cory johnson is with us.he ceo and executive producer of the game was your idea to include kim in the game. tell us about how special this game has been? it is been number one in the apple store. you have made millions of dollars on it. give us the numbers. >> it is probably going to be our biggest game of the year. gluu puts out dozens of games a year. our our biggest ever and best reviewed game at the moment she has been as high as number three and the u.s. apple store and it is consistently in the top five especially the first game in a year that has been this high as an entry. >> it is hard to knock out other games. it was your idea to get her involved. how involved has she been? >> about 18 months ago, i went down to hollywood and did three or four hardships. "terminator" and "james bond.' kim was part of the partnerships. the idea was to take a gaming engine which will launch before and we knew it monetize and add her branding to it. she really got to the ideal quite quickly and jumped on board. she has

earlier i spoke to cory johnson and paul kedrosky. started by asking paul whether the move could really hurt amazon that much. >> i think it is wacky. it makes so little sense that i have to assume it is about something other than what it seems. my analogy, imagine if tower records had done the same thing back in the dying days of cds. in the age of digital delivery they said, we will find a way to quickly get cds to your house. does this mean now you promise not to buy things off itunes? it doesn't change anything. there is an alternative, having them delivered digitally. i don't have to wait for four hours later. if i want a book, i can have it right now. i assume this is using the barnes & noble shrinking balance sheet to help google run an experiment that will ultimately have nothing to do with them. >> i have compared them. amazon has almost everything that barnes & noble has but at a cheaper price. more vendors, more things to choose from. how do you compete with that? >> that has been the problem for barnes & noble for quite a

cory johnson spoke with the ceo.at the trends are in the travel industry. >> we are seeing a couple of trends. one is the globalization of travel really favors expedia because we operate in 50 different countries right now. we are expanding internationally very quickly. we are giving our suppliers the ability to market themselves not only in their home markets but also in their international markets. we made big investments in technology and those are paying off. last quarter we grew bookings 29% on the year on a basis. this is on a big pile of bookings already. you touched on before, this is the mobile revolution. more consumers are going mobile and cross device. this plays into the investments in technology we have made. >> one of the things you talk about is international. one of the trends i have read about is unlike here in the u.s. where we have so many hotel chains, you don't have those internationally. a lot of the independently run hotels are just now getting online and providing opportunities for expedia. >

i am cory johnson, in for emily chang. president obama sending attorney general eric holder to ferguson, missouri. >> now's the time for healing. now is the time for peace and calm on the streets of ferguson. now is the time for an open and transparent process to see that justice is done. >> the president urged calm in the st. louis suburbs. live tweeting and youtube videos and small streams, tech is playing a major role in the demands for justice and peace. and a c.e.o. is leading the charge in every way. >> to our lead story, as violent protests rock the streets, technology is everywhere. many demonstrators protesting the shooting of michael brown and organizing their marches through facebook and giving the people instant details on what is happening on the ground through #ferguson. one of those is a native of st. louis and he has been posting tweets about what is going on. let's bring in the c.e.o. who is in new york via skype. and max, let me start with you, the role is very interesting because we are not just seeing v

my cory johnson. -- like cory johnson.cy first you don't need to worry about these things. -- you are in fancy first class. you don't need to worry about these things. the airlines always are going bankrupt eventually. passengers is the way to go. cory johnson, advocate of the knee defender, thank you. and thank you for watching this edition of "bloomberg west." you can get all of the headlines on your phone, tablet, and bloomberg radio. we will see you tomorrow. ♪ >> from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i am mark crumpton. this is "bottom line" with a mainstream perspective. putin meet boudin -- across the border. earthquake in california wine country. then, a tour of america's his last great watchmen. ♪ to our viewers here in the united states and those of you joining us around the world, welcome. we have full coverage of the

