Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette writes about Semafor’s expansion plans in the Gulf region.
Tobitt writes, “He said it is ‘meant to be a first read for people who are obsessed with and need to be obsessed with the Gulf – and we’re very sophisticated about it, not the occasional kind of colourful dispatch from Arabia.’
“Semafor launched its Gulf edition in 2024 as its third region after the US and sub-Saharan Africa. In 2025 the three-year-old newsbrand moved into profit with $40m of turnover.
“It is led by editor Mohammed Sergie, who previously covered energy and commodities in the Middle East for Bloomberg and opened The Wall Street Journal’s Riyadh bureau in 2009, alongside Saudi Arabia bureau chief and global sovereign wealth fund correspondent Matthew Martin, who previously led Middle East money and power coverage at Bloomberg.
“Semafor has five staff journalists across the region and the same number of columnists.”
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