.Ben Smith reports that Axel Springer SE would like to buy The Wall Street Journal: talkingbiznews.com/media-news/sem…

Axel Springer's Trump years semafor.com/article/04/21/…

It occurs to me that Tucker would be an amazing host for the most-underrated show in America, Coast to Coast AM

Welcome to Semafor Africa Weekend:
🇸🇳 Novel centers Africans in World War II
🇳🇬 Nigerian chess champ breaks record
🍫 Cocoa soars, chocolate will follow
🇧🇯 Benin: West Africa's latest culture hub
🇬🇭 What to expect when visiting Accra
🇰🇪 Farmers in rural Kenya are using banned

GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales, umm, not mincing words on CNN as he predicts Mike Johnson will survive motion to vacate

“I serve with some real scumbags”

It’s Sat, April 20, 2024.

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the FSB Mar 29, 2023.

1 year & 22 days ago

“if you want to go on working as a journalist, it's total servility to Putin. Otherwise…death, the bullet, poison, or trial”

FREE EVAN NOW!

#IStandWithEvan

Breaking: UAW has won the Volkswagen Tennessee union election, union says bloomberg.com/news/articles/… A huge breakthrough that could help spur many more wins bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Foreign aid bill -- There's some talk about Senate taking the first (and only) vote to go over a filibuster on Tuesday of next week. Could be the fastest the Senate can move due to conservative opposition

Final passage midweek seems a good bet at this point

TikTok is fighting a potential ban in Kenya semafor.com/article/04/19/…

Semafor unveils expansion of flagship live journalism platform 'The World Economy Summit: Fall Edition' | Semafor semafor.com/article/04/18/…

In his new book, Jim Vandehei writes that Mathias Döpfner and Henry Kravis approached him with a pitch to purchase Axios for $400 million and buy Politico. Axel would then install Vandehei as the head of a combined company without Politico founder Robert Allbritton’s approval.

US, EU announce new sanctions on Iran semafor.com/article/04/18/…

“We’ve seen a lot of data, but not all the data. It’s speculation still. Everyone’s guessing. Why should I guess, especially when you deal with medicine and science?” Becerra on whether COVID-19 emerged from a Chinese lab semafor.com/article/04/18/…

Market-moving news from #wes2024 this morning semafor.com/article/04/18/…

Market-moving news from #wes2024 this morning semafor.com/article/04/18/…

US health secretary says COVID lab leak theory is still ‘speculation’ | ⁦Kadia Goba⁩ semafor.com/article/04/18/…

Ton of news coming out of #WES2024 but the British press has found its newsline and won't be deterred! dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

Pretty please to have made it (personally, the side of my head) into Semafor Principals today semafor.com/newsletter/04/…

🟡 LIVE: Tune in to watch the Global Finance session of our 2024 World Economy Summit, live from the Gallup Great Hall. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Tomorrow, Dr. Rajiv J. Shah will be joining Semafor’s World Economy Summit this year for a consequential conversation about the state of the global economy. Register and join the conversation: events.semafor.com/wes2024/begin?…