. >> would that involve john donahoe demoting himself? >> i don't know about that.you want a serious leader for paypal, you will have to create an attractive role. >> john donahoe has said over and over again, he battled it out publicly with carl icahn that these companies are staying together. and now, reportedly they are telling ceo candidates that they are going to spin it off? i don't get it. >> i don't think there's any way long-term that the company stay together. fundamentally the economics and logic of breaking them apart -- there's a reason paypal has missed every window. the stripes, the squares -- every level of innovation in the united states -- they will continue to miss as long as it is a subsidiary of ebay in san jose. paypal needs to have a different culture, different leadership, different approach. the best way to do that is to rebrand the entity and spin off ebay on the side when no one is paying attention. you get all the market credit right now if you just rebranded the company. >> part of the problem is that ebay is becoming a smaller part of p

. >> if yew the ceo, john donahoe, aren't you thinking about moving to paypal instead of sticking withbay? running the paypal business now. do you have a sense of the possibility he might be the new leader of maypal? >> from what i hear, donahoe is asking everyone in the silicon valley who should take this role. so i don't think he has himself in mind. he's a pretty seasoned operator in what he's doing. so that would be a surprise to me. i mean, i think the story around paypal right now is, you know, the folks who are sort of proponents of the spin see a great future for it by doubling down on tech, on innovation, on growing the market. so i think they want basically the kind of leader that david marcus was, i think, for some people there, you know, someone of the tech world who could really turbo charge this, hire the best engineers, and i think that's the kind of candidate they're looking for. >> jessica, nice to hear from you this morning. you know i think the question for paypal is, isn't it an inevitability there will be a spin-off? my gut says, maybe this year, next year, three y

. >> with ebay now, we talked to john donahoe about this, and he says it will be a niche business.zon has such a lock on delivery. can google really compete? >> i think it can, but you will get into a much more interesting long-term story about alternative ways of distributing things same-day, which comes a story about drones, self driving cars, and suddenly i get my groceries from drones are self driving vehicles. this is the direction all this is going, those mundane things we don't really want to do that will become a big chunk of how things get delivered. you can't do them with fedex because the economics are broken. think that is where this is going. >> i have tried google shopping express. it is ok. there is not a lot of inventory. but i guess if they build it out , perhaps it is a way for retailers to compete. >> one of the reasons this is happening now is because amazon decided to bite the bullet on local sales taxes. they had built their entire distribution network on avoiding taxes by building the solution centers in places like nevada. now they are coming much closer to

>> you saw what john donahoe did at ebay.re a lot of folks that have done great jobs to inspire their teams. look at linkedin right now. they had some troubles in the early years. look at what brad smith at intuit is doing. all these folks are doing a great job of just not leading, but inspiring their teams in new ways. >> maynard webb, chairman of yahoo!, great to have you here. we have new information on the death of actor and comedian robin williams who was found dead yesterday at the age of 63. the marin county sheriff confirmed williams committed suicide by hanging himself in the bedroom of his home just north of san francisco. we will look back at his extraordinary career and the legacy left in hollywood from tv stardom on "mork and mindy" to an oscar-winning performance in "good will hunting" to box office hits like "mrs. doubtfire." that is next. here is a look at the top stories making headlines on bloomberg.com. ♪ >> you are watching "bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. hollywood and movie fans everywhere are mourning

. >> john donahoe battled it out publicly with carl icahn that these companies are staying together.dly they are telling ceo candidates that they are going to spin it off. >> i don't think there's any way long-term the company stay together. there is a reason why paypal has missed every window. the stripes, the squares, every level of innovation in the united states, they have missed and they will continue to miss as long as this is a subsidiary of ebay. paypal needs to have a different leadership, culture, and approach. the best way to do that is to rebrand the entity. you get all the market credit right now if you just rebranded the company. >> part of the problem is that ebay, in terms of payment volume, is becoming a smaller part of paypal. would rebranding really make that big of a difference? >> it would. it would clarify the value proposition to the world. like it is afeels subsidiary of ebay. people still think of that internally. that is why they have missed all of the macro trends and innovation. they still think of themselves as hostage to the ebay marketplace, which is de

john donahoe about this and said it will be a niche business for them and isn't the future of ebay. i wonder, amazon has such a lock on delivery and can google really compete there? >> oh, i think it can but i think you're going to get into the much more interesting long-term story is about alternative ways of distributing things same day, you know, which becomes a story about drones and about self-driving cars and suddenly i'm getting my groceries via drones or self--driving vehicles and this is the ultimate direction those things are going in those mundane things we don't want to do that will become a chunk of how things will get delivered but can't do it with fedex because the economics are broken of having groceries come any other way than drones or self-driving cars. i think this is where it's going. >> i tried google shopping express. it's ok. it's not a ton of inventory but i guess you could see if they build it out, perhaps a way for retailers to compete. >> one of the reasons it's happening now is because amazon decided to bite the bullet and pay local sales taxes and state

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how about right here, ebay's ceo john donahoe, you are challenged.ack white, playing shows this weekend here in san francisco. with that, my producer, justin soloman, will do the honors. whoa! good grief. that's cold. thank you, nick. guys, back to you. >> yeah, not a lot of ice, if i may. some of you went through this. not a lot of ice. looked a bit like water to me. ice bucket challenge. >> well it -- it was, i think just didn't try to put as much ice. if it makes you feel better it wasn't a fell thi trash can, simon. i don't know if that equals it out. >> i almost put ton top of your head. it is warmer there. perhaps it has melted. josh, hoping you would be brad pitt. i kbguess we don't have word fr him? >> nick along challenged brad pitt and we promised viewers one of the two of you would be up in the segment. it's you, obviously. >> right. josh, brad pitt and shaun white, only goes downward from here. >> okay. josh, just a reminder, who are the three you challenged there? donahoe at ebay. the other two? >> yeah. donahoe, johnny aye in cupertino