you just saw verizon by huffington post. are they going to have too much power because they have this mobile network and mobile advertising? having run news sites as you know for a large part of my career, this is a business model concern. users continually show as they don't want to buy albums, they want to listen to the song they want to listen to. facebook is catering to what their users want in that environment. if you can win them over and get them to go deeper into your environment, good for you. that's the business model and it's a good idea. guest: facebook are the ones deciding what news outlets go out on their site. guest: to begin with. but facebook has always proven to be an open platform but always start slow. guest: if we do an investigation of facebook, are they going to host us? guest: i don't think they would worry even for one second. emily: you guys can continue to debate during the commercial. thank you all so much for joining us today. today, europe's right to be forgotten turned one year old. remember t

huffington post, aol has done a great job since they owned huffington post. it continues to be the number one destination for news and they are huge on facebook, social media. their brand is synonymous with news for new generation. i would think it -- that if they advertising,ken in owning this kind of content would be valuable. pimm: jeff mccracken, does that make sense? just a will a content leader or just a pipeline for ad dollars? jeff: more of a pipeline for ad dollars. they will keep huffington post for now and they get tech crunch as a deal. -- a $4ollars -- a form billion deal is not the biggest deal they will ever make. is $4.4 billion. may be less than two years ago -- jeff: they have the money to do this deal. i think what will happen with huffington post will take a few months to decide. if they have to sell it off, it will be a small venture or deal for them. olivia: erik, back to the prospect of sign-up huffington post. privateorting that equity firms might be interested in buying huffington post. you think that would make sense? eric: i doubt i

got huffington post., i mean there was a movie starring tom hanks and somebody else that we talked about yesterday called "you've got mail." >> at 9:30 when the morning would happen and right near the cnbc post. and every first trade. 10,000 shares just traded. >> there were rabid stock owners that had maybe an odd lot like 60 shares that we branded the aol because if you ever even twitched in not a positive way, they would write in and curse you. they are now in apple and, actually the appleunians. he would add up four dow components and not equal the market cap of a oorx lol. done a great job. up 70% or whatever. more than that, i think. wasn't it below a billion dollars when he took over? >> i think it might have been below. >> not 70%. >> some of the numbers we were looking at i think he joined in march 2009. one point to watch and we should look for this this morning is other content company and what cable companies and other pipe companies so if you're directv, at&t. >> why does verizon want content

to spin off the "huffington post" unit. which would seem to be a diversion of its strategy at least that it communicated so vocally a few years ago, you say it's been cobbling together all of these businesses, but it's a cobbled-together business at this point what is verizon really buying here? >> there's a lot of things up in the air. tim has been so vocal, two or three years ago, a premium content company and he spent money building that, whether it was patch or buying "huffington post." tech crunch, all of these things, patch didn't work out. the thing is he more quietly pivoted to an ad tech business about a year ago when i saw how fast it was growing. he didn't make it as vocal a claim when he did that. >> who would buy "huffington post"? >> well so one of the sources, some sources telling us, axis spring anywhere germany could be a buyer of "huffington post." they're a shareholder, no the owning it. >> if you are marissa mayer, final question, are you excited that now shareholders willstop potentially agitating for a

people are wondering whether ultimately the idea is to keep huffington post as part of this combine orone platform. what's the better option here? >> huff post did very well under aol. it grew tremendously. tim gave arianna and the huff post team autonomy to run their business and they grew because of it. i think in a multiscreen, multiplatform universe it could do even better. >> i would be surprised if verizon would do anything but want to keep it after this. >> it's a fantastic asset. >> i hear you. it's such a great asset. >> if verizon is transforming itself into a company that's more about this programmatic automated advertising, that's a big transition for verizon to make perhaps it's that technology as opposed to a delivery platform. >> as till said this morning, they're betting on ott, over the top. over the top for audiences that matter, whether that's a huff post audience whether that's a blaze audience audiences matter. >> i think on this the ad tech point, interesting point, frank, it seems like you're following this side of the story. are there any other independent ad te

still to come, we will hear from ceoformer "huffington post" for his take on the verizon-aol merger. ood morning. pending foures point $4 billion for their ad technology but what are the pads for a long content sites like covington post? we had an exclusive interview with the cofounder, up next. >> it will hundred $50 million gift to yale university and how does the multibillionaire decide who gets the fortune. olivia: access to banks to keep growing, but must banks say they don't want to get burned. olivia: good morning and welcome back to "bloomberg market day." i am olivia sterns. pimm: i am pimm fox. the big story is in bonds. they erased most of their selloff but you can see they have a 30 year yield of 3.02%.

