. >> who put this stuff up and their focus on ellen powell. >> exactly.as the interim ceo, never named to be ceo officially. so she came on to oversee credit which, again, it sources many of the stories that you see, but it was also the locus of let's say where the celebrity-leaked photos -- the nude photos were -- you know they were slow to take them down off of reddit that sort of things. one of the things that ellen powell did was to shut down a somebody of these more controversial sub reddits that were racist or just hateful. there was one that was all about shaming fat people. and the way it was done because these sub reddits are monitored by users, there was an outcry by the users. >> so it seems that maybe she was thrown out because a lot of reddit's users were mad at her? >> well there was a lot of drama that unfolded. a very popular moderator was fired -- >> and then they brought her back is that right? >> not to my knowledge, but it could happen. >> right. >> the -- so it was -- the problem was that the uproar around the -- the change in the sub

one was the hiring of ellen powell, she became the ceo after losing a gender discrimination lawsuit against her previous employer. powell stepped down yesterday amid the criticism. reddit released this statement about powell saying she brought focus to chaos, recruited a world class team of executives and drove growth. she brought a face to red at this time and is a pioneer for women. >>> scientists are combing california beaches had this weekend looking for any tar balls it still floating around from the santa barbara oil spill in may. the tar balls have been washing up on beaches as far as 170 miles away. back on may 19 a pipeline ruptured spilling 100,000 gallons of crude oil about a fifth of that flowed into the ocean, most of that has been cleaned up but crews are still scraping oil from rocks, the beach and campground. >>> today the cancer center is participating in the relay for life event in campbell to raise money for cancer research. there are information booths and hundreds and people walking the tracks, including survivors of families of victims. people from cebrato cancer cente

our video of ellen powell is from that sexual harass trial. there's a lot more toel ellen powell than that trial. we asked several times for an interview. that's the video we have of else lone powell. mountain view google reports its profits after the bell. it's famous for spending money and making money. robot cars google glass, and its founders have said investors should not expect them to stop spending money. but there is a new sheriff in town. this is ruth and she's google's new financial officer. google spent a lot of money to get her. we expect her to tighten spending at google. we were just talking the other day about how google is slowing hiring. pratt has been at google for a couple of months but this is the first time we'll hear from her this afternoon. there will be a current call so we'll get a better understanding of where she's coming from. >> fascinating to see. >>> in the meantime if you use turbo tax. cloud storage. customers who use turbo tax 2014 from a cd need to download their files now before they are deleted. not clear h

it also led to the resignation of reddit's controversial interim ceo, ellen powell on friday. wong says powell was not the one who fired taylor, it was ohannia. we have no independent way of verifying any of this. what you've got is an ex ceo accusing a founder of sabotaging another ex ceo. could it get worse? yes, it could. our sister news agency, reporting this morning reddit's top engineer, beth ann blount has resigned. she had only been at the company a couple months. in an interview she says she did not quit because of the powell controversy but lost confidence in the direction of the company. >>> other news, the "wall street journal" says google will slow its hiring process. google reports profits thursday. the journal says google hired a little more than 1,800 employees last quarter, compared to 2,400 in the same quarter last year. starbucks has announced it will work to hire young people with barriers. 16 other companies are joining in this effort, including alaska airlines, taco bell and jcpenney. the idea is to find jobs for unemployed young people who are not in scho

board based in san francisco is supposed to be a free speech platform, but the company led by ceo ellen powell fired a top executive who oversaw the popular q and a forum and that his critics likening ellen's leadership to online censorship. a petition to oust her is gaining fast. nearly 2,000 have signed it shortly after the reddit director was suddenly let go. popular discussion boards were shut down and users locked out. today powell responded to the criticism admitting over the years the company hasn't communicated well and the customers lost trust in her. the statement reads in part we are grateful for all you do for reddit and the buck stops with me. powells says she is committed to improving communication with the reddit community. she was ceo since last year and has been in the spotlight for her sex discrimination lawsuit against a silicon valley firm. we spoke with an analyst about the future of reddit. >> this could be the end of reddit. they don't handle this really well, they could lose the majority of their volunteers. it's not like these people are tied to the company. they don't

