that is a longform journalism magazine.hris: in terms of the case of the adaptation it would not be at the head of the pack but journalism is influential. charlie: i am struggling with why there has to be a conflict between keeping a great magazine and honoring its tradition and at the same time having an entrÉe into the global marketplace that you get from online participation and online presence. do you believe there has to be a conflict? chris: no. charlie: these are people did. was it because -- did you fire frank? chris: we did not make a decision in late over the member -- late november. [indiscernible] chris: i will answer your question. first i have to say that frank i count myself privileged to have worked with frank for two years. i got a small view into his tenure. he was without question from my view and the view of his peers one of the most influential editors the magazine has had. to see some of the less finished , who has had as much of an imprint. we did make a decision, which was a difficult decision. in la

the future of longform journalism. does it develop? or decline?colm: i think we are entering a golden age for media. there is more media and more variety and more sophistication now than there ever has been in the past. more people reading than ever in the past. we happen to be in a little window of time where we are trying to figure out the new business models for a lot of it. but we will. the "new yorker" is read by more people than it was in the past. all the gloom and doom is a little wrongheaded. the core question is, is there a desire and a demand among the reading public for in-depth journalism? the answer is, absolutely. emily: how do you make your own work distinctive in this environment? malcolm: i will continue to follow my own curiosity and if nobody wants to follow along, that's too bad. i am in this because i enjoy waking up in the morning and learning about new stuff and if i have large numbers of people that want to follow me and it's wonderful but it's not the reason i do it. i am working on a television show. i have no idea what

but they are doing cool stuff with longform text.ine is doing novel stuff with video. >> what about facebook? and twitter? do you consider them competition? >> we are all kind of vying for attention, but it is different. we have found our spot in the big internet. in this big ecosystem right now. the stuff you go to see on facebook and twitter is created by people you know or celebrities you wish you knew. it is about people. tumblr on the other hand is a little bit more like your tv. it's not about people you know, it is about the stuff you love. >> buzzfeed? >> it is cool. jonah is brilliant. they are making great stuff, using tumblr to make great stuff. i was they would run it on top of tumblr. >> there has never been a $10 billion tech company coming out of new york. why not? ♪ >> how is your life different now that you have sold your company for $1 billion? you're still just not even 30 years old. what do you like to do when you want to act your age? >> when it's not tumblr, it is like 3-d printing or drones or 3-d design. 3-d p

they link to longform pieces out there in the world.favorite right now, "the browser" has become my favorite. they will link to three or four pieces in the english-speaking world. brian lamb: do you know who owns it? david brooks: i forget but he is british. brian lamb: do you pay? david brooks: you pay a small amount and you get full access. brian lamb: put the list back on the screen, "arts and letters daily," what is that? david brooks: "the browser" is political and "arts and letters daily" is academic. they will link to criticism but a lot of overlap, think pieces about writers and art. that was founded by a guy that died five years ago, five or 10 years ago. it has continued and is very strong. brian lamb: i read that he patterned it after "the drudge report" but for smarter people. [laughter] david brooks: they will have summaries of each thing but it is links to larger pieces. brian lamb: the third one? david brooks: it is more book oriented. i follow people on twitter and online by the quality of their links. this economist fro

week from new york washington, and aside from breaking news we spent a lot of times on features and longformm. that might seem weird since we publish online, but we found that they are among the most popular stories on our site. last year we publish several weeklong series on cities including boston and las vegas and are planning to do more this year. one of the feature stories was how one las vegas area became the unofficial brothel of cs. we couldn't do it alone and we want to offer special thanks to nbc. the folks there have been generous in helping us learn how to embarrassed ourselves how to not embarrass ourselves on live tv. we are all working on it. so we think the national press foundation as well as view for this tremendous honor. [applause] at the national press foundation we are proud to recognize this news organization and we are pleased to announce the development of a new series of digital journalism awards to continue in better honor those who make the best use of technology and innovation to make technology better, we will be announcing more in the coming year. our next awar

>> it is almost like a longform twitter. i don't have a twitter account.ind of hard to say an entire message or story or point of view in that little amount of space. athletes are always going to continue to do that. we are giving them tools to develop, produce, curate anything that they want. athletes love it. this day and age athletes like sharing everything with the world. it is fun for us. >> we will have more with el capitan in the next hour. over the weekend, it was wayne's world and a whole lot more. "saturday night live" celebrated its 40th birthday. thanks for the memories. we will be back. ♪ >> 23 million people watched "saturday night live" 40th anniversary special. it brought together many of the people we love and who got their big break on "saturday night live." >> ♪ you know that you can't hold it inside and that's when you break ♪ >> yeah. sing it. a challenge for tesla. apple is secretly trying to develop its own electric car. we will have much more after the break. ♪ >> welcome back to "in the loop." futures indicate stocks will be litter