i'm cory johnson. this hour.ng rose to ahathaway record on investment gains. math, that isoing a lot more. operating earnings. let's move on. james brown. up" is a film honoring james brown. film is a key component to this movie. multiple grammy award winners. joining me from los angeles to -- let me start with you. doing music for james brown? how do you do that? >> it was amazing. we had the multitracked. we listen through to the instrumentation. we had his vocals. >> you had the multitracked? >> it was incredible. recordings. we had to take some stuff out. it is very cool. this great jazz player friend of mine played a gig with james brown in the 70's. 1970's. out with is going somebody else on stage. did you guys hear that? >> we heard all of it. there are so many great musicians who had a chance to play. >> what stood out? your father was a drummer on some of my favorite stuff. george benson. what stood out to you? >> what stood out to both of us hehow amazing james was very was a genius at directing his band. concertmaster, in addition to being an amazin

at his next. ♪ >> i'm cory johnson and this is "bloomberg west."t ant's look back editorial moment for hewlett-packard, when the company decided to buy a british software rollup. it was called autonomy. it was such a disaster, the company had to write down $9 million, essentially saying the money was wasted. shareholders were kicked off and they are suing. they are suing, saying these people were completely incompetent in doing this deal. will they win money? will they find out who is to blame? what went wrong? we will get to that story and what that might mean, but in the meantime, let's get ready for some football. how about a look at what is going on with one of the most accessible football games of all time, madden from electronic arts. this big game is known for its s,mbotron's, player montage and now all kinds of investments -- advancements in artificial intelligence and animation. check this out. ♪ >> for the last two decades, madden nfl has consistently ranked among the top video games in america, bringing in $4 billion for electronic arts.

cory johnson is still with us.meone who has been to burning man for two decades, -- for people who are burners, what is so special about it? is the place we you tend to meet people celebrating creativity. feeling good about themselves. free to express themselves in ways that maybe they are not free to express themselves in day-to-day life. it's a place where everyone is really happy. and everyone is really amazed, because everyone around them are building amazing pieces of , that you would never see in a museum. they are dressed in a flash your color for way. they are putting on shows with spontaneously and staged. people are having fun and feeling free, and it is a great time. people are willing to pay a lot to go, and put themselves through a lot of trouble to go. it is held in this alkali salt flat, the black rock desert in nevada. the temperature can easily get above 100 degrees during the day. he can get below freezing at night. and these wind dust storms are very common. they might not denver shelter you have

>> for me, candy crush. >> cory johnson, how about you?> clash of clans, all the rage. >> tyler, what is your favorite? >> dota 2. pc gaming is seriously underappreciated. we see a lot of opportunities there. >> we want to thank you all very much. coming up, we will stay with gaming, but where does one go to get an undergraduate degree in gaming? we talk to one of the few schools in the united states where you can study game design. a b.a. in making games. that is next. ♪ >> this is "taking stock" on bloomberg. how can you get into the videogame industry? how about a bona fide undergraduate program devoted to the videogame design world? tracy fullerton joins us live from los angeles. start by explaining to people how the actual gaming curriculum at usc was put together? >> actually, it began with a really generous gift from electronic arts. as the medium of games is coming into its own, they wanted to give back. there are so many young people who want to get into the industry, and they came to us with this gift and a lot of insight, to hel

appliance market. >> cory johnson, our editor at large. more on the state of samsung's business and whether the company can keep hold of its global dominance, i want to bring in a special panel we pulled together. benedict evans is a partner at andreessen horowitz. the director of mobile device tracking. cory is still with us. benedict, do these numbers show that samsung, which has shown it is a company that can reach everyone from high to low, that that is not the case anymore? >> the android business is really unstable and uncertain at the moment. it is starting to look more like the pc market developed, with the components commodified underneath. samsung and most of the android areas have been unable to create a value added in services on top. you have a commodity product, a commodity component. what everyone has been asking over the last two or three years is, is samsung's position sustainable. what you may see in a couple of months if apple comes out with a larger screen phone, and the way iowa state allows you to customize the iphone

i am cory johnson.his is "bloomberg west." hewlett-packard was back in court today over its acquisition of a british software company, autonomy. three years and one week after the deal was announced and well after an $8.8 billion write-down, a big plan to get out of this lawsuit by paying for the shareholders lawyers and shifting the blame to the autonomy executives themselves. that was tossed out by a judge. he called the provision potentially fatal saying it should not be a part of the management. they claim it botched the acquisition. where do shareholders fair on this? we are joined by minor myers from new york city. this seems like a complicated story and it really isn't. i will turn it around a little bit and you can tell me if i am wrong. let us say if i am arrested for a crime and facing 10 years in jail for stealing a car, i hire a lawyer, my lawyer goes before the judge and the prosecutor says -- you know what, we will give some money to my lawyer and my lawyers says all you have to do is the

