cfo and coo anthony noto is next. plus, apple earnings after the bell.ompany and nothing sold fewer iphones than expected as customers wait for updated models. headlines,toring the apple stock continuing to edge lower. ♪ alisa: i'm alisa parenti in washington, and you are watching "bloomberg technology." let's start with a check of first word news. president vladimir putin is once again denying moscow to in the u.s. presidential election. he spoke at a joint news conference today with german chancellor angela merkel. vladimir putin called the accusations rumors. the u.s. says it has evidence russia was behind the hacking.meantime, angela merkel told vladimir putin that eu sanctions will remain in place. the reason -- lack of progress in settling the conflict in ukraine. they met in sochi, the russian resort on the black sea. the white house says president trump and president putin spoke by phone today. the call is being described as a very good one, and that terrorism, north korea, and syria were among the topics covered. officials say both leaders agree

i spoke with coo and cfo anthony noto about the deals.sten. >> we started our live experience in the fall 2016. we had two quarters of great success. on the back of the earnings on the back of 2017, we decided to go all in and push hard with partners to take live streaming content to the next level across sports, news, and entertainment. we will build on the 800 hours within q1. it is aggregating a large army -- audience. we are seeing great activity with the conversation on twitter. live it makes us better, faster, gives us more comprehensive selection, drives discussion, and we can personalize it for the individual. we know their interests based on who they follow. it is perfect for twitter and we are delivering a unique experience. i think these 16 deals are real testament to the success we have with this product great quality , video, and the conversation on twitter about that event. emily: let's talk about the video ad strategy. what are the biggest growth opportunities and how do you scale? >> it starts with the audience. what does

our extended interview with twitter ceo and interim cfo anthony noto, next.lus, microsoft officially launches its laptop to battle google for classroom supremacy. we will discuss that later this hour. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: a spacex falcon nine rocket successfully launched this monday, carrying a classified payload for the u.s. military. as with previous lodges, the -- as with previous spacex launches, the rocket booster landed back on earth. they first accomplished this feat in december, 2015. landing, refurbishing, and using rockets is a key to the company's long-term vision. twitter wants to be the place to go for all your live video needs. on monday, the social media company announced it will be expanding its livestream import folio with new partnerships. bloomberg news is among their partners. we spoke with anthony noto and asked about the work that has gone into making these deals happen. >> we have had two quarters of great success, and on the back of what we delivered in the first quarter of 2017, we decided we will go all in, and push really har

off with that notion of eliminating the press briefings, after president trump tweeted that, ceo anthony noto replied, may i suggest questions and submitted and answered via twitter. a perfect record and we distribute to the world not just those with tv. chris sacca tweets enabling lying de spots in their relentless attempts to subvert democracy are not your best look. don't case maus to the dark side. >> the president loves twitter, could this be the new white house platform? what could that mean for the company and for the stock? grasso? >> the stock is up 14% year-to-date. i'm still a 408der of it. ness a lot less than what i used to hold in the stock. i don't know. this is good for the day-to-day popping and drops of the stock. but this is not going to save it and i don't know if anything other than a buyout of twitter does ultimately save it. the buyout, if you remember, we were discussing that, it was a mid-20s stock. so you are playing there stock for 7 points to the upside. >> he sounds very pessimistic, if he will hold twitter for so long. >> i'm disgruntled. >> i actually think they

this is anthony noto's greatest deal. anthony noto, the coo of twitter.doesn't potus help you? he won't go there. i like he doesn't go there because one day if he -- if donald trump decides not to tweet you have an nfl deal. i think twitter's doing quite well versus snap. >> versus. >> really? >> yes. snap how are they going to get the billion that everyone thought. >> billion in revenues. >> everyone thought -- >> they'll get there, maybe not as soon. >> i thought this year they would get there. i thought they had it in the pipe. you know what, the idea of being short snap, long twitter was like in people's ears yesterday. >> yeah. twitter has had a little bit of a psychic rebound. >> yes, it does. >> you know? >> we have -- >> seemed to be more positive. >> we have more user growth for the first time in a long time. all the live video. >> yes. i think that -- you have got to stay -- i have to have it as my home page right now. if the president does cancel all future press briefings and does it all through twitter that's difficult not to have that focal

that was the genesis of my conversation with anthony noto, coo and cfo of twitter right now.hey are looking for a new cfo. one of 16 deals that they announced today, live video streaming deals to bring more video content to twitter. they announced it deals in sports, news, and entertainment. it not only would bring more users to twitter but that users can engage and tweet about it it really is. the development of a new vision for this company. and he said, twitter has a lot of work to do, especially when it comes to revenue. last quarter was the first quarter that revenue growth dropped year-over-year. it dropped 8%. i asked anthony when he saw the turning back around.take a listen . as we sit in the earnings call, we don't have visibility. i'm seeing revenue trend improve. that's based on a number of factors. we need advertisers to recognize the significant increase in r.o.i..and some attractive now than six months ago . our prices are down 60%. reporter: at the same time, twitter added 9 million new users last quarter. that was a surprise to wall street. something they are

julie: that was twitter cfo anthony noto with emily chang.ld's top investors, executives and financial policymakers spoke with bloomberg television at the milken institute to global conference in beverly hills this week, including leaders of the trump administration's economic team. let's begin with treasury secretary steve mnuchin. in an interview, he confirmed the u.s. is thinking about issuing ultra long-term bonds to fund infrastructure programs. steve mnuchin: we are studying ultralong bonds, yes. that is something we are considering at treasury. we have a working group looking at it. we think it is something that could absolutely make sense for us at treasury. on the infrastructure side, the president is determined that we make a major investment. >> there is are a huge part of the infrastructure that needs to be rebuilt, and we will do that are different ways. public private partnerships and financing so we don't balloon the budget by $1 trillion. >> do you think fundamentally governments look at infrastructure in the wrong way? every

i spoke to the twitter cto and coo last night, anthony noto. >> we think we have significant better valuement that they're makening on our platform. we have to continue to educate them on that and this new inventory will be within way for us to garner greater attention from them and hopefully better allocation of budgets. >> the partnerships spanned the news entertainment including live wnba games and live coverage of the pga tour t. verge and buzz feed are watching live news show. there is a new intertanew enter culture show. >> the areas on twitter are the most active with the most discussion. we are simply brigg onto the platform the live video of those events they are talking about. for example, our deal with via com brings on red carpets for award shows we know our audience already cares about. >> in the first quarter, twitter aired about 800 hours of live content with 55% of viewers under the age of 25. twitter's revenue is lagging user growth and no to won't say when that will change. >> thank you, very much, judgmentia. >>> twitter has been on content or maybe mark cuban is right,

david: that was anthony noto.ng about the fact that their traffic is up a twitter, but they are not getting the credit they deserve from advertisers. he thinks that is still to come. we will hear about his role as cfo. anthony: i love working with jack and the rest of the team. we approach running the company as a team that is focused on specific priorities and we divide in conquer. of the day, we divide up the priorities and what's most important to accomplish. i wouldn't want to work with anyone else. jack, he is an inspiration. he had no reversals and no script and just delivered hearted soul of what twitter is. i live in paris every day to help that vision come to life and that's what is made twitter so special. he could not be a better partner. workinghat is it like with a guy who is ceo of another company? anthony: is there for 100% of the decisions. he has insights and license to make decisions none of us could ever make it it's a powerful relationship to have with the company. i think it makes us better in