the reviewer said the huffington post is an unsurvivable failure. >> when arianna huffington launchedhe intent wasn't political. >> we wanted to be a robust journalistic enterprise doing traditional journalism and to be a platform available to anybody who had something interesting to say. >> that model means on any given day, presidents and princes and award winning journalists share space. it is eye catching headlines are designed to draw you in. there is space for real reporting. an investigation into the lives of wounded veterans won the 2012 pulitzer prize. and promoting healthy snacks and better balance in the office and including no e-mail after hours. >> it is not sustainable to expect people to be always on. we are not made that way. >> both the company and site have grown exponentially. grown from 500,000 viewers in the month, to 215 million globally today. >> i remember when 10 million was a goal. now to have 214 million globally is vastly different. >> in 2011 aol paid $300 million for the huffington post. transforming its founder from a political spouse and pundit into a m

the consumer phasing part, and everyone knows whether it is end gadget or certainly huffington post, but what is the verizon interest in that, and might we see the expression of those brands in different ways? you mentioned over the top and mobile, and so on. as you know, we have been building banks that are video centric and mobile centric, and verizon has a good platform, and they also have partners and distribution with other people across the internet, so i think what you will see from our brand group is more investment in the brands, more investment in the indian -- internet. verizon, if you think about what the a a well strategy is, content and platform, verizon a more same thing on larger scale, nfl content and premium type content on one side, and distribution and video content delivery networks on the other side, so our strategies are actually similar. verizon is a big believer in content. we are a big believer in content, so i think there is a bright, bright future here were business, of the aol which is content and platforms, and it mirrors the verizon businesses, so we ar

. >>> up next verizon gobbles up aol and "the huffington post" and facebook cuts a deal with "the newrk times," nbc, others. are they giving away too much to mark zuckerberg. >>> and up next the bloomberg actor who seemed to mock ted cruz's hispanic heritage. this will make you cringe. i take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent heartburn. because it gives me... zero heartburn! prilosec otc. the number 1 doctor-recommended frequent heartburn medicine for 9 straight years. one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. >>> big week on the digital front, as verizon swallows aol, including the "huffington post," and facebook launches a partnership with the like of "the new york times," nbc, the atlantic buzz feed and national geographic posting some articles directly on the website rather than directing them to the news outlet. joining us darryl isy. so what do you make of the kinds of stories that these norgsews organizations are putting on facebook to be read on facebook. >> it's so interesting, this week everyone thought it was the end of journalism and everybody thought it was

tell me why "huffington post" isn't going to have a 5% share.y have 200 million subscribers waiting for content. >> you love the huffington post, no doubt about that. a couple times you have made that comment. moving on, kevin, to disney, out with earnings, beat estimates on the top and bottom line. we talked about bob iger earlier this morning on "squawk on the street." take a listen to what he said. >> parks and resorts and consumer products had great quarters. but actually, all of our businesses did. there are some numbers that weren't necessarily comparable. fornls, the studio had a great quarter but last year in this quarter we had "frozen," particularly the video. so that's not a great comparison. on the media network side, extra costs at espn, because of the college football playoffs and the nfl wild card. so generally speaking, all of our businesses had a very strong quarter. but from a percentage increase perspective, parks and resorts and consumer products led the way. >> obviously, even with those anchors around their ankles, media ne