back from new york, our own cory johnson.me people, this might seem like a regional story, but it is now getting national attention. what is the back story? how did we get to this point? >> rights fees have just escalated. even though everyone outside california things that might be something wrong with the people in l.a. who keep driving the price of tv rights stuff between the clippers and the dodgers, but this is a national story because the price of tv, cable, satellite, has just gone through the roof. it is tremendously funding all of the sports leagues. it has made leagues that were very unhealthy very healthy leagues across the board. so it is an integral part of the major league sports story in the united states. >> is that a function of the technological innovation of timeshifting where you have people recording everything else? that sports is literally the only thing where people have to watch the commercials? [laughter] >> that's probably part of it. my gut tells me as ratings decline and as viewership declines on

cory johnson is in new york. us is the vp of e-business and channel strategy at forrester research. clearly there is an e-commerce landgrab in india right now. how high are the stakes? is absolutely a bubble. indian e-commerce market is tiny, smaller than even the number of sectors in the u.s. probably no more than $5 billion translate rupees into u.s. dollars. a $2 billion investment added to another billion seems like a lot somethinglowing into that is really not that big. i question the sanity here, to be honest. >> there are a lot of people in india. people be those online eventually, doesn't amazon want to be there when that happens? is where i am interested to see what exactly this investment could go toward. is it going to go to logistics, acquiring other companies? is it going to go to influencing government officials? where is this money going and what value does it ultimately provide? china also has a billion people and china is much more further along in e-commerce. it is a market that is nearly $300 b

i'm cory johnson. light onn today's shed the u.s. jobs picture and on the auto industry. of hereresting sectors conmen trying to recover from the recession. we will see where they stand. james brown shining in the light. opens up in theaters this weekend. this important movie. and lighting up sports arenas, we are talking to companies making stadium lights more efficient. all that and more at first headlines with carol massar. about u.s. jobs today, data shows the economy added more than 200,000 jobs for ght month, pushing up the unemployment rate to 6.2%. , cofounded by ed hyman, is the target of evercore partners. this is according to people with knowledge of the negotiation. if the deal happens, it would e biggest corne acquisition. it accuses the drugmaker of colluding with bill ackman to profit on insider trading. that is a look at some of the headlines at this hour. back to you. >> lesson 24 hours after a cease-fire declared -- less than 24 hours after a cease-fire was phil is withaza, me now. >> 90 minutes, that is how the long the cease-fire hammered out from last

i am cory johnson.he most expensive acquisition in its history spending $1 billion to buy videogame streaming company to which. twitch. it is part of the strategy to expand the definition of its entertainment. a settlement over

cory johnson, editor at large. we'll be back with more from "bloomberg west" after a quick break. >> what you face is the consumerization of i.t. companies have to be aware of their employee base, consuming of global technology and capability and bringing that into the business and trying to leverage it in their daily work. securities is even more important in the consumerization of i.t. samsung has addressed this by bringing in a security framework to help the enterprise get the balance. samsung is doing a lot to help our businesses meet those changes and those challenges. i believe we're the right solution. samsung is committed to a holistic approach to meeting the needs of our enterprise customers in the areas of security, software, solutions, and support. >> realize the full potential of mobility. find out more at bloomberg.com/ ad/mobilemax. >> i'm emily chang and this is "bloomberg west." rod glazer has been named the c.e.o. he founded the company in 1994 and had been serving as interim since 2012 and the dig

i'm cory johnson.ber has hired a new campaign manager, former obama political strategist, david plouffe. he has served as a bloomberg intervening editor. he will start with the company in late september. trish, what did he have to say? >> i asked why he was going to work for a tech company out or his experience in washington. i asked travis why he desired to hire david, someone was such a political background to work at a tech and transportation company. what they both had to say makes a lot of sense. >> the whale like to think about it is uber running a political campaign and the candidate is uber. i'm lucky to have just partnered with the best campaign manager in the world. that's what it's about. we are in cities around the world. we need to get the positive story of uber out there. the taxi cartel is resisting the process we are bringing to the cities. >> david, you've had a phenomenal career in washington. why go to work for a startup? >> travis and i have spent a lot of time talking. i was a cust

