Mike Murphy
@mmmmurf.bsky.social
Editor at MarketWatch, streaming columnist, San Francisco native, Giants fan, burrito enthusiast. Yes, that's a banana slug in my profile pic.
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Bloomberg's annual jealousy list is out! All the scoops and stories we wish we'd broken and written from our journalistic comrades, both independent and at rival publications: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
The Stories We Most Admired in 2025: Businessweek’s Jealousy List
The stories we admired most this year.
www.bloomberg.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Bloomberg's annual jealousy list is out! All the scoops and stories we wish we'd broken and written from our journalistic comrades, both independent and at rival publications: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
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#Brockmire — which stars Hank Azaria as a disgraced MLB announcer mounting a comeback in the minors, and a never-better Amanda Peet as the team owner he falls for — is now streaming on Netflix.
Four seasons aired on IFC. You probably never heard of it.
Watch and thank me later.
Four seasons aired on IFC. You probably never heard of it.
Watch and thank me later.
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM
#Brockmire — which stars Hank Azaria as a disgraced MLB announcer mounting a comeback in the minors, and a never-better Amanda Peet as the team owner he falls for — is now streaming on Netflix.
Four seasons aired on IFC. You probably never heard of it.
Watch and thank me later.
Four seasons aired on IFC. You probably never heard of it.
Watch and thank me later.
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Big updates coming for Clipper, the Bay Area’s transit agency payment system….here‘s how to get signed up.
www.kqed.org/news/1206571...
www.kqed.org/news/1206571...
Clipper Cards Are Getting a Major Upgrade, With Big Perks for Riders | KQED
Next generation Clipper, or Clipper 2.0, rolls out Dec. 10 with improved features like discounted transfers and instant fund availability. Here’s how to get set up.
www.kqed.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Seriously everything, EVERYTHING about the RFK/Nuzzi/LIzza moment is an argument for a newsroom where you pitch stories in front of each other and editors who shield you from your own worst impulses.
November 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Seriously everything, EVERYTHING about the RFK/Nuzzi/LIzza moment is an argument for a newsroom where you pitch stories in front of each other and editors who shield you from your own worst impulses.
No.
To HELI-D, the sky is a new visual frontier for brands and political candidates.
'Unignorable' flying billboards are slated to come to California
To HELI-D, the sky is a new visual frontier for brands and political candidates.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
No.
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Apple TV: your one-stop shop for prestige TV shows that are extended metaphors for working for Apple
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Apple TV: your one-stop shop for prestige TV shows that are extended metaphors for working for Apple
Cool to see the High Horse in the opening scene of "A Man on the Inside" S2. It's a cool looking bar!
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Cool to see the High Horse in the opening scene of "A Man on the Inside" S2. It's a cool looking bar!
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#SJSharks Macklin Celebrini is 3rd teenager to record 30 points in his team's first 20 games of a season. Others:
Wayne Gretzky 31 in 1980-81
Sidney Crosby 30 in 2006-07
Wayne Gretzky 31 in 1980-81
Sidney Crosby 30 in 2006-07
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 AM
#SJSharks Macklin Celebrini is 3rd teenager to record 30 points in his team's first 20 games of a season. Others:
Wayne Gretzky 31 in 1980-81
Sidney Crosby 30 in 2006-07
Wayne Gretzky 31 in 1980-81
Sidney Crosby 30 in 2006-07
I thought expanding the World Cup to 48 teams was stupid and a craven money grab, but damn.... Haiti, Curacao, Cape Verde, maybe Faroe Islands -- that's sport at its best, love to see it.
HAITI ARE INTO THEIR FIRST WORLD CUP IN HALF A CENTURY ❤️
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I thought expanding the World Cup to 48 teams was stupid and a craven money grab, but damn.... Haiti, Curacao, Cape Verde, maybe Faroe Islands -- that's sport at its best, love to see it.
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Also, btw, for anyone who said Mountainhead was too unrealistic... um... this is straight out of Mountainhead.