alan; deservedly so, they are in major media content service between huffington post. andington post is there gadgets, techcrunch, tim armstrong's emphasis has been in bringing content and media and becoming more of a media content which is obviously the basis of advertising they get. betty: i don't know, pimm, did you see some of the twitter -- twitter went on fire after this deal was announced this morning. i just want to show you -- we don't have this? ok, there were lots of tweets out. one of them i will read to you poor me coffee -- verizon is buying a well but there should be no service interruption for the dial-up account your grandma does not need or knows she has. has a wellfe still accounts. i am sure the change will be upsetting to her, but verizon now has a huge rock band business and there are a lot of potential customers who i am sure will consider shifting over to verizon as a result of the emphasis they will get to the new services. placed on your experience with internet companies that rely on advertising and businesses that rely on advertising, verizo

aol owns "the huffington post," tech crunch and gadget makers and aol.com. the acquisition gives verizon an entryway into the increasingly competitive online video space. last month verizon said it was preparing to launch a video streaming service targeting mobile devices. the deal is expected to close some time this summer. >> download the nbc washington app to find out first when patriots quarterback tom brady appeals his four-game suspension for deflate-gate. brady's agent called the suspension ridiculous. he said the investigation that implicated brady, quote, is an incredibly frail exercise in fact finding and logic. investigators said two patriots employees deliberately underinflated footballs during the team's afc championship win this year. the nfl stripped the patriots of two draft picks, and handed the team $1 million fine. >>> we're watching the wizard's john wall situation. the star sat out another playoff game with eight wrist injury last night. it's not clear whether he'll be back in tomorrow's make or break match against the atlanta hawks. the

is getting a lot of content -- duty a lot of attention -- whether it's engadget, techcrunch or huffington post. what is verizon's interest in that it might we see the expression of those rands in different ways? tim: we have been building brands that are global in nature. great distribution platform and partners in distribution across the internet and what you will see from our group is more investment in the brands, more investment in video and scaling audiences. has done the same thing, nfl content and premium content on one side and video content delivery network on the other side. the strategies are similar and verizon is a big believer in content. here for right side content and platforms that measure -- that mirrors verizon's visit -- does this. cory: i wonder when you look at the platform business, this is something that has been happening somewhat under the radar in terms of acquiring the full staff for the minute they have an idea and wanting to it doeshow well measure. do you think that spurred the timing of this deal? tim: i think the results we , verizon new what the strategy was a

. >>> big week on the digital front, as verizon swallows aol, including the "huffington post," and facebook launches a partnership with the like of "the new york times," nbc, the atlantic buzz feed and national geographic posting some articles directly on the website rather than directing them to the news outlet. joining us darryl isy. so what do you make of the kinds of stories that these norgsews organizations are putting on facebook to be read on facebook. >> it's so interesting, this week everyone thought it was the end of journalism and everybody thought it was big, bad facebook. and both sides, the media outlets and facebook really really tripped over themselves to make it look like none of those doomsday scenarios were coming true. so on the facebook side they gave up huge concessions to the media publishers to look like hey, we're just trying to get more people to read your stuff at a quicker load time. nothing else nothing to see here. and on the publisher side they wanted their readers to know that they weren't all going to be quizzes. "the new york times,"",,"",," "national geogr

content is super expensive and so is the huffington post. they have a ton of competition. valued. i think they got a huge amount of cash to spend. it's really an arms race how close they could beat them. they need to make big investments. >> i'm curious, when you saw the headline that aol was going to be bought. i'm sure you thought back to time westerner aol when that first went down. what went through your mind as you're experiencing that d de ja vu? >> it wasn't too much. i think it was at some point the same as the aol time westerner. that was a content accompany buying a content and technology accompany. verizon is a mobile accompany and technology accompany and it's not a publisher like time westerner and an entertainment accompany. that was the idea time westerner had in cable to what aol had in broad band. that was the idea here. this is, you know, verizon wanting to get to a business of advertising technology. they don't want google to run the show and have mobile adds or facebook or others. they want to be part of the business and aol has a good property sense. >

emily: john, things like huffington post and others what happens to those properties? john: a lot of people think they could be spun off or turned into another venture, but i believe it is very important for verizon to actually have direct consumer contact with a product that gives them a right to have a relationship and the equivalent of dropping a cookie on that consumer so they can track them a cross device and that is something aol is very good at. they have built that muscle over the last couple of years. the rise and got slapped on the wrist because they did not have that connection with the consumer, so i think they will keep the content. that is what i would bet on. emily: all right, john, you are staying with me. thank you, aaron. we are asking ourselves when is too much of something just too much? a facebook article now live, and it allows us to read the news without ever having to leave the social network, meaning the articles do not link back to publisher's websites. a new york times busby, national geographic, a lot of them have signed on, but others are w

