can you explain reddit? i explain it as an information community for people who haven't seen it. >> so you know, it's, like i said two guys in an apartment today, it's a top 50 website that is a platform for online communities to share links and have discussions. they submit those links, they vote everything up or down, and it results in hundreds of thousands of front pages. communities who want to follow everything from a particular sports team to a breed of dog. like there's a page dedicated to the corgi for fans of that weird and adorable dog and they share photos and discussion and tips with one another. >> so many people are reading this. talk to me a little bit about product. so you created this product, and it's not fancy, reddit is not fancy at all. >> no. >> but in your speeches you talk about how if you had to parse out, if you had to parse out your budget, you wouldn't spend it so much on marketing. you would spend it on product. >> yes. and you can see the lessons, you know, we spent a total in r

. >> in 2005, alexis ohanian launched the company reddit. it's now owned by conde nast and has more than 100 million visitors a month. he then went on to launch the popular travel website and wrote a book called without their permission. we're going to talk about what he learned launching these two successful companies. it's so great to see you. >> thank you. >> hit monk one of my favorite travel sites. >> i take the most credit for the mascot. like every company i start is a new mascot and it warms my heart every time someones says i sometimes watch searches just to watch it dance. >> then you've done your job. you talk in your book and in your speeches a lot about having permission to fail. >> mm-hmm. >> which is -- it's funny to hear that from someone who's been so incredibly successful. >> yeah, i mean you know on the surface, right, it looks like the way these head lines get written it's a clear story, right? alexis right out of college, a year and a half they're acquired by conde nast. but life in general is full of failures and setbac

you're using google hangouts and reddit.te house has to try all different types of lifeforms. when you look at the clinton administration, they were talking about how much coverage they got for doing mtv which was edgy at the time. they have to find new ways to reach people. social media is the way now. the white house is trying anything they can to get their message out. >> should we not be giving the white house such a hard time? some say that he is pandering to the young people. is it really cheap? they're going to outlets that younger people actually use. i do not know many 24-year-olds who watched state of the union addresses. >> the white house knows one he think -- young people -- the white house knows one key thing young people are crucial. when it comes to social media, their coalition relies on the enthusiasm and support of young people. you use social media to get young people. republicans said that the "between two ferns" segment was maybe beneath the office or something that criticizes how they do things. they w

the same thing goes for reddit or the google town halls.he funny or die video, the white house uses those to target a specific audience. in this case, young people. he won the 18 to 29-year-old bull in 2012. more important, the enthusiasm of that group is a key and regular target for all of his appearances. >> today set ratings records for these shows. >> they do. these efforts not only have an impact for the white house but also these shows. they set viewer records for "the reddit's it crashed service for the first time. these companies never failed to embrace this. it is free publicity. on some level, it is an implicit endorsement when the president comes in and starts to use your platform. the white house and these companies both are benefiting. overall, do you expect the president will be doing more of these? what else does he have to cover now? >> the white house is, on a daily basis, competing against hundreds of lawmakers, interest groups, political operatives from the other side that are trying to push back on this message. i think

it was a good week to ask reddit go for good food. nominees were announced for thee bestla in washington to eat, drink, and enjoy that exnse accoununt if y have one. lateter in the show we will talk about the annual foodie fight about whosthe best in the washgton area. .e will talk new finances and a look at some of the other top headlines. joining us today is jonathann ackermanf amplifieventures and pepeter mae c -- jonathan aa beberman and p peter morici. >> as a matter of law and internatnal conntion, there isismmediate reqequirements pay the families something. there will be another amount paid really soonased on strict liability after that -- - strict liability. notreal issue iwhether or there will be terrorism involved. the insurance companies will bee looking at a big claim. it may be something we never knowow. >> absolutely. we are certainly not going to kn. this far out in time it is highly unlikikely. the hindenbnburg this week. this is going to bone of tse mysteries that have four or five differenent explanations. lead expl

