. >> aol early. >> sold early. priceline, many other things and started espn what's now espn.com, sold that to disney. so many successes along the way. but, you know, if you invest during the internet bubble, you know, a bubble is a bubble so everyone is going to get, you know -- going to have some painful experiences during a bubble, too. so i tried to do many -- many different things and had some great successes and some signature failures. so -- and they're -- i think there's pretty much, the big one, the big bad ones and the big ones. >> and by the way, what would you consider the biggest successes investment wise, dreamworks? would you consider that part -- >> no. hollywood is -- i mean, the hollywood mentality -- microsoft, just to give you an example, microsoft, if we made a mistake or missed a trend or whenever i was there we would flagellate ourselves, how did we miss that and how do we catch up and hollywood, you say -- this movie, it's not that great and it's horrible. no, we got another movie coming out

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

use the online services aol is going to do great. i thought, it's doing great, but microsoft says they are going to crush aol. they be time to sell. >> so i've had. investing with the oil and gas. pure comment. investing. i see some cards -- >> there've been picked up. >> last year you fired in brief filed the lawsuit and the entire and then not. >> it was that brought. yahoo!, facebook, google, aol, ebay. am i missing somebody clicks for copyright infringement. for patent, yes, yes. so why did she do that? >> i can't talk about the details of the lawsuit. it's gotten a lot of notice. i do research company here in the valley years ago called in a full research that might actually be people here from interval. it's not around anymore, but it was a wonderful experience, but in terms of companies that came directly, very, very modest but created some interesting i.t. this litigation you mentioned and again, i think as tensions become about two well-known individuals, everybody knows that every other big, you know, how hound as far as i

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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

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

the old aol wall guard p, the microsoft network service, we could go on and on about closed, not accessinghe internet spaces, and tell me companies that have done that successfully, and then tell me about google, amazon, yahoo, facebook, twitter, and i mean, at some point the economics prove that you're operating at your apparel to tell your customers they can't go where they want to on the internet. less are inclined to do that type of thing. >> host: it's the hearing for higher end users paying more. mr. jon leibowitz is surprised it has not taken off more. is that a decision on price hearing or a decision to come from washington? >> guest: i think it'll be a market place decision. the ftc that explicitly in net neutrality, that kind of caring, it was okay, even went so far to say it's the only fair way to manage the network, and we should say something about that. when we say "fairness," you know, in a shared network in my neighborhood, the vast majority of my neighbors get e-mail and surf web pages. if one of the neighbors is running a music server because they love music and have 9,00

it's a major center, as you know, for cnn and aol and discovery and npr.g media cluster. it's also government spending and bio tech and homeland securities. this is a really interesting statistic for folks listening in today. when they did an analysis, they compared all the metros in the country on their income levels but divided that by cost of living. new york was near the bottom of the list. only california and texas was lower. d.c. was second for the top. one of the things d.c. offers is a high income. it has one of the highest income levels, 80,000 high income levels, but it gives you great level for the dollar. it was the second best place to live for cost of living. i think all those factors make it a very interesting place and why people are moving there in droves. >> one of the places people would like to live it miami beach. that place has taken a big, big hit in housing prices, but you pointed out in a blog it's made a lot of headway digging themselves out that far mess. what did they do to stimulate the economy and improve things? >> something

it's a major center, as you know, for cnn and aol and discovery.t's also government spending and biotech and in homeland security's help. this is a really interesting statistic for folks listening in today, watching today. "u.s. news & world report" did an analysis. new york was near the bottom of the list, only mcallen texas was lower. l.a. was low, miami. d.c. was second for the top. one of the things that d.c. offers is a high income. it has one of the highest income levels, $85,000 household income. but when you add in cost of livi living, it gives you great value for the dollar. it was the second best place to live conditioned by cost of living. those factors make it a very interesting place and why people are moving there in droves. >> one of the place that is a lot of people would like to live is an miami beach. that's a place that's taken a big hit in housing prices. but it's made great headway digging themselves out of that mess. what have they done to stimulate the economy rand improve things? >> one of the things we found is places that