campaign started that he reported $347,000 in speaking fees for the entire year before, and "the huffington postdiculed him for saying that was not very much money, president clinton averaged $12 million a year the whole time mrs. clinton was secretary of state and seems to have a lot of people in the press giving them a free pass. mark: governor, i take your point it is early in the campaign, but i want you to weigh in -- if hillary clinton is the democratic nominee, was to be hard or easy to beat for the republicans? fmr. gov. barbour: elections that have had the white house for eight years are typically very close unless there is a big event like a recession that starts before the election. even though the recession we now look back and started in december of 2007, it was the fall of 2008 before the public really felt it. that was a really close election until then. 2000 was very close. you go back bill clinton got elected president with 43% of the vote. usually after an eight year election, it is very competitive. i think this will be competitive. i don't think secretary clinton will be easy

aol owns "the huffington post" techcrunch, and other media.hopes they will get access to all of that content and that is what they will offer to consumers. everything all in one. laura: does verizon hope to become more of a broadcaster for mobile phones? >> it is following the trend of consumers. according to the most recent data, americans spend on average per day one hour 60 minutes on their mobile devices. that is where advertisers want to be. that is where companies want to advertise or make ads, because that is where the money is. if you are a verizon user, you can probably expect to see more video available on your mobile device, but with that will come more ads. that is the trend you're seeing everywhere. look at how twitter has changed. laura: thank you for joining us. it was called the sale of the century, and did not disappoint. if a cause of became the most expensive painting ever to be sold at auction, going for $179 million. will has all the details. will: picasso's "women of algiers" is on the verge of becoming the most expensive

an article in "huffington post" explains there is no court-martial system. soldiers are tried in civilian court. molly: a quick word about what has been dubbed the fight of the century. florence: tomorrow night floyd mayweather and manny pacquiao. the boxing match that has been long-awaited for many years a match already breaking financial records. you can read about it in "the financial times." no sporting event in history can match it dollar for dollar. that out is worth $400 million -- the about is -- the bout is worth between $400 million and $500 million. it has smashed records. pacquiao's shorts worth $2.25 million. mayweather's mouthguard -- is embedded with diamonds. tickets are going for up to $100,000 each. molly: shreds of $100 bills. people are excited for the match, but not everyone. florence: not everyone is excited. there is an article that says, "there will be disappointment." this is going to be "an exorbitantly overpriced dud." it is overhyped because the boxes are in the autumn of their career. the fight will likely do more harm than good

for its dial-up internet service in the '90s, aol now has several media brands including the huffington post. analysts say the move could help verizon make money by distributing video over the internet particularly to mobile devices which is a growing trend in the marketplace. the deal is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close some time this summer. >>> an anonymous buyer is the proud new owner of the world's most expensive p painting. the picasso oil works, sold for nearly $180 million at auction last night. bidding actually started at $100 million. auctioneers at -- say they are not surprised by the record-setting bid. >> what is behind this boom in the art world? >> it is a cultural boom. one i am privileged to be part of. it is global. and goes across the continent. >> it took just 11 minutes, 34 seconds for the picasso buyer to reach the winning bid. a sculpture called, the pointing man, sold for more than $141 million. that too broke a world auction record for a sculptor. >>> coming up on wusa9 news, customer appreciation. we will tell you about an art dealer who reall

director of "the huffington post" and david corn is the washington bureau chief with mother jones. gentlemen, two of my favorites. i don't know where to start, except there are parts of this country represented well by the way by louie gohmert. and by the way, we're going get to the fact that there are actually some surprising hero downs there who actually say this is crazy. >> well, it seems like governor abbott, louie gohmert and ted cruz are turning the lone star state into the loon star state by going ahead and basically -- this stuff percolates on the conspiratorial right, which sometimes -- >> when did you hear of it first, that there was going to be awes army invasion which is actually an exercise. >> alex jones who is a 9/11 truther and believed in fema concentration camps and goes after the bilderbergs. and had ron paul on his show. and ron paul over and over again was really pushing this hard. and then it kind of jumps into the bloodstream of the more mainstream politicians. and ted cruz and greg abbott get out there. they have this sort of ruse. we are responding to the