now from what i read on reddit, it's easy to turn this bad boy into a pipe. just hollow out-- i just hollow out one little thing here, and i take some of that dp sprinkle that in there. and then... mmmm. mmmm. man. that is some tart stash. now, folks, clearly-- ( laughter ) clearly, there's some cash to be made here. and if you want a piece of the pie, and if you're high, you do-- i'm going to help you make some money right now with the help-- oh" of a big red button. >> are you a cop? you have to tell me if you're a cop. this is the "colbert report's." bears and balls. ( cheers and applause ) bears and bowls edition. hi, nation. we're on the precipiceave new gold rush. isn't that right, old timer? weeeeed! there's weeeeed in them there hills. weeeeed! ( coughing ) ( laughter ) ( applause ) ( cheers ) and for some businessmen, the cash is already pouring in. >> we want to introduce you to one family who is among the first americans to become million naertz legal pot business, colorado's first family of pot. >> i am coo, coordinator of operations. i do the lea

. >> reporter: on reddit, everything from ailian abduction to a chinese military power play is trendingthe less wild conspiracies actually warrant examination. >> some of the theories that are being put forward, you have to think yeah, that needs to be looked into. >> hijacking, for example. could flight mh-370 been taken over? radios and transponders silenced as it was flown to a nearby island. eerily, families continue to call that you are lived ones cell phones, which because the call is international rings hauntingly before going to e-mail. some say what's going on here is almost like the tv show "lost." >> i think there's something that happened to this aircraft, whether or not they could have lappeded that aircraft in that region i find highly unlikely. >> another prominent theory involves the military. was it blown to small pieces by a rogue missile? making the debris field too small to find? >> i don't see evidence of that whatsoever. the whole profile would have been much different than what we see today. we would have seen debris across the ocean. it would have spread as much

>>> leading the news on yahoo.com, "titanic" survivors sparked interest on reddit.d. >>> and in "the washington post," secret service incident in netherlands were on the heels of car wreck during obama's miami trip. the agency was on high alert following an incident of two agents suspected of an alcohol-induced car accident. >>> in the news this morning, we're getting a new look at just what happened in the deadly mudslide in washington state when the hill gave way. it sent a mountain of mud on to the neighborhood below. 16 people confirmed dead. >>> the city of boston is mourning the loss of two firefighters killed in a fast moving blaze wednesday. 13 other firefighters were injured in the apartment building fire. boston's mayor saying words cannot do justice to the grief that the city is feeling right now. >>> weather is yet again halting the desperate search for missing flight 370. we're learning of new satellite spottings. the agency saying a thai satellite it owns has detected 300 objects near the search area. >>> well, what better way to end the trip to china

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they are reading reddit. they are on social media. they know it can be used for innovations.o, it can be used for illicit activity. they want to keep track of it, make it more transparent, to stop illicit activity. >> where they pressured into this activity? did social media put pressure on them to look at this stuff? >> in a sense, you could say they were pressured into this position because of the explosion of the popularity of it coin and the acceptance. -- of bitcoin. there are 30,000 merchants in this.s. accepting there are businesses springing up all over the country that except it coin -- accept bi tcoin. the point that david cohen made is, unless treasury gets involved, unless the regulation is set up around this, it will not become the mainstream currency a lot of people are expecting it to be. underground, in a sense. it is interesting to hear them so concerned. >> matt miller, thanks so much. alibaba is headed toward an initial public offering, setting up one of the most high-profile events in years. it was the work in washington, behind the scenes, that may have h

the same thing with reddit.e the funny or die video, the white house uses those to target a specific audience. in this case, young people. maintaining that support and the of that group is a key for all these appearances. >> a presidential appearance may boost talk show ratings. what about the bigger picture? >> taking a broader and longer point of view, i'm not sure this is all that great for democracy. when political leaders become friends with comedians, doesn't that turn democracy into a joke? ronald reagan was the big seachange that led to an escalation of politicians acting as celebrities. >> if there is anyone who is upping the game on the video front, it's michelle obama. the first first lady of viral video. she has enlisted the help of will ferrell, beyoncÉ and the miami heat. from miami heat to colorado cold, the mountain extreme skiers are flocking to. the former executive. you will meet him, next. ♪ >> the trend is hitting the slopes. see commerce helps people save up to 85% on lift tickets. why this

