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Sarah Frier @sarahfrier.bsky.social · Aug 6

people have been sending me the cover of this former Meta exec’s upcoming book…

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Kurt Wagner @kurtwagner.bsky.social · Jun 12

"several people are typing"

this has been the last 4 days in a nutshell

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · Jun 3

new podcast in which @sarahfrier.bsky.social and i puzzle through Trump's pulling Elon's pick for NASA, the, uh, ketamine question, and the black eye enjoy www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Is Elon Musk’s Political Capital Spent?

Donald Trump’s right-hand man is telling everyone he wants to get back to business. On this week’s episode of Elon, Inc., we discuss what may be behind it.

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Sarah Frier @sarahfrier.bsky.social · Jun 3

What a week!

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Kirsten Grind @kirstengrind.bsky.social · May 30

NEW: Megan Twohey and I went deep on Elon Musk’s intense drug use as he rose to political power alongside Trump last year. He was using so much ketamine that he told people it was affecting his bladder. At SpaceX, he is getting warnings ahead of drug tests www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...

On the Campaign Trail, Elon Musk Juggled Drugs and Family Drama

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Kirsten Grind @kirstengrind.bsky.social · May 30

White House responds to our story: “The drugs that we’re concerned about are the drugs running across the southern border.” No comment on whether Musk’s been drug tested or if Trump was aware

Kirsten Grind @kirstengrind.bsky.social · May 30

NEW: Megan Twohey and I went deep on Elon Musk’s intense drug use as he rose to political power alongside Trump last year. He was using so much ketamine that he told people it was affecting his bladder. At SpaceX, he is getting warnings ahead of drug tests www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...

On the Campaign Trail, Elon Musk Juggled Drugs and Family Drama

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · May 26

Mark Zuckerberg has done everything he can to win over Trump, and it’s not clear how much he has to show for it. Read The Big Take

Mark Zuckerberg Loves MAGA Now. Will MAGA Ever Love Him Back?

Meta’s CEO has done everything he can to win over Trump, and it’s not clear how much he has to show for it.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · May 27

President Biden called Mark Zuckerberg "Little Twerp" and "Fuckerberg” www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social @kurtwagner.bsky.social

Mark Zuckerberg Loves MAGA Now. Will MAGA Ever Love Him Back?

Meta’s CEO has done everything he can to win over Trump, and it’s not clear how much he has to show for it.

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Kurt Wagner @kurtwagner.bsky.social · May 27

🚨 New Businessweek Feature 🚨

What is behind Mark Zuckerberg's rightward swing toward President Trump?

I'd wager it's less about personal politics, and more about a finely tuned sense of self-preservation... w/ @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Mark Zuckerberg Loves MAGA Now. Will MAGA Ever Love Him Back?

Meta’s CEO has done everything he can to win over Trump, and it’s not clear how much he has to show for it.

www.bloomberg.com

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Sarah Frier @sarahfrier.bsky.social · May 24

Thanks! Could be the AI-based content moderation running away with itself

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Stacey Vanek Smith @svaneksmith.bsky.social · May 23

A 50% tariff on Europe?! 🧀🍝🍷 How Trump uses pro-wrestling theatrics to run the economy. The latest ep of #EverybodysBusiness is out! @chafkin.bsky.social and I talk kayfabe w/ @kyla.bsky.social

Then @sarahfrier.bsky.social joins to talk AI & jobs 🤖

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

Everybody's Business

Business News Podcast · Updated weekly · Bloomberg Businessweek brings you a smart and fun chat show about all things...business. Hosted by award-winning business and economics journalists Max Chafkin...

podcasts.apple.com

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · May 23

New episode of everybody’s business! Featuring @kyla.bsky.social on WWEconomics and @sarahfrier.bsky.social on AI! Give us a shot and subscribe!! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Wrestling with Taxes, Robots and Gold

Podcast Episode · Everybody's Business · 05/23/2025 · 35m

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Mark Gurman @markgurman.bsky.social · May 18

NEW: Why Apple Hasn’t Cracked AI — The inside story of Apple’s generative AI and Siri failures, setbacks that threaten everything from the iPhone's dominance to plans for future products. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Why Apple Still Hasn’t Cracked AI

Insiders say continued failure to get artificial intelligence right threatens everything from the iPhone’s dominance to plans for robots and other futuristic products.