huffington post in a core era where we are.a be profitable but we're still in investing mode. joe's mouthing -- >> we like when people are in investing mode. that's the key to the whole business. in terms of investing mode. i know you're also investing content. we talked aboutthe last time we saw. digital content and you've done a partnership with our parent company, comcast. what is that about? >> the deal with comcast and nbc universal is really about three quick things. one, it is really about following the consumers as they go to digital and we're partnering to bring nbc content to aol consumers. second is we're going to be co-developing content with nbc both for internet and linear. number three, which linda at nbc has been and she was ought our new front event a couple weeks agoeand she's really thinking about the future of linear advertising and going programmatic and thinking more about the future with that. we're partnering in a very broad way and probably you'll see a lot of deals in the linear space that come togethe

this is the huffington post on the watch. >> yep. >> we can't see it. >> it's teeny tiny. >> that was basically, i like it. been using it for a week or so. here's what apple does a really great job of i think. apple does a really good job of thinking about the rule of seven. human beings over time want cure rated information devices. >> right. >> they do a great job of that. >> you were thinking of taking your iphone 6 and becoming the tim broadcasting network essentially. >> right. >> how did they play at this? they are very into their devices. they want you to use stuff on that. >> yeah. >> but are they going to become essentially the cable company eventually? >> i think there's going to be a massive fight for content and there's going to be a massive fight for services. i think this is my prediction and i've said it publicly before. devices and networks have the potential to get massively come mod advertised. we'd have a hard time seeing the difference in the phones. content is what drives the different differentiation. there's going to be a significant amount of investment in cont

. >> i'm joined now by the "globe" editorial director for the huffington post howard fineman and the former chair of the republican national committee michael steele. howard, the last part of it grabbed me, too big to fail, too big to exist. that's something that people can say whether it's glass/steagall, whatever it is, something has to be done structurally about the american economy to make us safe. >> chris, whatever the labels might be on bernie sanders. >> calls himself a socialist. >> whatever people identify with or call themselves, a lot of things that he talked about today, raising the minimum wage, a jobs program, increased taxes on the wealthiest americans, billionaires paying their fair share, breaking up the big the caucus-goer the most committed activist on the democratic side, very liberal constituency, a state where hillary clinton had plenty of problems in 2008 and she game in third place behind barack obama and john edwards and from bernie sanders' standpoint a monumental challenge the possibility of maybe somehow some way beating hillary clinton but i think more r

i have the huffington post on the watch. kara: it is tiny. tim: i like it.for a week or so. here is what apple does a great job of. apple does a good job of thinking of the role of seven. human beings want -- kara: you were talking

snapping up one of the digital's oldest brands in aol which also owns popular websites like the huffington post and tech crunch. >>> still ahead as we continue tonight. how safe are some of the most popular suvs in america in the new crash test results are in. which ones came out on top and which didn't fare as well in a sudden impact? >>> later, following the big campaign to put a woman on the $20 bill. who is america's choice? tonight we have a winner. >>> if you or someone in your family is considering buying a new suv, there is new crash test data out tonight that may influence what you buy. the insurance institute has tested seven-mid-sized suvs including the most popular suvs on the road. only one gets the highest rating. we get the latest from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: they are some of the most popular mid-sized suvs on the market. put through new crash tests at the insurance institute for highway safety, and this crest it critical. the small overlap test replicates what happens when the front corner of the vehicle hits a poll, tree or car. missing the front structure of the vehic

