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Ozy dropped its lawsuit against Semafor founder Ben Smith after CEO Carlos Watson was found guilty of fraud
Ozy cofounder Carlos Watson was found guilty of a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme this month.
Jacob Shamsian
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Semafor cofounder Ben Smith's car is very easy to spot, and he also needs to slow down
The story of an intrepid reporter, an editor's vanity license plate, and what may be the scoop of t…
Jack Newsham
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Ozy sues Ben Smith and BuzzFeed, claiming the media executive stole trade secrets to create Semafor
The former BuzzFeed News editor-in-chief killed Ozy in a series of New York Times articles only to …
Jacob Shamsian,Lucia Moses,La…
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Tucker Carlson says 'I'm not running' for president in 2024: 'I'm a talk show host'
Fox News host Tucker Carlson is trying to squelch the calls for him to make a run for the White Hou…
Jake Lahut
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Tayshia Adams says Ben Smith was the 'Bachelorette' contestant who surprised her the most after revealing his 15-year eating disorder
Tayshia Adams told Insider that Ben Smith was a "completely different person" after telling her tha…
Anneta Konstantinides
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'???? ??': BuzzFeed editor Ben Smith sends memo reminding staff to refrain from bias on social media
"The goals of this policy (which is stricter with BuzzFeed News staff) are twofold: To preserve our…
Oliver Darcy
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Ex-Blogger Claims BuzzFeed Pulled An Article After Unilever Complained
I absorb a great deal of heat from targets of stories that we write, from Beyonce's publicist to po…
Jim Edwards
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The RFK Jr.-Nuzzi relationship had reportedly become an open secret in some circles before the news broke
Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had bragged about his relationship with journal…
Madeline Berg
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What is Telegram and why did France just arrest its CEO?
France's arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is a mysterious story with potentially global implicati…
Peter Kafka
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The fraud trial of Ozy Media cofounder Carlos Watson has begun. His attorneys have argued race played a role in his indictment.
Federal prosecutors accuse Carlos Watson of orchestrating a scheme to defraud investors and lenders…
Natalie Musumeci
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Riley Keough says it was 'really uncomfortable' filming a sex scene with her real-life husband for 'Daisy Jones & The Six'
Riley Keough stars as the titular heroine in Prime Video's "Daisy Jones & The Six." Her husband mak…
Callie Ahlgrim
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Inside the tech industry's 'broletariat revolution' against the media
Tech elites hate the media. So they're taking a page from Fox News.
Insider Inc.
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CNN is reportedly in talks to bring in a British boss to clean up Chris Licht's mess
Mark Thompson, the ex-New York Times CEO, is the "leading candidate," Semafor reported, but former …
Chris Johnston
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Sam Bankman-Fried was reported to own a $100 million stake in Elon Musk's Twitter. Musk says that's a lie.
Musk denied that Sam Bankman-Fried or FTX own shares of Twitter since the Tesla CEO took the compan…
Grace Kay
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How 'the dress' broke the internet and pushed Facebook to force everyone into their own filter bubble
In a new book, BuzzFeed's former editor-in-chief shares the backstory of the blue and black (or was…
Ben Smith
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Billionaire Barry Diller says the media should 'absolutely' sue AI makers over ingesting text from articles
Billionaire Barry Diller said companies should sue over AI using published work, to avoid a repeat …
Sindhu Sundar
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Riley Keough shares a photo of the last time she saw her 'beautiful mama' Lisa Marie Presley before her death
Riley Keough said she feels "blessed" to have a photo of her mother Lisa Marie Presley from the las…
Esme Mazzeo
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Sam Bankman-Fried contributed to a $25 million funding round for Semafor. Now the news outlet plans to give the money back.
The buzzy startup launched just three months ago, and its CEO has said the ex-crypto king never hel…
Phil Rosen
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Elon Musk throws shade at Sam Bankman-Fried over the FTX cofounder's media investments
Musk jibed that FTX would "still be solvent" if Bankman-Fried "was as good at running a crypto exch…
Britney Toh
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DoorDash customers can now pay with cash for some pizza and other food deliveries just like in the old days
DoorDash said restaurants using its white-label delivery service, DoorDash Drive, asked for flexibl…