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Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social · 9d

Thrilled to be shortlisted for the Tech Commentator of the Year award in the 2025 UK Tech Awards!

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Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social · Aug 31

Meanwhile, over on twitter dot com

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Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social · Aug 29

“There’s a lot of big men on campus”

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s turbulent effort to direct the most dramatic reorganisation of Meta’s senior leadership in the group’s 20-year history

on.ft.com/3Jx6Yfz

Zuckerberg’s AI hires disrupt Meta with swift exits and threats to leave

[FREE TO READ] Longtime acolytes are sidelined as Big Tech chief directs biggest leadership reorganisation in two decades

on.ft.com

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Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social · Aug 29

“There’s a lot of big men on campus”

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s turbulent effort to direct the most dramatic reorganisation of Meta’s senior leadership in the group’s 20-year history

on.ft.com/3Jx6Yfz

Zuckerberg’s AI hires disrupt Meta with swift exits and threats to leave

[FREE TO READ] Longtime acolytes are sidelined as Big Tech chief directs biggest leadership reorganisation in two decades

on.ft.com

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Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social · Aug 27

chat, is this real

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Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social · Aug 20

Meta inflated a crucial advertising metric by nearly 20 per cent and deliberately bypassed privacy rules on Apple iPhones in a bid to boost revenues, a former staff member has told an employment tribunal

www.ft.com/content/be6a...

Meta inflated ad performance and bypassed Apple’s privacy rules, tribunal hears

Former product manager alleges social media platform misled marketers in push for revenues

www.ft.com

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Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social · Aug 20

Meta inflated a crucial advertising metric by nearly 20 per cent and deliberately bypassed privacy rules on Apple iPhones in a bid to boost revenues, a former staff member has told an employment tribunal

www.ft.com/content/be6a...

Meta inflated ad performance and bypassed Apple’s privacy rules, tribunal hears

Former product manager alleges social media platform misled marketers in push for revenues

www.ft.com

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Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social · Jul 30

Zuckerberg's aim is to create a start-up-like unit focused on developing superintelligence that is unencumbered by the bureaucracy of his $1.8tn company -but supported by its well-capitalised business

But investors, and even insiders, have little insight into its vision and budget. Will he succeed?

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Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social · Jul 13

Inside the Linda - Elon breakup
-Musk felt Yaccarino wasn't transparent about the company’s status with advertisers & put a gloss on reality
-He wanted her to more quickly restore X to financial health
-Post-DOGE, he started making unilateral decisions that blindsided her

www.ft.com/content/833c...

Linda Yaccarino: Elon Musk’s X deputy who ‘tried to ride the tiger’

Inside the former social media CEO’s tumultuous partnership with the world’s richest man

www.ft.com

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Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social · Jul 13

Inside the Linda - Elon breakup
-Musk felt Yaccarino wasn't transparent about the company’s status with advertisers & put a gloss on reality
-He wanted her to more quickly restore X to financial health
-Post-DOGE, he started making unilateral decisions that blindsided her

www.ft.com/content/833c...

Linda Yaccarino: Elon Musk’s X deputy who ‘tried to ride the tiger’

Inside the former social media CEO’s tumultuous partnership with the world’s richest man

www.ft.com

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Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social · Jun 20

After months of reporting (and even my own attempt at a jiu jitsu class), my FT Magazine cover story on Mark Zuckerberg’s metamorphosis to red-blooded “Maga Mark” is out!

Is this political expediency, a midlife crisis or who Zuck has been all along?

on.ft.com/4nsoktx

How Mark Zuckerberg unleashed his inner brawler

[FREE TO READ] The boss’s transformation shocked liberals at Meta, but his closest allies say this is who he was all along

on.ft.com

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Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social · Jun 20

After months of reporting (and even my own attempt at a jiu jitsu class), my FT Magazine cover story on Mark Zuckerberg’s metamorphosis to red-blooded “Maga Mark” is out!

Is this political expediency, a midlife crisis or who Zuck has been all along?

on.ft.com/4nsoktx

How Mark Zuckerberg unleashed his inner brawler

[FREE TO READ] The boss’s transformation shocked liberals at Meta, but his closest allies say this is who he was all along

on.ft.com

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Jun 5

Steve Bannon is urging Trump to cancel all of Musk's contracts, launch investigations into him, and deport him.