aol owns the "huffington post" and other websites like tech crunch and end gadget. >>> mixed results from crash tests as some mid-sized suvs are tested. the insurance institute for highway safety says the nissan murano earned a good rating protecting the driver the best among the seven suvs tested. the ford flex and jeep wrangler four door also received high marks. the dodge journey scored lowest in the group. >>> trending now, president obama has decided toweled his presidential library on the south side of chicago where his political career began. the president and first lady worked at the university of chicago and have a home in the area. >>> well moving can be stressful and costly. tips to avoid getting ripped off before you make your next move. >> and we want to invite you pet levers out there -- lovers out there. e-mail pets@kpix.com. or on our facebook page. and we'll have our pet >>> when you're feeling sick, the last thing you want to do is get in the car and head to the doctor. well new york city you don't have to -- now you don't have to. alison harmelin reports a new app

from the "huffington post," aussie sheep station under fire for cursing at animals.animal abuse from peta because workers were heard using foul language around the animals. >>> check this out. dramatic surveillance video shows thieves pepper-spraying a family. they drive off with almost two suitcases in. police are still searching for the suspects. >>> david rockefeller, the oldest living billionaire in the world is giving 1,000 acres of land to the state of maine, doing this in celebration of his 100th birthday on june 12th. he's grandson of oil mogul john d. rockefeller. >>> this little boy's story will warm your heart. warner brothers has released a new trailer, a story of miles scott, a child diagnosed with cancer. his dream of becoming a superhero came true with a little help from an entire ziti and the make-a-wish foundation which managed to turn san francisco into gotham city and miles into bat kid. we are happy to report that miles's cancer is currently in remission. >>> vice president biden will head for a graduation. they will toss the hats into the air. mo

the boy in the video tells the "huffington post" this isn't the first time.three years ago. >>> here's a look ahead. attorney general loretta lynch travels to cincinnati to kickoff a national community policing tour, highlighting cincinnati's collaborative approach to policing. it is one that emphasizes a dialogue with residents and efforts to quell protests before they spiral. >>> happy birthday to sam smith. he turns 23. actress and swinger grace jones is 67 and pete townshend of the who, 70 years old. i'm betty nguyen. thanks for watching "early today." >>> while you were sleeping from fire to hazmat. a massive overnight fire is now a possible threat to your health and your morning commutes. >>> mountain lion in san mateo. a neighbor tried to take matters into his own hands by firing a gun. why the mountain lion is free and man is facing charges. >>> the stench is just too unbearable. what crews plan to do today with two beached whales along our coastline. >>> a live peek outside. beautiful bay bridge from the distance. tuesday, may 19th. this is "today in

aol owns a number of websites including the "huffington post" and "tech crunch."erizon says the partnership will help it concentrate on some issues. >>> coming up greece makes a big payment on its bailout plan but could it leave the country even more broke. ♪ >>> a crucial vote is expected in the senate today on legislation that would grant president obama the authority to fast track trade deals through congress. patricia sabga joining us now. is it even possible to pass a major trade deal without this fast track authority. >> well, anything is possible but it is very, very very unlikely that any trade deal is going to be nailed on the head without fast track legislation. and that's because congress could go in and cherry pick the parts that they don't like. so imagine if in the trans-pacific partnership, you are never going to getting a agreement. >> and that is really what this is about. this huge trade deal with pacific rim nations. what is president obama's big argument for it? >> this has been a hard sell ever since january when he asked for fast track approv

next washington journal sarah westwood of the washington examiner and michael mcauliffe of the huffington post discuss benghazi and the investigation into the 2012 conflict attack and what was the role of then secretary of state hillary clinton. then, former ambassador to morocco looks at the ongoing nuclear talks with iran. after that, the future of trade legislation -- how the house and senate plan to deal with it. plus your phone calls, facebook comments, and tweets. live every morning on c-span. >> next, tennessee senator bob corker talks deal, the upcoming summit and relations with china. his remarks are part of the christian monitor series. this runs an hour. cook: i am dave cook for the "christian science monitor." our guest today is senator bob corker, chairman of the senate committee, and a member of the budget committee. his last visit was with our group was in january of last year. he is a south carolina native who graduated from the university of tennessee with a degree in industrial management. in 2006, he was elected to the us senate.