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Also, btw, for anyone who said Mountainhead was too unrealistic... um... this is straight out of Mountainhead.
So horrible
Laney College shooting: Coach from Netflix’s ‘Last Chance U’ shot on Oakland campus
John Beam, Laney College’s athletic director and a longtime football coach featured on Netflix, was shot on the Oakland campus, according to officials and a person familiar with the matter.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:57 AM
So horrible
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Rian Johnson and his producers have hit the town in search of a new distributor now that ‘Poker Face’ is canceled. The twist? Lyonne’s out, and Peter Dinklage is in as the new Charlie Cale.
Poker Face Is Over As We Know It
Rian Johnson and his producers have hit the town in search of a new distributor now that ‘Poker Face’ is canceled. The twist? Lyonne’s out, and Peter Dinklage is in as the new Charlie Cale.
www.vulture.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Rian Johnson and his producers have hit the town in search of a new distributor now that ‘Poker Face’ is canceled. The twist? Lyonne’s out, and Peter Dinklage is in as the new Charlie Cale.
“I have been on strike for a third of my professional life,” said Erin Hebert, a 32-year-old copy editor at the Post-Gazette. “But I believe in journalism, and I think we will win.”
The longest strike in America is by a union at a newspaper. Is it about to end?
“I don’t have that much fight left in me:” Most of the journalists at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have left, but those still on strike welcome an end to the ordeal.
www.marketwatch.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“I have been on strike for a third of my professional life,” said Erin Hebert, a 32-year-old copy editor at the Post-Gazette. “But I believe in journalism, and I think we will win.”
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“Mad Men” will stream on HBO Max starting Dec. 1, in 4K for the first time - and roughly 23 years after HBO passed on developing the show. (It’s currently only on AMC+ in the U.S.)
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“Mad Men” will stream on HBO Max starting Dec. 1, in 4K for the first time - and roughly 23 years after HBO passed on developing the show. (It’s currently only on AMC+ in the U.S.)
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Heads up: Paramount says it will be hiking subscription fees for P+ in the US early next year. Last price hike was summer 2024. If you're someone who watches a lot of P+ keep your eyes out for holiday sales on annual plans if you wanna lock in current rates a bit longer.
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Heads up: Paramount says it will be hiking subscription fees for P+ in the US early next year. Last price hike was summer 2024. If you're someone who watches a lot of P+ keep your eyes out for holiday sales on annual plans if you wanna lock in current rates a bit longer.
Jfc Pluribus is spectacular
November 7, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Jfc Pluribus is spectacular
Second game of back-to-backs should be half price for fans.
Warriors starters at Kings tonight
Brandin Podziemski
Will Richard
Moses Moody
Jonathan Kuminga
Quinten Post
Brandin Podziemski
Will Richard
Moses Moody
Jonathan Kuminga
Quinten Post
November 6, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Second game of back-to-backs should be half price for fans.
I don't miss ABC or ESPN but I just realized I can't watch The Lowdown finale tonight on FX because of the Disney-YouTube TV idiocy and now I'm kinda pissed.
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I don't miss ABC or ESPN but I just realized I can't watch The Lowdown finale tonight on FX because of the Disney-YouTube TV idiocy and now I'm kinda pissed.
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This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers
We are honored to receive the @rooseveltinstitute.org's 2025 Four Freedoms Award for Freedom of Speech and Expression, and to be among a stellar class of laureates including @wck.org, @cvt.org, and more. Details: tnvge.co/ZMIUg7v
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers
My latest streaming column: Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ kicks off its final season, ‘Pluribus’ is revealed on Apple, ‘Landman’ returns to Paramount+ and much more.
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Here’s what’s worth streaming in November 2025 on Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max and more
Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ kicks off its final season, ‘Pluribus’ is revealed on Apple, and ‘Landman’ returns to Paramount+
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October 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
My latest streaming column: Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ kicks off its final season, ‘Pluribus’ is revealed on Apple, ‘Landman’ returns to Paramount+ and much more.
www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-...
www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-...