. >>> the mississippi river in a deep freeze on reddit been viral. >>> one of the coldest winters on record, the results on the great lakes. 90% of lake michigan has frozen over. the noaa says that has hand only a few time before. last queer only 20% of lake michigan was covered in ice. i can't blame my friends for being happy for spring oarrive. >> these protestors have decided that today they will be arrested >> these people have chased a president from power, they've torn down a state... >> what's clear is that people don't just need protection, they need assistance. >> >> pushing for progress over the ukrainian cries circumstances secretary of state john kerry is set to resume talks with his russian counterpart as the e.u. looks at sanctions over moscow. >> college exams set to overcome different aspects. >> the town of seatac and a

reddit is a very vibrant community.you look at their metrics, they are on par or better than twitter's. hacker news is very influential within a tight community of startups, based on pseudonyms. i think other products have done this historically well. obviously, a community can air air -- can err on the side of the mob. the people creating antimatter will thrive. >> one person tweeted these kind of apps can ruin lives. there's a lot of negativity. some things are wrong, some things are very mean. what is up with that? >> there is a lot of thigns wrong on a tech blog, there is certainly some very mean content and comments on a tech blog that it absolutely. building a business like secret successfully is difficult. when i said it was misunderstood, i meant reflexive actions. misunderstood the quality that can be empowered. if it is just your friends and friends of friends, the content is really the result of people you know. maybe you should have different friends. maybe you should edit your address book. think about who

. >> we have a great guest hosted tomorrow, a cofounder of the website reddit.spot for discussion about bitcoin and many other things. >> thank you for watching. see you tomorrow. ♪ >> the new york city fire department is calling it an "major disaster." two buildings have collapsed in east harlem here in manhattan was of according to the "new york times," two people are dead. we had reports earlier that we have confirmed at least one death, but it appears to be will have died, more than one dozen injured. this explosion took place at about 9:30 this morning. you can see here what it looks like up in harlem at the moment. it is a disaster scene, stephanie. >> indeed it is. you have just given us an update, but i want to put this in context was about one to bring in pat holloway. december 2013, this is the man who is deputy mayor of operations right here in new york city. he oversaw police, fire, and all emergency systems through new york city. clearly that included a number of disasters. hurricanes and he, busy time for you. talk to us about this explosion, what

reddit has been massively successful. it's a very vibrant community.u look at their metrics, they are on par or better than twitter. it's very influential and has real schedule. hacker news is very influential in a tight community of startups. in other products -- they have to miss a story could well. the community can err on the side of a mob war not tied to real-world identity, but there's a lot of facebook that sucks up real-world identity and people creating antimatter are starting to thrive. >> you said secret is the most misunderstood absent twitter. mark andreessen said, never naming it, these kinds of apps can ruin lives. there's a lot of negativity. some things are wrong, some things are mean. >> is that different than a tech blog? there are certain families of very mean content and comments. >> yes. >> building a business like secret successfully is incredibly difficult and a very rare set of entrepreneurs can pull it off. what i said was misunderstood, i think people's reflexive reaction misunderstood that the content that can be empowered o

. >>> the mississippi river in a deep freeze on reddit been viral. >>> one of the coldest winters on record, the results on the great lakes. 90% of lake michigan has frozen over. the noaa says that has hand only a few time before. last queer only 20% of lake michigan was covered in ice. i can't blame my friends for being happy for spring oarrive. >>> veronica mars, did the >> this is the real deal man... >> the veronica mars movie hits theaters next week but is getting to the big screen in ways we never heard before. the show's star kristin bell and rob thomas turned to its fans. they launched into what is a record setting kick start campaign, raising $2 million in less than a day and almost $6 thousand, in a month. a slew of celebrities have taken to the crowd-funding website to fund their independent pet projects. it mate be changing the way indy films are produced. al jazeera culture critic and former npr deert bilpr editor b. why not let's do it? what does that say about the industry? >> it's a crazy industry. there's a word for people who are show runners of successful televisio