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>>> leading the news in "the huffington post," a french bartender convicted of manslaughter after a maner was apparently trying to break a record at the bar. the bartender received a four-month suspended sentence and is banned from working in a bar for a year. his lawyer says he plans to appeal. >>> in "usa today," father marries son after they dissolve adoption. bill novak adopted norm where their legal partnership was not recognized. they have been together for 50 years, finally got married on sunday, and they say they are, quote, ecstatic beyond belief. >>> some other stories we're following for you. six people arrested after authorities in ecuador seized around 200,000 shark fins. police say they were going to be illegally exported to asia. around 25,000 sharks were slaughtered to get those fins and they are often used to make shark fin soup, which is a traditional chinese dish. >>> "time" magazine looking into teen trends in sex, bullying, booze and more and there is some good news. according to "time," the latest statistics on teenagers paint a rosy portrait of american teens. the

huffington post. aol.com is where a lot of people begin their day.etty: a lot of people start their searching on aol.com? cory: that is what happens. what is suggesting here is the advertising business. theirade some of platform. a lot are scratching their heads, that they had a video platform and that it was so young and that they would sell it for so much money. what sense to that make. same, start to see a well the program out of business. makes an ading that pop-up on your phone, on your tablet, or on your web browser. it brings it all the way from the maker of the ad to you, the user. betty: i guess that drink between marissa mayer and tim armstrong met nothing. cory: i'm sure they had a good time. mark: another deadline for greece. betty:betty: greece faces a long list of deadlines. they owed the imf worth -- roughly $888 million. the finance minister has said that greases liquidity situation is getting increasingly complicated. eece's liquidity situation is getting increasingly worse. seems to be ine worse shape than many economists thought, d

i have the huffington post on the watch. probably cannot see it. kara: it is tiny. tim: i like it.'ve been using it for a week or so. here is what apple does a great job of. apple does a good job of thinking about the rule of seven. human beings want curated information brands. kara: you were talking about taking your iphone 6 and becoming a broadcasting network, essentially. how do they play into this? they are very into their devices, they want you to use stuff on that. are they going to become the cable company eventually? tim: i think there will be a massive fight for content and services. this is my prediction. i have said it publicly before. i think devices and networks have the potential to get massively commoditized. if i took everyone's phone and taped it to a wall and we all stood 20 feet away, you would have a hard time telling the difference between a phone -- content is something that drives differentiation over time. when you look at things like sports rights or the live content stuff coming out today there will be a really, really significant amount of investment in

let's go to a more sentiment on notes -- the huffington post president arianna huffington -- said hee mothers. it might be a pronoun issue. big deal in was a the day of retail and the hospitality industry. you say was big and social media? corey: and the flower business. the marketing around mother's day for the flower industry is enormous. it is a day were they i think it is their biggest day of sales. olivia: i got suckered in. spendi think the average was $172 per person, the largest amount eating spent person sense -- since the tracking was started 15 years ago. corey: why not? it's a woman economy. olivia: thank you so much. nice to have you in new york. pimm: did you tweak your mother?corey: i did not. olivia: i instagram my mom. pimm: i am in the middle. ahead, had, -- still hank paulson weighs in on china's latest rate cut as well as whether greece will stay in the euro zone. ♪ pimm: welcome back. let's take a look at some of the top stories at this hour. it will be the first time secretary was a john kerry has had direct talks with vladimir putin in two years. he will meet w

when you think about aol, you think about the huffington post and all of these cool brands, even theialogue business. it is about the quiet building alo has been doing around advertising technology. they are getting some cool, cutting edge stuff that helps place ads all over mobile devices and verizon can use that ways togy in a lot of help match that stuff together and hopefully drive new sources of revenue. angie: how does this deal changed the mobile advertising landscape? brian: that is the big question. verizon is huge. more than 120 $5 million in annual revenue. now, they are pushing themselves to direct competition with google. we're going to have to see how this shakes out. has been a ways, it google and facebook world in the united states and with verizon getting into this, we have to see if they have to new competition. i think a lot of people would love to have a third player. we will see. angie: really interesting. that deal worth $4.5 billion. brian, thanks for that. over to new york where we will talk about u.s. justice department wanting the parent companies of several