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · May 16

hey hey, me and @svaneksmith.bsky.social made a new podcast for @bloomberg.com. it's about business. its smart. its fun. we'll tell you stuff you don't know but should. it comes out each week and we NEED you to subscribe and tell your friends. link.podtrac.com/rzj316uq

Everybody's Business

A smart and fun chat show about all things business. Hosted by award-winning business and economics journalists Max Chafkin (author of The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power...

link.podtrac.com

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Stacey Vanek Smith @svaneksmith.bsky.social · May 16

New podcast alert 🚨 I’m very excited to be hosting a new podcast with the great @chafkin.bsky.social for @businessweek.bsky.social @bloomberg.com Please give a listen and let us know what you think! 🎧 (banana pudding strongly encouraged but not required)

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Cecilia D'Anastasio @cecianasta.bsky.social · May 12

New: Political commentator Hasan Piker says he was briefly detained by US Customs and Border Protection, questioned about his views on Hamas and Trump. First reported by @taylorlorenz.bsky.social. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Political Pundit Hasan Piker Questioned by US Customs at Airport

Hasan Piker, an online political commentator, was stopped and questioned by US Customs and Border Protection agents after returning to the country from France, he said his Twitch livestream Monday.

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Julia Love @julialove.bsky.social · May 1

Scoop on the Google beat: Google has begun showing advertising within the flow of conversations with chatbots, starting with AI search startups like iAsk and Liner. This means that even if Google's share of the search market dwindles, it still stands to profit. bloom.bg/436FhkR

Google Places Ads Inside Chatbot Conversations With AI Startups

Google’s ad network has begun showing advertising within the flow of conversations with chatbots — part of Alphabet Inc.’s efforts to keep its edge in digital advertising as generative artificial inte...

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Davey Alba @davey.bsky.social · Apr 25

New from me: Here's a fun lil earnings scoop 🚨

There was an $8 billion increase in profit in Alphabet's latest report that was just nagging and nagging at me. The accounting didn't make sense. Finally got to the bottom of it: the boost came from unrealized gains from a 2015 investment in SpaceX.

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Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · Apr 22

And then @sarahfrier.bsky.social told the real story of how Trump came to the manosphere -- it wasn't Barron, it was a guy named John Shahidi, who found quite a niche for himself www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Guy Who Connected Donald Trump to the Manosphere

John Shahidi is a big part of why young men turned out to vote for Trump.

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Sarah Frier @sarahfrier.bsky.social · Apr 22

This is absolutely wild to see come out on record in federal court after reporting it in my book 5 years ago (Systrom has been silent on the acquisition and aftermath in that time). Details he is sharing took me months to report out and confirm.

Kurt Wagner @kurtwagner.bsky.social · Apr 22

Back in DC today for week two of the Meta-FTC antitrust trial. On the stand this morning: Kevin Systrom, IG Co-Founder, who was just sworn in and is expected to be questioned all day

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Josh Eidelson @josheidelson.bsky.social · Apr 17

NEW Businessweek feature: The US gives permission to pay people with disabilities below minimum wage. Biden tried to end program. Employers urging Trump preserve it say they've gotten private signals he will.

Based on 1000s of pages of records & 150 interviews: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

It’s Legal to Pay US Workers With Disabilities as Little as 25¢ an Hour

Whether it stays that way is up to Trump.

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Sarah Frier @sarahfrier.bsky.social · Apr 15

Here’s a gift link to the book excerpt if you need a refresher: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Zuckerberg’s Jealousy Held Back Instagram and Drove Off Founders

The Facebook CEO promised Kevin Systrom independence, but an excerpt from Sarah Frier’s book No Filter shows that only lasted until Instagram started to look like the favorite son.

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Sarah Frier @sarahfrier.bsky.social · Apr 15

Thank you!!

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Sarah Frier @sarahfrier.bsky.social · Apr 15

But it is crazy to see stuff I had from various sources get confirmed by internal documents/emails. Also!! This is new to me, and not in my book: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Zuckerberg Says He Considered Spinning Off Instagram in 2018

Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning off Instagram into a separate company in 2018 as he increasingly became concerned that the photo and video app’s success was hurting the Facebook social network.

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Sarah Frier @sarahfrier.bsky.social · Apr 15

Just saying, if you read No Filter, you would have known about Zuckerberg getting jealous of Instagram’s growth (& why the founders left) long before this FTC trial

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