Ben Smith Is Leaving The Times for a Global News Start-Up
Source: New York Times
n Smith, the media columnist for The New York Times, is leaving the media outlet to start a new global news organization with Justin Smith, who is stepping down as chief executive of Bloomberg Media.
Ben Smith said in an interview that they planned to build a global newsroom that broke news and experimented with new formats of storytelling. He did not provide details on what beats or regions would be covered, how much money they planned to raise or when the new organization would start.
“There are 200 million people who are college educated, who read in English, but who no one is really treating like an audience, but who talk to each other and talk to us,” Ben Smith said. “That’s who we see as our audience.”
Justin Smith, 52, will lead the business side, and Ben Smith, 45, will be the top editor of the new venture.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/business/ben-smith-new-york-times.html
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