sos that is the video we have of ellen powell. >>> let's check your news before the bell. landon dowdy is live at c nbc's headquarters. >> wall street looks to rebound from wednesday's small losses. giving up early gains as investors became anxious over the bailout vote in the greek parliament. look for earnings interest city group and goldman sachs plus more testimony from january net yellen on capitol hill. the do you flipping to 18,350. >> there's a new debate this morning over streaming music and it doesn't involve taylor swift. it involves neil young. neil young you may not know him, but if you do you know him for old man and heart of gold. this song. now, young says he is quitting streaming music because the quality of the music streams are not enough. they're not true to his music. lots of music fans disagree, broadband internet delivering is a pretty high bit rate. one fan said, neil, i don't think you understand how we use streaming music, it's convenient. we listen in the car, we listen to you. to more neil young on streaming music. >> have you ever seen him do a

a wig e big social media pushed ellen powell out of her job. >> and this is florida redoo e defining full time work by cutting hours and keeping pay and benefits. >> a lot less fog on the way in san francisco. see the lights shining bright tonight and then down the peninsula, winds out of the northwest at 12 miles per hour. we're tracking your weekend forecast and it's just minutes away. blank e e. >>> losing a gender discrimination loss. venture capitol firm. powell had been running redit since november. that led to a mass boycott of the web site. powell posted a personal apology just days ago. but that did not calm the controversy. the company co-founder will now take over as ceo. reddit released a glowing statement. it reads in part "included a world class team of executives and drove growth." she brought face to reddit and is a pioneer in the tech industry. >> will stay spotless. a large part of the north bay is now a monument. president obama announced today he's protecting land stretching a hundred miles to snow mountain wilderness. the area is home to much wildlife, including

several recent changes prompted hundreds of thousands of complaints and one was the hiring of ellen powelleo. she said news earlier this year when she lost a gender discrimination lawsuit against her previous employer san francisco venture capital firm kleiner perkins. powell stepped down yesterday. reddit released this statement about how will she brought focus to chaos, recruited a world class team of executives an drove growth. she brought a face to redity that changed perceptions and is a pioneer for women. >>> coming up a pretty crazy drive to who will wood a passenger catches another car going backward down a busy winding road. >>> plus take a trip to south america without having to leave the bay area. the new san francisco zoo exhibit that could change how you view the rain forest. >>> and the weather right now at at&t park looks pretty nice sunny and breezy in san francisco, will be watching the giants game at 7:00 right here on nbc bay area. tonight more clouds and maybe a few showers as the weather system brings more clouds and showers on the north coast our way. look at that in

charles: some breaking news, ellen powell, at center of high profile lawsuit against kleiner perkinsounced she is resigning from her position there have been calls mounting for her departure. she was seen as a divisive figure who should never have been at center of any movement. >> this was huge, a lot of people thought she would win she lost then she goes over -- a cam campaign with over 200,000 people signing a petition for her to leave. >> when you are a woman, and moving to a field that has been primarily men there will be difficulty, not just there because she was a woman, someone was fired. charles: what about her the face of gender bias of silicon volley. >> that is the problem, i know ellen, she had a gender bias case, but she didn't have personaly to get a long with people or with any community. she sues over not being able to fit in, if she were a man she would not have been able to use the fact that she was a woman, now what happened at red it. charles: women, where are we there? is that something that is a li -- legitimate argument. >> i think that racism is in our dna .

one of the former ceo's, the ceo before ellen powell is accusing one of the founders of the company of staying silent when he should have spoken up. he was founder -- he fired a popular reddit employee led to a user uprising at reddit. it led to the resignation of reddit's ceo on friday. powell was not the one who fired taylor, it was ohanian. we have no independent way of verifying any of this. but bottom line is you have an ex-ceo accusing a founder of sabotaging an ex-ceo could it get worse? the answer is yes, it can. our sister news agency is reporting this morning, reddit's top engineer has resigned. she had only been with the company a couple months. she didn't quit because of the powell controversy, she did say she had lost confidence in the direction of the company. >> other news wall street journal says this morning, google will slow its highering process. google reports profits thursday the journal says google hired a little more than 1800 employees last quarter, compared to 2400 in the same quarter the previous year. >> starbucks has announced it will work to hire young peop