he's been chatting online in an aol chat room with a boy posing as a 14-year-old.takes him less than seven minutes to ask the boy if he wants oral sex. the decoy says okay, cool. and a few hours later, he's walking into our living room. >> i'm finishing. hang out, okay? >> yes, sir. >> so you're pumped too, huh? >> yeah. >> reporter: so what were you so pumped for? >> oh, not too much. >> why don't you have a seat right on the stool there. what you doing here? >> he invited me over. >> reporter: who is he? >> tony. >> tony. and how old is tony? >> 14. >> reporter: what was your plan here with this 14-year-old boy? >> i mean we talked about sex and stuff like that. >> reporter: you sure did. >> yeah, i mean i'm not going to lie to you. i got two kids of my own. we can hang out. >> and how old are your kids? >> my son is 19 and my daughter's 15. >> so your daughter is one year older than the boy you were coming to visit tonight. >> uh-huh, uh-huh. >> reporter: how would you feel if your daughter at the age of 15 was home alone and a man came to visit her? >> honestly

i don't think tre's a subject of more importance to anne w assumes aol of leadership than history. >> ros history. >> it's essential. i think that all of our political... ambitious political people ought to be required to take a basic history course. a test the way you would to get into the ste department. >> rose: and you want it to be not just american history but the history around the world. >> world history. >> rose: you want to have a real sense of... >> cause and effect. >> rose: cause and effect. >> about responsibility. it's about... >> rose: action and reaction. >> exactly. but mostly it's aut human beings, human nature. george marshall was asked after he became... was secretary of state after truman appointed him secretary of state... >> rose: having been in charge of the army during world war ii. >> yes. and he was asked if he'd had a good education at the virginia military institute. he said "no, i didn't." they said "why not, sir?" he said "we hadno history. and his point was that leaders have to understand history. and it's not coincidental, i don't think, that our exce

his consultants are dropping faster than anthony wiener's and sent aol chat room.laughter] speaking of candidates, a little birdie told me that you are all looking for someone to challenge me in 2012. [applause] really? how's that going for you? ok. let's see -- you have your front runner, and mitt romney. -- he might wrong make a great president along with his first lady, second lady, third lady [boo] that tim unfortunate pawlenti could not make it here but cut him some slack. he is having his foot surgically removed from his mouth. don't worry, luckily for him, it is covered under obamneycare. [laughter] the along with the final transplants. [boo] come on. john king served him of a softball softer than bernie king's backside. because of him, people are asking me when will explain the details of my health care plan. i have three words for you -- so am i.. [laughter] now the donald -- remember him? he chose not to run as a republican but he is now threatening to run as an independent. the only thing running independent of donald trump is his hair. [laughter] we've

gambling, and google will accumulate that and surely you know about the incidents a few years ago where aol published search traces, supposedly anonymously, and some woman in connecticut was fingered right down to her social security number. and given the wikileaks debacle which is gripping the politics of the middle east, the preservation of security of these traces the going to go away the first time some critical need says you have to release that or some julian assange to pay -- >> so a couple things to remember about this very case. now, everything we do in the electronic environment is traceable by somebody, and google may actually be low on the list of potential problems here. and i say that because, first of all, google has done what it could do under our laws to keep federal investigators away from fishing expeditions in their data. unfortunately, for us and for google our laws are on the side of the government, right? so that's the problem with our government and not for google. and i think this is a really important part of this, right? we've become so dependent on companies beha

his consultants are dropping faster than anthony wiener's pants in an aol chatroom.>> speaking of candidates, a little birdie told me you are looking for someone to challenge me in 2012. really? how's that going for you? ok. well, let's see. you have your front runner, mitt romney. now, do not get me wrong. he might make a great president, along with his first lady, second lady, third lady. [laughter] >> now, it is unfortunate that tim pawlenty could not make it here, but cut him some slack. he is having his foot surgically removed from his mouth. do not worry. luckily for him, it is covered under obamaney-care, that along with spinal transplants. >> come on. john king served him up a ball softer than barney frank's backside. now, because of him, people are asking me when i will explain the details of my health care plan, and i have three words for you -- so am i.. now, the donald. remember him? he is threatening to run as an independent, but the only thing running independent of donald trump is his hair. [laughter] >> now we have michele bachmann to . [applause] >>

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