you just did a reddit a.m.a. an "ask me anything." >> yep. >> and everyone did these.a: i stayed on an hour. >> i did an hour and a half. >> martha: oh, my god, it was painful. >> it wasn't that painful. >> seth: you were great. >> martha: did you do it? >> seth: i haven't done it yet, no. >> martha: oh, they -- it started asking me some little obscene questions. >> seth: they asked you a word that i'm not going to say, that you admitted you didn't know what it was. >> martha: i was joking. >> seth: of course you were joking. >> was it four letters? [ laughter ] >> seth: but no, you are great on your a.m.a.s because this is the thing everybody does. >> martha: sexual implements. >> martha stewart sex toys? [ laughter ] >> martha: well, they asked me how to clean it. and i said -- i said, "what?" then i -- you know, i was joking. >> soap and water. [ laughter and applause ] >> martha: i said you take a bath. >> seth: that's a great. we're learning so much already. >> such a great conversation so far. [ laughter ] >> seth: so you're a.m.a. was great. and i feel like beca

a reddit user who attended a magic: the gathering tournament took selfies with every exposed butt crack he's calling his photography project "tragic: the gathering." [ applause ] this next one is strange. um, yesterday -- true story -- a 22-pound orange housecat, with a history of violence attacked its owners. but, before you judge, the cat has always made it very clear he hates mondays. [ laughter and applause ] he hates mondays. if you're not going to have lasagna out, that cat might have a tentrum -- a tentrum? i combined temper and tantrum -- [ light laughter ] -- into tentrum. we don't have all day here, so sometimes i'll take two words and combine them. because then i save time so we get more jokes in the show. it wasn't a mistake. it was on purpose as a time-saver. [ applause ] yeah. that's why. i hate to have to talk you through all these things. dubstep musician skrilex released a surprise album last night. either that, or my upstairs neighbor dropped a fork in the garbage disposal. [ laughter ] one or the other. and finally, this is amazing. a woman in iceland joined a search

we saw a lot of crowd sourcing during reddit during the boston marathon bombing, a lot of false positives, how do you control for something like that? >> there's a good side and bad side to it. i think this is doing it right where you have almost a chunk of ocean and you can look at it and see if you see something or not. other people get to vote on it. what we had after the boston marathon bombing, we had people looking at the images and dating and coming up with own suspects and getting out of control. if you do it more like this where it's organized from on high, then i think you get the benefits of having these different people involved. >> dan, one of my favorite things, there is a button for if you find the plane. maybe we'll find that. i don't see it in this particular tile. that would have been breaking news that would have been nice. what's interesting about this, it is the biggest crowd sourcing effort by some estimates saying ever. how unusual is that and is it unusual to see it come from a private company? >> it's still a fairly new idea to use computer resources and combine w

job by doing great a reddit and setting up the bitcoin hearing.elievable innovation and there are tons of bad actors out there. arresting a guy who has been on the forefront since 20, helping ,hem bring down those bad guys they just put bitcoin underground. >> what will the future of bitcoin the? -- be? is it going to threaten the currency? currency, anda what makes a currency have value is this payment system, the ability to e-mail, send someone money or value or even assets. new projects are coming out where you can send assets. the ability to send value over the internet, where you don't have one centralized what of control -- point of control. about worldng changing as when the printing press came out as opposed to the church giving everyone all knowledge and culture. now you have this ability instead of all transactions going through central points of control, you have the ability of person-to-person sending value from each other. forget the ability to be able to open up trade. this is more being able to open up trade between african countrie

