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1 week ago | semafor.com | Ben Smith |Max Tani

This is an excerpt from an interview with Jubilee Media founder and CEO Jason Y. Lee on the Mixed Signals podcast from Semafor Media. Listen to the latest episode here and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Ben Smith: Any Democrats in particular you feel like get it? Jason Y. Lee: I thought Pete [Buttigieg] did an outstanding job. Pete was so lovely to work with. His team were so lovely to work with. And I think unfortunately there was a lot that was left on the cutting room floor.

1 week ago | semafor.com | Ben Smith |Max Tani

Listen to the latest episode of Mixed Signals here. In a YouTube landscape filled with podcasts and talking heads, Jubilee Media’s wild debate videos stand apart: A doctor debates 20 anti-vaxxers, Ben Shapiro debates 25 liberals, Pete Buttigieg debates 25 conservatives. But are these viral videos bringing a divided America back together or are they just profiting off of polarization? This week, Ben and Max bring on Jubilee’s founder and CEO, Jason Y.

3 weeks ago | semafor.com | Ben Smith |Max Tani

This is an excerpt from an interview with Gawker founder Nick Denton on the Mixed Signals podcast from Semafor Media. Listen to the latest episode here and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Max Tani: Have you kept in touch with some of the subjects of your coverage since, or have you reconnected with any of those folks? Nick Denton: Since 2016, not.

3 weeks ago | semafor.com | Ben Smith |Max Tani

Listen to the latest episode of Mixed Signals here. Nick Denton, the founder of Gawker, more or less disappeared from the internet in 2017, after a public legal battle with Hulk Hogan (backed by Peter Thiel) resulted in the site being shut down. That is, until last week, when Denton suddenly reappeared on X, posting more than 200 times over the course of a few days.

1 month ago | semafor.com | Ben Smith |Max Tani

This is an excerpt from an interview with YouTube CEO Neil Mohan on the Mixed Signals podcast from Semafor Media. Listen to the latest episode here and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Ben Smith: You’ve said that the number one priority for YouTube is the safety of YouTube’s ecosystem.