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he's dreamworks partner at dreamworks animation in china, he owns some of fox's assets, joint venturesobably the most preeminent media guy in the country. liz: mr. li, and we conducted an interesting panel together once when it came to what they were doing, and he is the person the partner with. you were so smart to get in early with mr. li. but what does selling 20 otter of what you -- % of what you have there going to do? >> we've had a three-pronged strategy in china, and we've been one of the most successful entertainment companies in the world in china. and reason was the first phase was to create win/wins. the second phase was to make it more chinese, so we have a chinese ceo, we have 65 employees, and this third face is to involve our investor base to where it's more chinese. because we think especially in the media sector in china, the government likes the fact that some of the ownership is local. and by selling off this amount, a first ten for us towards an ipo as you said -- first step for us. and according to the rules, there's a lot of technical rules in terms of the time.

the report recently involved dreamworks animation. can you set the record straight on that?ave been talking for a while now to interested investors who want to help vevo become a bigger company. we want to create more programming and launch in more countries. we want to have better products and be a lot bigger than we are. we think the time is right to bring in some new investors to help us achieve that -- we are starting the ball rolling. we're not going to talk about any specific investors. >> you're not looking for someone who has a lot of cash who will sort of sit and watch you guys. you're looking for people who can add something or bring something to the table? >> everyone has cash. it is about what they can do to help vevo become successful. what could they bring to the table in terms of distribution and marketing and content production? these are the types of things we're looking for. >> you guys are making videos available everywhere. you have this interest in traditional music-based television. p diddy is making a big push in that area. are people sitting in their

there was a report recently about dreamworks animation may interested third >> we've been talking for interested investors who want to help vevo become a bigger company. what a great more programming and launch more countries. we want to build better products and generally be a lot bigger than we are. we think the time is right to bring in some new investors to help us achieve that. we are with a number of companies and starting the ball rolling. we are not going to talk about any and -- any specific investors. >> you are not looking for somebody with a lot of cash that will sit and watch you guys. people who can bring something to the table? >> it's all about what they can do to help vevo become successful. what can they bring together in terms of distribution and marketing and content production? you guys are making videos available everywhere. the while, you still have this interest in traditional music-based television. ddy making a huge push in that area. are people actually sitting in their living rooms and turning on a channel to watch music videos for a long time? mtv love hav

a whole other thing to get steven spielberg to call from dreamworks or whoever did and say, we want tout that. >> i remember i got the call when i was in new york for publicity training, so it was fun. and i didn't believe it. it was so exciting because, i knew there was people trying to sell, you know, media rights, but when i got that call, just so excited and so they optioned the rights for 18 months to see if they want to do something with it. >> i think they're very smart over there. all the best. >> congrats. >> you look like an easter egg. >> you do. >>> cool and comfortable kicks for the whole family. >> matthew hussey tells you how to end other people's annoying habits. >> what? >>> we are back with more of "today" on this booze day tuesday. time to get the other view with matthew hussey and today we're talking about what really annoys you when it comes to the opposite sex. >> we sent matthew who is "today's" contributing relationship expert, new title, and the host of i heart radio's love life with matthew hussey to todd english's olives in ainsworth park to find out what dri

they first started to get a lot of buzz and dreamworks went out and bought a group that would go andrts of channels on youtube where they were doing interesting things and create their own network around that. disney more recently goes after maker. there has been a lot of this -- and about which one might be the next to be swallowed up. relatively is next on the maker action. >> a lot of people stunned by how much disney was willing to pay. >> they were. the storyline line -- there is they weree, and looking for financing for a long time. the financials on the businesses are challenged because if you are working off of youtube him and they take a cut of all the advertising dollars thomas so you have to work with what is left. on the one hand, that is great and can potentially see more advertisement dollars, but in some cases that has meant slowly but surely less advertising dollars. a lot are still being proving out. lo and behold disney does a deal for maker for at least $500 million with incentives. closer to $950 million. i think what you have right now is whether you are a tradit