the company owns the huffington post and a collection of international news sites. is also getting a lot technology for delivering video and advertising. that is tim armstrong's a be right there. the parent company of giant and food lines. they are in fact in merger talks. if they actually merge, they would create the fifth largest supermarket chain in the united states and the fourth largest in europe. both companies say the talks are preliminary and may not result in a deal. john kerry in russia meeting with president vladimir putin for the first time in over two years today. ukraine is on the agenda, the iran nuclear deal, and syria. peter cook joins us from d.c. with more details. peter is this chilly relationship thawing a bit? peter: it is interesting if nothing else. it is a big deal right now the john kerry is in russia. at this hour, he should be sitting down with vladimir putin . he has already met with his counterpart. this is the first time in two ears that a u.s. official has met with putin on russian soil. the last one to do it was right before edward

cory: they can be agnostic for stop it and i have to get a very huffington post video.h, anyone any stupid youtube cap videos any drunken hockey escapades -- tom: what?! brendan: as you well know video has to be better than drunk hockey and stupid cats to make money. this business is really hard. cory: but it does not. tom: it does not have to make money? cory: it can be big, it bb10 poll -- it can do the tentpole thing, the great sporting events, that is the history of media, but the current media are these tiny things that draw a couple of views that once you use programmatic revenue, you can attach a little revenue to a little thing. tom: cory johnson, thank you so much. brendan: we got someone from the west coast to explain this to us. tom: i need a lot of explaining. brendan: the more onset not wearing ties -- we want to go to our agenda. tong, you are looking at aol. tom: $43 billion, ebitda a well has, like, 430 trailing ebitda. this is a speck on the map for verizon. right away, tim armstrong because my executive of the year. i have no clue how he has done this,

thempany that owns huffington post and a collection of international news sites.izon is also getting a well's programmatic advertisement technology, which uses and-powered machines to buy sell ad space per charter is working on an acquisition of a competitor. the companies agreed to a merger in march contingent on the comcast time warner deal being closed. charter is continuing to negotiate a deal which would make it easier for financing to have a bid for time warner cable. the sixth largest cable provider in the united states. a new bid worth about $2 billion. the original offer was turned down. the new bid is higher. he believes the bid will eventually succeed. >> it is a superior offer. caps --s. dollars, all forcash, by far superior shareholders, of which we are of largest, sharing 50% partnerre. company isholding pushing for a deal to reduce exposure to the auto business. the death toll is now 42 from the paul's second earthquake in listen to this week spirit it hit this morning. more than 1000 people are injured. a magnitude of 7.3. in -- centered in a mount

the huffington post reports ben carson is the only candidate who does not eat meat. he told "the times" which is where i get all of my election news that his religion and health concerns inspired his preference for plants. his lifestyle may to the go over well with the meat industry in iowa, a key primary state. and a 2013 poll found 23% of republicans view vegetarians unfavorably. first of all why are you laughing? that is an excellent source for election news. >> vegetarian time. >> you have to get your reading in. >> we will get her a copy after the show. i was a vegetarian for years. i was a vegan. my body craved the meat. do you think the public at large, america at large could support a tofu eating president? >> i don't think anyone is surprised that dr. ben carson would be a vegetarian. each doctor says eat less red meat. eat more fruits and vegetables. as long as he is not chastising me for my selection of a cheese burger at dinner. >> a subtle jab at michelle obama. i caught that. >> i don't think it is a problem. there are bigger fish to fry as opposed to t

- hear or disdain from long time journalists about, you know, the buzz feeds of the world or huffington posts of the world. i fear that that kind of disdain is the same thing as -- >> you don't share it. >> i don't share that. i think we need to learn from them and i think probably the disdain is not all that dissimilar from what people at kodak were saying about digital pictures in the early years. >> but you acknowledge that -- that buzz feed style journalism doesn't necessarily migrate over to "the new york times." i mean, you know, 26 diseases we should be freaked out about should not be what "the new york times" is doing. >> yeah. no. let me give you a list [inaudible] about why it's not for us. >> yeah. >> a joke. >> that was a good joke. no. i got it. i was like, man, that's -- that's a pretty hip joke. [laughter] that's very good. but the point is you -- you -- you accept the fact that the buzz feeds of the world have their place. >> yeah. >> "the new york times" has its place. they don't all have to be the same. >> that's right. and that we -- we need to learn from the willingness to