aol bought the huffington opposed. in the middle east, we saw how citizen journalists are reporting on the uprisings, and in papers like the "san francisco chronicle" are finding ways to collaborate with groups like spj's journalist of the year in northern california. his last three of this year's winners were new or nonprofit media, a ratio that would have been unthinkable just a decade ago when newspapers and large tv stations dominated the news media. to be sure, most of the hard work is still ahead of us. few new start-ups turn a profit. many community newsrooms' still rely on volunteer labor, and broader economic issues. we want to encourage the members of our audience here at the public library to drive this discussion. this is your chance to ask these experts what is happening to the news that you depend on to make your day to day decisions. our conversation tonight will include five elements -- we will talk about the quality of reporting available to the public and move on to what is being done to create sustai

are above us and then aol and then us. so we're pretty big. >> is that all ask.com or is that including dictionary.com? >> not even including diction y dictionary. just ask.com and the ask.com sites. we have various ways that we reach consumers, through our direct navigation to our site and through tool bars that we use. but when you get to an ask.com site, you're part of 90 million people a month that are coming to us. >> how do you get the tool bars out there? do you have deals with the browsers? >> we do. we have deals with a whole bunch of different types of downloadable applications. so one way that these innovators that really are coming up with new types of technology to put onto your computer get paid for that because oftentimes it is free, but bundling it into a tool bar that ask provides. >> what percentage comes from tool bars? tool bars, i think computers get more sophisticated or we move to ipads is going to be less and less dependable as far as driving viewership. >> that's right. what we're really focusing o

. >>> aol is taking a step to become more competitive in the field of video chat. service alled av. users get a link and then they can send it to as many as three friends that can all hook up. aol says it doesn't plan to make any money at least for now. >>> sprint is offering new customers up to $175 in credits if they switch from another wireless carrier. customers that buy a smart phone qualify for a $125 credit and individuals that buy a lower end phone gets a $75 credit. sprint says that a two-year contract is required. >>> let's check in on the numbers right flow. live look at the big board. numbers are down. not as much as analysts worried about. it's mostly because of gas prices. no big surprise. the dow jones down about 23 points. >>> time now 6:52. sfo raised security concerns all over the country. in a couple hours from now a man accused of trying to storm a cockpit will go back to court. >>> and disappointment in santa cruz county as american idol favorite james durbin is sent packing. what this all means for the celebration the city has planned in his h

it took a toll on time warner while aol blamed dwindling revenue for its lackluster report.ising costs put a strain akellogg's bottom line while ralcorp rebuffed con agra's sweetened takeover deal for a second time. bailed-out lender freddie mac posted its first quarterly gain in two years and is not asking for more federal aid. apple says a new update will reduce the time your iphone stores location data from one year to one week. this after the phone's tracking device was sending info back to apple. news corp missed earnings estimates while whole foods weighed in with its strongest results in five years. >>> finally, one runaway bride in italy may have to pay a hefty price for her happiness with another man. the guy she left at the altar is suing her for nearly three quarters of a million dollars. >>> coming up, the mvp leads back the bulls. the lakers stumble again at home. >>> and another sudden-death winner this time for the sharks. >>> plus, lightning strikes the washington capitals and sends them packing. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> and

on the earnings front a lackluster first quarter blockbuster took a toll on time warner while aol blameddling revenue for its lackluster report. >>> rising costs put a strain on kellogg's and ralcorp rebuffed gra's sweetened dell for a second time. >>> fannie mae posted first quarterly gain in two years and is not asking for more federal aid. >>> apple says a new update will reduce the time your iphone stores location data from one year to one week. this after criticism that the phone's tracking device was sending info back to apple. >>> after the bell, news corp. missed the street's earning estimates while whole foods weighed in with its strongest results in five years. >>> and finally, one runaway bride in italy may have to pay a hefty price for her happiness with another man. the guy she left at the altar is suing her for nearly three-quarters of a million dollars. >>> the mvp leads back the bulls, the lakers stumble at home and another sudden death winner, this time for the sharks. >>> lightning strikes the washington capitals and sends them packing. your first look at sports is stra

in some way and with ail -- aol in another way. you need the types of connections with more established or at least larger players in order to survive. the other reason is that the proliferation of sites has caused a change in the way people get their news. no longer do they just go to what we call destination sites, which was essentially a newspaper online. they are getting their news on facebook and google and bing and search engines. to be out there in that news sphere, you have to have different ways of attacking a and having connections and distribution arrangements. >> i would like to add that proliferation of new sites creates more demand for content, which creates more opportunity for professional writers. before you think about going into news as a business as an independent publisher, you have to think about what the need is, if there is a need in that particular space for another site, and then how you distinguish yourself and the content you provide. i wanted to go back to the question about the funding investments in j

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he is editor-in-chief of patch.com, a division of aol that provides news to specific communities. very local. after him, we have the managing director for local news at yahoo.com, guiding the company's local coverage nationwide. last but not least is the senator who represents san francisco and san mateo counties, and he is the recipient of spj's freedom of information award in 2010. that is our panel. back to you, rose. >> before we start, i want to get a sense of who we have in the audience. how many of you currently work in the media? lots. how many of you used to work in the media? how many of you want to work in the media? ok, good. that will give us a sense of who we are talking with. great. every friday, we have a media roundtable and invite international, alternative, and mainstream journalists to talk about coverage of the week's news. we believe it is important to highlight good journalism because so much of it gets passed over. we think it is also important to start off on a positive no. with that, i want to start off on a positive note tonight. i worked with very. we w

quarterly earnings for aol and time warner.all street is looking at a latest readings for the service sector. we have a few private payroll jobs that and added and expected for the month of april we are also waiting for the government report on oil supplies. we are reporting that they negotiated development for portugal and wal-mart will invest $75 million to operate in close brazil. we're looking at an assembly bill but will predict the district of millions of dollars in fines. the state is facing its first legislative court today. mary swanson would forgive about $20 million in fines from when the oakland school district was under control in 2009. the bill goes through today. >>darya: there is a unanimous approval of a budget for 2011 fiscal year. it approved $70 million in cuts. the cuts come on top of $250 million that the county has cut from the budget over the past three years. the new pact requires the elimination of 138 positions. let us look at some of those. 42 positions cut from the probation department. 28 from the