cory johnson and i spoke to an analyst who wrote the report.an pointed out that ios 10 downloads are directly from apple to the comcast network. i asked him how he figured it all out. >> out all things netflix and microsoft and google decided to build their own because they needed to take more control of what they were distributing. for most content owners and syndicators, it does not make sense of going into the business of building. from an economic standpoint, they are not large enough. apple has a lot of different software downloads and streaming as well. if you think about the radio and updates and apps, they are only just starting off now. they're only doing a small portion and they will continue to do more. >> you say this content delivery network is huge or potentially huge? >> it is pretty big if you talk to some the isps i have spoken with and they talk about the type of capacity that outlets put into place. what apple has done and is typical of a company that builds its own, it is still pretty small but they put in the capacity for 1

leslie picker and cory johnson.ing up next, i will tell you about houlihan's restaurant. ♪ >> this is "taking stock" on bloomberg. i'm pimm fox. carol massar. but >> russian hackers were able to steal data from jpmorgan chase and at least one other bank, according to people familiar with the case. the fbi is investigated whether was meant as retaliation against economic sanctions against russia. members of the central workers union are -- blocked major thorough fairs in a protest over taxes and wages and the overall cost of living in argentina. and a town in eastern spain were awash in red pulp as people pelted each other with 125 tons of ripe tomatoes. the event was inspired by a food fight between local children in 1945. nonresidents for the second year in a row were charged to join in. the money was raised to help pay off some debt. >> thanks very much. houlihan's restaurant, big expansion plans. the company owns for restaurants -- four restaurants and has grown. the chief executive, bob hartnett is with us. and

cory johnson is with me and david golden from new york. does something similar to what lending club does. what do you see as the potential for peer to peer lending in the united states? like many industries, you're going to see alternative financing is going to disrupt the banks. especially the small businesses, similar to the lendingclub model. me about that, david. how is the lending environment for small businesses different than 2007? -- most have, when you banks can't make money providing alone for $10,000. they focus on larger loans so the risk is mitigated. what you find is they tend to put business owners as consumers. they are eager giving them a credit card or them to give a personal guarantee, which is really a consumer loan. what you are finding is just like other industries, you're disrupt theology way businesses and consumers have done business, viewing their banks as a source of capital. >> it seems like it is not just on the side of the person borrowing the money, but giving arenate of return in an where it was not availabl

i'm cory johnson. how technology is changing the hotel industry. that is seeing change is the booking process. people are finding it on mobile devices. a real-time bidding service for booking rooms at independent boutique hotels. we have the c.e.o., a veteran of the travel business. tell me what it is, first. > we help serve the boutique hotel market and by doing so create a benefit for the consumer. we are in a one-to-one negotiation between the owner of the hotel and the traveler. those negotiations happen in real-time. we use technology to do that. and the travelers actually helping the hotel by occupying a room that would have otherwise gone unsold. >> that magic 40%. is the 40% rooms that are open, does that run true in boutiques? >> more extreme. >> why? >> chains have more of the opportunity to distribute their rooms through their own brand. and boutiques typically are not branded hotels and have limited opportunity for distribution, even though we are seeing groups of boutique hotels which would be considered small brands. driven is it that

. >> cory johnson and editor in chief. it has been a decade since google went public. special look back on how it the third most valuable company. next on best of west. ♪ >> welcome back. i am emily chang. google started trading as a public company on the nasdaq and sold more than 19 million shares at $85 a piece raising $2 billion in cash. it was not your everyday ipo. the founder almost got in trouble. --started with the words google is not a conventional company. when it went public, it did so with a dutch auction. the shares have never fallen below the ipo price. and now close to $600 a piece. take a look at google's golden decade and what may be to come. ♪ >> over a 100 billion searches a month. 1.3 billion android devices. just some of the numbers behind google's staggering success. as a public decade company, they have grown from 3000 to 52,000 employees. 17 times the ipo valuation. google has become a fixture in popular culture. it has turned into a noun to a verb. on the move,me or google products help people find where they are moving and see what their house

