Will Ben Smith's new 'global' media empire include Indigenous news?

Native populations are growing, but Ben, as a newsroom leader, has in the past missed the trend and all the possibilities that go along with it.

Look up, Ben, you have a big opportunity. (Getty Images)

I like Ben Smith.

I liked the news yesterday that he’s leaving The New York Times as its pithy media critic to start a new global media outlet with Justin Smith, the former chief executive of Bloomberg Media.

I liked Ben back when I met him in late-2006 when he was joining a start-up, scrappy journa…