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Cuts to PBS funding are "completely shortsighted," Ken Burns says on Mixed Signals from Semafor Media.
" This will hurt mostly the small rural stations ... It will only hurt people who don't deserve to be hurt, who need to not live in a news desert."
" This will hurt mostly the small rural stations ... It will only hurt people who don't deserve to be hurt, who need to not live in a news desert."
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Cuts to PBS funding are "completely shortsighted," Ken Burns says on Mixed Signals from Semafor Media.
" This will hurt mostly the small rural stations ... It will only hurt people who don't deserve to be hurt, who need to not live in a news desert."
" This will hurt mostly the small rural stations ... It will only hurt people who don't deserve to be hurt, who need to not live in a news desert."
Can Democrats win an information war against the Trump administration over reality in Chicago?
" I'm at least trying to get as many facts out as fast as possible so people can understand," @govpritzker.illinois.gov says. "People are beginning to see again that we're telling the truth. They're not."
" I'm at least trying to get as many facts out as fast as possible so people can understand," @govpritzker.illinois.gov says. "People are beginning to see again that we're telling the truth. They're not."
October 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Can Democrats win an information war against the Trump administration over reality in Chicago?
" I'm at least trying to get as many facts out as fast as possible so people can understand," @govpritzker.illinois.gov says. "People are beginning to see again that we're telling the truth. They're not."
" I'm at least trying to get as many facts out as fast as possible so people can understand," @govpritzker.illinois.gov says. "People are beginning to see again that we're telling the truth. They're not."
"Oh, it's the worst industry in the history of industries."
@mcuban.bsky.social tells @maxtani.bsky.social and @semaforben.bsky.social how he views the current media landscape, and why he doesn't invest much in the space these days.
@mcuban.bsky.social tells @maxtani.bsky.social and @semaforben.bsky.social how he views the current media landscape, and why he doesn't invest much in the space these days.
August 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"Oh, it's the worst industry in the history of industries."
@mcuban.bsky.social tells @maxtani.bsky.social and @semaforben.bsky.social how he views the current media landscape, and why he doesn't invest much in the space these days.
@mcuban.bsky.social tells @maxtani.bsky.social and @semaforben.bsky.social how he views the current media landscape, and why he doesn't invest much in the space these days.
Adam Friedland "can't stand looking at the computer" and thinks phones and social media are making people too weird.
On the latest episode of Mixed Signals from Semafor Media, the comedian and podcaster says he hopes his show can make "people feel a little less weird on the phone."
On the latest episode of Mixed Signals from Semafor Media, the comedian and podcaster says he hopes his show can make "people feel a little less weird on the phone."
May 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Adam Friedland "can't stand looking at the computer" and thinks phones and social media are making people too weird.
On the latest episode of Mixed Signals from Semafor Media, the comedian and podcaster says he hopes his show can make "people feel a little less weird on the phone."
On the latest episode of Mixed Signals from Semafor Media, the comedian and podcaster says he hopes his show can make "people feel a little less weird on the phone."
"I do a weekly column at GQ, and I could go do that on Substack and make a lot of money, but I don't think Substack is cool."
"Institutions never stop being cool," Chris Black tells @maxtani.bsky.social and @semaforben.bsky.social. "There's just some glamour attached to it."
"Institutions never stop being cool," Chris Black tells @maxtani.bsky.social and @semaforben.bsky.social. "There's just some glamour attached to it."
May 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"I do a weekly column at GQ, and I could go do that on Substack and make a lot of money, but I don't think Substack is cool."
"Institutions never stop being cool," Chris Black tells @maxtani.bsky.social and @semaforben.bsky.social. "There's just some glamour attached to it."
"Institutions never stop being cool," Chris Black tells @maxtani.bsky.social and @semaforben.bsky.social. "There's just some glamour attached to it."
In retrospect, does @jenpsaki.msnbc.com wish Joe Biden hadn't run for reelection?
"Of course," she says on Mixed Signals from Semafor Media.
Listen to the full interview here: link.chtbl.com/l6CNp9eT
"Of course," she says on Mixed Signals from Semafor Media.
Listen to the full interview here: link.chtbl.com/l6CNp9eT
May 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
In retrospect, does @jenpsaki.msnbc.com wish Joe Biden hadn't run for reelection?
"Of course," she says on Mixed Signals from Semafor Media.
Listen to the full interview here: link.chtbl.com/l6CNp9eT
"Of course," she says on Mixed Signals from Semafor Media.
Listen to the full interview here: link.chtbl.com/l6CNp9eT
"The question that China poses for TikTok for America, Elon Musk poses in a much worse way, I think, for liberals," Ezra Klein says on the Mixed Signals podcast.
Listen to the full interview: link.chtbl.com/JPMYqj2Q
Listen to the full interview: link.chtbl.com/JPMYqj2Q
April 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"The question that China poses for TikTok for America, Elon Musk poses in a much worse way, I think, for liberals," Ezra Klein says on the Mixed Signals podcast.
Listen to the full interview: link.chtbl.com/JPMYqj2Q
Listen to the full interview: link.chtbl.com/JPMYqj2Q