02.2	All right, guys, bang, bang,
2:07.5	I've got Ben here with me. Ben, you wrote a brand new book, Traffic, Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion Dollar Race to Go Viral. It seems like that's the whole name of the game today in the media.
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