i am cory johnson. is making the most expensive acquisition in its history spending $1 billion to buy videogame streaming company to which. twitch. it is part of the strategy to expand the definition of its entertainment. a settlement over shareholders with a $9 billion autonomy right is now in doubt. a federal judge says he would not approve a provision in which hp will have to pay for shareholder lawyers and shift nomyfocus to ex-auto executives. hp is suing another company over the results now. napa, they are up after the strongest earthquake to hit northern california in years. it hurt 170 people. we will see how scientists predict and prepare for earthquakes. amazon is no stranger to opening up its wallet. its longey announced -- largest acquisition ever by buying twitch video. a platform where people watch other people play videogames. price taguts -- the is $1.1 billion giving amazon what? amazon has 55 million active users. that is how many people are watching people play video games every month

i want to bring in our editor-at-large, cory johnson, who has been looking at this very closely as wellry, is it a smoke screen, as mark says? >> mark is right to point out how cleverly this is written. the notion of -- the publishers can do the exact same kind of mass. they have done their own price analysis. price analysis like this is never fixed. they don't know for sure that every title will have the same pricing dynamics. a lower price will equal that much greater sales. they make it seem like it is math set in stone. the other thing we're doing here is at the end of their note, which i have tweeted out -- it is an interesting one. they do try to create another area of focus, which is how much the authors are getting paid, arguing that the publisher should split 50/50. 35% to the author and 35% to the publisher. pointing out that the publishers don't do this right now. getting authors ticked off that amazon is a problem for amazon. amazon is trying to sway their opinion, suggesting there on the side of the authors, and writing that in a blog post. >> hugh, as an author, what do yo

our editor-at-large, cory johnson, back with us.ith a healthtap ceo. >> it is an interesting business. this idea is not groundbreaking, but the execution is. >> it is a network of more than 62,000 physicians that will be available anytime, anywhere, on any mobile device to answer any question that you have, prescribe medication, provide checklists and help you feel good every day. >> in theory, a lot of medical practitioners on hmo or whatever allows you to call your doctor or have an e-mail consult or something. there is an advice nurse available. why do we need what you guys are doing? >> 24/7, anywhere, from any mobile device, from anywhere with a connection you can get in front of a doctor. you can do it on text, by voice, by video. it is not a nurse connection, it is a doctor connection. >> to quote tom petty, waiting is the hardest part. there is no waiting on a doctor now. >> no waiting room. get not only the answer, but if you need a prescription for medication or if you need the check list to get things done, the doctor can

cory johnson with me here in the studio. joining us from san diego, paul kedrosky. in new york, an attorney specializing in commercial drone law. via skype from philadelphia, a university of pennsylvania engineering professor. thank you so much for joining us. vijay, i will start with you. you think there is so much potential here and that is going to happen sooner than we think. >> absolutely. i think the potential for developing autonomous aircraft is there. not only that, you can have them scale down the size of technology for deployment not just in rural areas, but also in populated urban areas. >> paul, you are a bit more skeptical about what google is doing here. what is your take? >> i'm wildly bullish about drones in general. but i mean, in general i think this is much more about proof of concept and a little bit of a recruiting exercise for google. it's really important for google to demonstrate constantly to would-be hires that it is sitting at the leading edge. not just doing tedious stuff like improving search. some of this is a marketing exercise direct

cory johnson is with me in the studio. and our bloomberg intelligence researcher is with us from new york. we spoke yesterday. you said this was not a step forward or backward, kind of a step sideways. cory, you have been doing some additional digging. were the results good or bad? >> the pc results were strong. 29% year-over-year drop in profits is just not good. for thein in sales first time in 12 quarters. ask if you break it out, there's a 12% gain in pc sales. the rest of the business was down 3%. the question is, is the company getting better or not? we have to look at the pc business and say, let's see what we see. meg whitman talked about this in the conference call. this was about the one time exploration of windows xp support by microsoft, innate quote said, the winners xp didgeridoo to our growth but we now believe we are through with that benefit. what she is saying, very plainly, we have benefit because microsoft in this thing stop supporting something h and where through with that. while the market is very ex