look at dreamworks. first loss in five quarters. down 10%. the cast of a new star wars movie.popular franchise. >> star wars seven. then we have this picture. i know you cannot see clearly. this lady here, i have never heard of her. look at what disney is doing. out of this cast of people, you have two women and two people that are not white. stuart: that is that criticism? there is to the women and too few minorities. >> 11 principal actors and actresses. two are women and two are nonwhite. stuart: i still think that it will be a blockbuster. they will do well. i have another number for you. college graduates are 82% more likely to classify themselves as daily drinkers than high school dropouts. what do you say, doctor? >> college graduates have more opportunities. it is a big question that remains unresolved. frankly, we know why this would be the case, if it is the case. in order to be an alcoholic, you have to have alcohol consumption interfere with either your professional activities or your relationships. if you are drinking a glass of wine or two a night, it may be good

you spoke with jeffrey, who was chief of dreamworks animation. >> one of the legends in hollywood.gul. has interesting -- jerry the optimistic business and. we are watching our movies on smaller and smaller screens. what jeff said, look, i'm going to put both feet in my mouth and say that in 10 years, we are all going to be paying movies by the inch. people are going to start paying for movies by how big of a screen as they actually watch it on. if it's on your smart phone, it will be four dollars or something like that. if you're watching on a 40 inch television screen, it can be $10. if you're watching a movie theater, that's a whole different business model. we are going to become much more screen dependent. other thing he told you come in the future, movies will be in the theater for 17 days and then go digital. you don't have to wait for months. >> it is going to be staggered. you have the movies in the theaters and then they go into netflixs and then on to . it will be a much smaller window. if that is going to change hollywood. if that is going to change amc. >> not good for

we'll also hear from twitter and dreamworks animation. >>> at&t has unveiled plans to launch its owni-fi service on planes. we'll have the details, coming up. ♪ [ banker ] sydney needed some financial guidance so she could take her dream to the next level. so we talked about her options. her valuable assets were staying. and selling her car wouldn't fly. we helped sydney manage her debt and prioritize her goals, so she could really turn up the volume on her dreams today...and tomorrow. so let's see what we can do about that... remodel. motorcycle. [ female announcer ] some questions take more than a bank. they take a banker. make a my financial priorities appointment today. because when people , great things happen. >>> you're watching "worldwide exchange." >>> a recap of the headlines, bp's business remains strong despite the crisis notice ukraine. the firm beat expectations with its figures in the first quarter. >>> deutsche bank shares jumped, beating profit targets. no word on the rumored cancel hike. >>> and more tapering on the way. the fed kicks off its two-day meeting today.

and you've got a movie deal from this book from dreamworks, so i say, my dear, it worked.morgan freeman is here to talk about the cautionary message in his new movie transcendence. but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> we're back now at 8:45 with oscar winner morgan freeman, an actor who can do it all from serious roles to lighthearted comedies. >> and his new movie is a sci-fi thriller, it's called "transcendence." johnny depp stars as a scientist whose brain has been up loaded into a super computer and freeman's character must stop its seemingly unstoppable search for power before it changes humanity as we know it. take a look. >> are you all right? >> i've gotten everything i ever asked for. >> okay. bye. >> bye. >> that's a pivotal point in the movie right there. morgan freeman, good morning to you. >> good to have you here. >> we saw the movie, it seems to me it really does ponder these big questions about technology and where it could be headed. i mean, is that what attracted you to the role, these kind of interesting philosophical questions? >> there were three or

not quite related by still one of those consumerish types name, dreamworks animation, animated featurescember. bear market moves for these stocks. you take a look at other names. not all stocks traded equal. bigger large-cap names have actually held up quite well in this perhaps rollish tight market. caterpillar, heavy industrial equipment making, up 1.4 some of the recent highs here so they have held up remarkably well in this market. one more for good measure. not quite bullish but big lots. as much as we've been talking about downed retailers, big lots on the dollar side of thing is actually up 2% from near its recent highs, again, a lot of stocks really come down to whether or not there's a fundamental story in this kind of economy for them to do well, and that's one of the main reasons why they still say, kelly, do your homework, stock picking matters. jim kaimer would always say do your homework, right, kelly in. >> always a bull market somewhere. thanks, dom. earnings season will be in full swing at next week. cnbc's.com jeff cox seeing a red flag with regard to the fundamentals,