thanetter to talk to us bob pittman. thanks for joining. no problem. ery: i have no problem with the survey. talk to us about the survey and what else you found out. mr. pittman: what we really are is companionship, 25% of our stations don't play music, 75% do. but we all build a relationship with the consumer is if we are their best friends, writing to work with them, talking to them while they are getting ready to go to work. talking to the network. i think that comes through route -- loud and clear in this trust. we are almost twice as trustworthy as cable tv, sorry, we are two times more trustworthy than social media, i think in the headlines is probably no surprise these days. people that0% of radio lines of their core values i think that's a reflection of the fact that those personalities on the air and stations we build our all about holding this warm, trusting relationship with against tumor and probably it doesn't hurt that they are regular and by the government so you can be assured that we have some pretty high standards of what goes on the a

plus we catch up with bob , pittman, the ceo of heart radio about the future of advertising on radio.ly: tencent is creating its own digital assistant. the company will soon introduce a virtual assistant that will link to several of tencent's services. assistants fight for dominance in the united states but they remain largely nonexistent in china. it is unclear when it will be rolled out. back to this week's consumer electronics show in las vegas. last month, i heard media and pure channel finalized their long anticipated divorce. clear channel spun out. the goal for i heart media is to emerge as a leader company that can capitalize on its dominance in radio broadcasting, and as a potential target for a potential buyer. bonnie klinge caught up with bob pittman test about the health of quinnmpany -- vonnie caught up with bob pittman to talk about the health of this company. >> there are two aspects to it on one of them does not have to do with bankruptcy. splitting the outdoor company from the i heart media segment which is primarily audio. it allows us to serve companies -- align the

when he was trying to take over hippie kids at mtv friended him, including bob pittman and tom prestonnd smuggled him inside the building and said, this is mtv. he fell in love with the energy and really believed in the promise. wasould see that this thing just going to be like a rocket ship. as he was the head of the company, after he ended up taking over, he really believed had at business and yet hands-off approach, let his people run without too much micromanaging. people who work for him, as strange as it might sound with all the firings, said he was a pleasure to work for from a business perspective. brian: how long did you spend writing this book? keach: about two years. brian: what is the impact of money? on this whole group of people you write about. keach: i think it is corrosive and sad, honestly. ruth anne is the best example. she watched her father be pushed out of the family business. she watched her father and grandfather and uncle fighting about money. she said, this is disgusting. i'm going to give all of my money to this cult. full, itate in the been nothing but fight

and we catch up with bob pittman, the ceo of heart radio and the future of advertising on radio. ♪ emilyt is creating its own digital assistant. it will soon introduce a virtual that will participate in several tencent services. fight for dominance in the united states but they remain largely nonexistent in china. it is unclear when it will be rolled out. back to this week's consumer las vegas. show in they finalized their long anticipated divorce. the goal before i heart media is to emerge as a leader company that can capitalize on its dominance in radio broadcasting and as a potential target for a potential buyer. we asked about the health of the company. >> there are two aspects to it on one of them does not have to do with bankruptcy. splitting the outdoor company from the i heart media segment which is primarily audio. companiesus to serve better for investors. the investors that really love outdoor are not necessarily those that love audio and vice a versa. we now have some pure plays for them. from an operating standpoint i think we have done remarkably well even with the high deb

emily: bob pittman.ontinuing topic of discussion, while we're still more than a year away from a fully functioning 5-g network, verizon is working to pop up its speed to differentiate itself from others. we caught up with the verizon c.e.o. hans vestberg. >> we had to pair off for doing the five year old. our first use case of 5-g. we did that in four states only n the beginning. they are having and we're are guessing that the performance as expected. we're happy with that. as soon as we get the next generational equipment, basically the home routers, we'll continue the rollout of the 5-g home. we're very happy with outcome so far. >> eventually this will go nationalize as well. stap back for a moment and give us for end users, what does that mean for their existing experience versus new service that is they'll be able to tap? >> i think that we need to realize that 4-g to 5-g is a quantum leap when it comes to speed. many of the capacity of 5-g with capable for industries. if you are the consumer you'll