out sherman and cory johnson -- alex sherman and cory johnson. >> when we come back, republican versuscan on capitol hill, fighting about what to do about immigration. ♪ >> we are approaching 26 minutes past the hour. time for "on the markets." you had better have your eye on the broad market. we are down .25% on the s&p. the dow has given up an additional .3%. there is the nasdaq as well. i want to look at go pro. fascinating story. sales are on fire, up 30% year over year, exceeding analyst estimates. here is the problem. it is losing a lot of money. about $20 million in the last quarter. shares are priced high. as a result, they have dropped 12%. to be a mediaying company versus just a sales company. >> a one-day drop. but since the ipo, up 76%. still a rich reward for those who got in at the right time. ames used to go better with coke. what now? ♪ withis is "market makers" erik schatzker and stephanie will. -- stephanie ruhle. >> it is "market makers." i am erik schatzker. >> i am alix steel in for stephanie ruhle. fewer people are sharing a coke. that is causing problems for the

also from san francisco, cory johnson. cory, what do we expect to hear from best buy tomorrow?> it is not as important as the questions that might be answered. the questions that we are getting up to. what do the analysts expect? the numbers are not that important. we really want to hear about developments they are doing around key industry areas where they might be seeing growth. they have seen a lot of growth in consumer electronics -- last quarter up 29% year over year. we want to hear about conversion rate, not sales growth which is the raw number that a lot of people look at when they look at the success of retail companies. but, their ability to convert shoppers into buyers. that is the problem that best buy has in this era of technology where people will showroom shop at best buy and buy at amazon. their ability to turn the experience of a visitor to the store into a customer. we have seen encouraging numbers out of this very difficult business. can that continue and what will that mean as we get closer into the holiday season which is all so important for best buy. >> s

cory johnson beginning to the sec filing.op." ♪ >> well, china is considering a $16 billion investment in infrastructure for electric cars as pollution in major cities is growing out of control. with this chicken and egg approach payoff for the company -- country? matt miller has been the cap demand in china for electric vehicles. it is big, right, that? >> it is not as big as it is here, keep in mind the auto market in china is growing at a faster pace. china puts the carriage before the horse, as they say. i actually took a look at how much this is in relation to the revenue, and if you look back at tesla's revenue since their inception and really 2007, through this year, even taking in mind the most bullish forecast, it is still more than twice as much as tesla has ever sold. so, i thought that was very interesting. we were expecting tesla to sell almost $4 billion in cars this year -- or get $4 billion in revenue. they got $2 billion in revenue last year. this would work those numbers and maybe help them sell more cars. w

cory johnson still with us.he ceo, executive producer of the game -- it was your idea to include kim in this game. tell us how successful this game has been. it has been number one in the apple app store several times over the last six weeks since the game came out. you have made millions of dollars on it already. give us the numbers. >> pleasure to be here, emily. this will probably be our biggest game of the year. this is our biggest casual game ever. it is our best reviewed game at 160,000 five-star reviews. it has consistently hung out in the top five. the first game in a year that has made that high as a new entrant. >> pretty difficult to knock out other top games. it was your idea to get her involved. how did you get her involved and how involved has she personally actually been? >> 18 months ago i went down to hollywood and did four or five partnerships. we did a james bond partnership, and "terminator" partnership. >> you got to meet james bond and the terminator? >> with the kim kardashian partnership.

with me to discuss it is michael gorman will stop cory johnson is still here as well.arently it did not work out so well yesterday. what happened. >> i don't know -- it just did not work for the first half. >> the buffalo bills -- it was a problem. i was in redmond spending time with the developers of this service and i ran into the guy develop and this rogue ram. getting this technology into the hands of coaches was not as hard as they expected. they had a limitation where they had a guy with a black-and-white camera and run down copies and look at a black-and-white picture trying to figure out where the events wasn't trying to scribble on top of it. it's pretty old school. >> the nfl is looking for ways in which they can integrate technology and marketing deals. bose has struck a new deal with the nfl, so you will see them wearing it on the sidelines and it's getting new technology. but heart of it is the nfl as a business -- microsoft, we are going to partner with you. if the team decided they wanted to use apple or lenovo, the nfl would say no. >> why isn't apple j