. >>> it has been a rocky few months for ellen powell. >> now she lost her lawsuit and now the fact is that she was at least the boss of one of the most popular websites in the world, not so much now. >> the users of redit have handed her another defate. feat. -- defeat. >> this is ellen after losing a claim. >> to everyone around the world, male and female, who have reached out to express support in so many different ways -- >> in a matter of months that support eroded. today she stepped down saying, in my 8 months of redit's ceo i've seen the good the bad and the ugly. the ugly made me doubt humanity. >> terry collins said powell's problems hit with a one-two punch. >> when she got the new antiharassment policy that was followed by the removal of people. >> they fired victoria taylor. >> they was a conduit when the management and the users. the moderators thought she was someone who they could rely on. she was their alley. she was proud and honored to be their ambassador. >> 200,000 people signed a change.org petition calling for powell's ouster. >> after apologizing monday powell ad

ellen powell had posted other apologies, but reddit users have been burying her posts. we screwed up. not only on july 2nd but over the past several years. i mean it when i say we screwed up and we want to have a meaningful on going discussion. >>> an online petition to have power removed from her post needs 200,000 signatures. that is nothing. this is not a vote. reddit is a user based service. the anger against the leadership is something the company's going to have to take into consideration. >>> a northern california family will be in court today over a video link put on youtube. they pulled this video off the internet a couple years ago, claiming a copyright violation, that little baby dancing to prince's go crazy. the music, universal says can't use it. you didn't pay prince to use it. >> this court case is going to be heard in san francisco court. the ones bringing the case they want to fight for your right to use music in this sort of incidental way saying it can't hurt prince. universal music is using its copyright. >> we are nbc universal, but we're not involv

mountains ♪ ♪ and under the stars ♪ ♪ we go over the mountains ♪ ♪ and under the stars ♪ [♪] >> ellen powell heated posting. the sudden firing of an employee she was called out. powell said she's stepping down because she disagrees with the board of directors' vision for the future. however, she'll still consult for the board. reddit's steve hoffman will take over as ceo. check this out. a dashboard camera caught a cycling cell phone thief this week. a man on a bike swiped her i-phone right out of her hands. the 31-year-old woman tried to chase the man down who the man whose dashboard camera recorded the incident gave chase too. no one was hurt but no arrests have been made. >>> speaking of cell phones an increasing number of artists say the devices are disrupting their shows. it happened during a recent broadway show at new york's lincoln center and you are about to see what a star did. abc7 news reporter spoke with theater goers in san jose to get their reaction. >> broadway star lapone is being applauded in more ways than one. she had enough when she saw someone texting during her perform

. >>> the int crim ceo of reddit ellen powell is apologizing for her role in a personnel dispute thatpartial blackouts of the side. some people wanted powell to resign. she fired ms. taylor who had a popular series called ask me anything. and the moderators who oversee forums on a wade variety of topics shut down a number of pages. and the message reads, we are apologizing for the mistakes and the buck stops with me. powell says she is looking at improving communication and appointed interim ceo last year, and since then, has drawn national attention for her sex discrimination lawsuit against a former employer. the venture capital firm kleiner perkins. >>> facebook executive cheryl sandberg is taking a seat on the board of her late husband's company. you may remember that dave goldberg was ceo of palo alto based survey monkey for several years until he died in a treadmill accident in march. she is joining the board to help realize her husband's vision of a lasting company. >>> the prime minister of greece is meeting with european lead ners belgium today in what could be a final attemp

huffman took over after the company parted ways with its previous interim ceo ellen powell. powell pictured here during a previous and well noechb trial left reddit after a mutual agreement with the board to part ways. she had come under fire for, among other things, the dismissal of an employee who ironically enough, ran that ask me anything program. it does not stop there. the ceo before powell is spilling some of reddit's secrets on reddit. the short version, it's run by kind, well meaning people, but reddit is a mess and it's trying to get itself out of that mess. one question for today's ama, will reddit continue to shut down some of the more controversial and offensive discussions called subred dits, it's new ceo hints it will. steve huffman says near the co-founder more nor i created reddit to be a bastion of free speech, which is a fine statement, except red at this time users point to a quote by alexis ohamian where he's asked what the founding tears would have thought of red at this time. a best i don't know of free speech? i bet they would like it. snow google rep

ellen powell apologized for a history of broken promises.sers undertook large sections of reddit and tack them online and didn't like that a well liked employee had been fired. a high speed run in the tour de france turns into a jumble of bike riders. the leaders was among 20 that crashed yesterday in belgium. canalara quit the event after suffering a back injury. there are always spills but this was particularly a bad one. tom: i flat-out don't get it but boy is it dangerous. brendan: watching them come down the mountains is hard enough but that was on a flat. tom: they're terrifying. vonnie: they travel in packs. brendan: there's an honor they'll protect everybody. tom: dramatic video. this is amazing explosion. if we look at the tour de france i like to think of myself as just a report writer. american apparel announced it will close stores to lay off workers to find $30 billion of cuts. knoll joibs us from -- noel joins us from princeton. were they caught on the wrong side of changes and retail or just on the wrong side of dove charney.