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Dara Kerr @darakerr.bsky.social · Jun 2

For perspective, Perplexity is valued at $15B and Anthropic at $61B.

So, for xAI to be valued at $113B is just...

Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social · Jun 2

FT SCOOP: Elon Musk’s xAI is launching a $300mn share sale that values the group at $113bn - validating the pricetag struck when xAI bought X in March

It comes as the world’s richest man returns from Doge to his business empire and the AI race

on.ft.com/4dGFY85

Elon Musk’s xAI seeks $113bn valuation in $300mn share sale

Deal to allow investors to buy into group following March takeover of X

on.ft.com

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Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social · Jun 2

FT SCOOP: Elon Musk’s xAI is launching a $300mn share sale that values the group at $113bn - validating the pricetag struck when xAI bought X in March

It comes as the world’s richest man returns from Doge to his business empire and the AI race

on.ft.com/4dGFY85

Elon Musk’s xAI seeks $113bn valuation in $300mn share sale

Deal to allow investors to buy into group following March takeover of X

on.ft.com

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Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social · May 22

SCOOP: Telegram had a bumper 2024, booking over half a billion dollars in profit after a lossmaking 2023

The app has told investors that the French investigation could be a barrier to an IPO but that it could be resolved this year, as it launches a $1.5bn bond offering

www.ft.com/content/a8b4...

Telegram jumps to $540mn profit despite founder facing legal peril

Messaging app’s finances are booming even as chief Pavel Durov fights French case over alleged content failings

www.ft.com

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Joe Miller @joemillerjr.ft.com · May 15

I started reading this thinking it was about users who *asked* about race and South Africa getting bogus responses. But no, Grok is - ASTONISHINGLY - providing responses on the topic to users who have asked entirely unrelated questions. WILD.

By @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social and Cristina Criddle

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot shared ‘white genocide’ tropes on X

Grok answered users’ queries on completely unrelated matters with responses about South African race relations

www.ft.com

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Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social · May 1

About a month ago, Tesla board members reached out to executive search firms to formally find a new CEO to replace Elon Musk, per WSJ

They also told him to spend more time at the company & he said he would. unclear if the succession planning is ongoing or not

👀

www.wsj.com/business/aut...?

Exclusive | Tesla Board Opened Search for a CEO to Succeed Elon Musk

With profits and the stock price sinking, board members told Musk he needed to spend more time at the company.

www.wsj.com

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Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social · Apr 29

AI optimisation/visibility is the new SEO…

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Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social · Apr 29

Advertising groups and tech start-ups are racing to find ways to help brands boost their likelihood of surfacing in results from AI chatbots, marking a new era of 'SEO'

FT story w Cristina Criddle:
on.ft.com/4iAVZxr

Brands target AI chatbots as users switch from Google search

[FREE TO READ] Ad agencies adopt new strategies to ensure clients appear in results produced by OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude

on.ft.com

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Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social · Apr 1

FT SCOOP: US venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz is in talks to invest in TikTok as part of an effort led by Trump to wrest control of the popular video app from its Chinese owners

on.ft.com/4iXce94

w @antoinegara.bsky.social @ivanlevingston.bsky.social & @georgehammond.bsky.social

Andreessen Horowitz in talks to help buy out TikTok’s Chinese owners

[FREE TO READ] Venture capital group could join last-gasp bid by allies of Donald Trump to take control of video app owned by ByteDance

on.ft.com

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Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social · Mar 16

It’s not every day your best friend gets nominated for an Emmy for producing a beautiful show about young queer love - and you get to tag along to the awards ceremony. But yesterday was that day!

Very proud of Paddy. And if you haven’t already, go watch Heartstopper on Netflix 💕

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Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social · Mar 12

Merci John!

Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social · Mar 12

thank you!! 🙏

Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social · Mar 12

Delighted to have won a SABEW @sabew.bsky.social Best in Business award in the Technology division for @financialtimes.com coverage of Telegram & Pavel Durov!

Just beaming 🙌

You can read my interview with Pavel just months before his arrest here: on.ft.com/4ijv9dI

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