Ben Smith is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Semafor, where he oversees the production of Semafor’s weekly Media newsletter. Prior to Semafor, he served as a media columnist for The New York Times and was the founding editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News. With over a decade of experience, Ben has covered American politics, media, and technology at Politico, the New York Daily News, and other outlets. He is the author of Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral (Penguin Harper Collins).