the antitrust chief is racing to find them along with reddit tiger: -- credit agricole and icap.lunging today. they told investors that annual sales growth may be up the lower end of projections. this is the second against software exporter. hello. welcome back to "countdown." >> the time in london is 6:43 a.m. protesters crashed with police in turkey and tito reportedly killed overnight as unrest spread following the funeral of a teenager who died from injuries sustained doing last summer's rallies. inare joined by a reporter istanbul with the details. a dreadful scene in turkey once again. >> that's right. streetsd grief on the as tens of thousands of people took to the streets. as you said, two people are reportedly dead, one demonstrator and one police officer in eastern turkey. these are reminiscent of the scenes we saw last year, last using force,olice firing tear gas, and water cannons. put pressure on prime minister erdogan? >> it certainly does. they are calling for justice. he is under increasing heat because he is refusing to accept any responsibility for the death or

reddit suites is trying to adjust their overweight positions. structurally, they are bullish and they say that european equity markets are bullish. your time to halve overweight position on equities. opening a little stronger this morning. manufacturing a little disappointing. what will mario draghi have to say? in the u.k., you will get some inflation data later on at 9:30. let's look at some of the companies that are making headlines this morning. when it comes to google i wear -- eyewear, they are getting together with the sexy designers. -ban, guys make oakley, ray and they will give us a little style and nash -- and pinache when it comes to google and how you use your sunglasses on the beach. kingfisher doing quite nicely. i will tell you what the ceos message was about china when i speak to you later on. the stock up over four percent. deicing ise cost of down. they say they will make a narrower loss than originally estimated for the first half of the year. it comes in at 55,000,000-65,000,000 loss. triptych ofword, a rising stock prices.

it is much easier to do scripted performances on reddit or stand-up youtube celebrities or do twittergregg: late night with jimmy fallon with that one as well. it's a comedy show. some say the president's white house policies are comical. but that is the critics. here he is, yucking it up. when you look at some of this stuff, doesn't it seem totally canned and contrived? >> it does toe to me and may to you who want really serious news. young people like it. look at the two ferns interview, that got at least 2.8 million hits, people tuning in. if you talk to the white house they will tell you that it drove more people to the obamacare website any other thing has done. god knows they need it. gregg: we mentioned today he was on webmd, on the internet, and here, it just crossed the wires, president obama said on webmd that enough people have signed up for health care to make his signature law work. well he is at 4.2 million according to hhs. didn't the white house say we got to have 7 million? >> that was then. this is now. gregg: changing the goalposts. >> changing the goalpost. moving

. >> reporter: on reddit a social media news site everything from alien abduction to a chinese military warrant examination. >> some of the theories that are being put forward, you have to react and say, yeah, that needs looking into. >> reporter: hijacking, for example, could flight mh-370 have been taken over? radios and transresponders silenceds after it was flown to a nearby island? eerily, families of those aboard continue to call their loved ones' cell phones, which because the call is international, rings hauntingly before going to voice mail. some of the internet say what's going on here is almost like the tv show "lost." >> i think that there's something that happened to this aircraft. whether or not they could have landed that aircraft in that region, i find that highly unlikely. >> reporter: and another prominent conspiracy theory involves the military. was the malaysian 777 blown to small pieces by a road missile making the debris field too small to find? >> i don't see any evidence of that whatsoever. the whole profile would be much different than what we see today. we woul

he tweeted that he'll be doing a reddit ask me anything session tonight, so you can ask him some of yourhat? he'll be right here on "new day" tomorrow. >> you know he really wants to be a voiceover artist. >> i know. >> we'll have to hear him say "this is cnn." >> ooh, he can try my name. >> ooh, tomorrow. >> that is setting him up for failure, putting him up against james earl jones. come on now. the only voice we have that can compete -- >> this one! >> indra petersons. but of course, everything you have to say today, it's going to be a little bit of a mixed message. >> we'll help you. >> that's great. unfortunately, we have had a big storm out there. let's talk about the snow totals. toledo saw 7 1/2 inches or so. that caused a huge pileup on the ohio turnpike yesterday. unfortunately, very devastating in the region. good news is, at this point, this system's already starting to make its way out of the area. we already saw blizzard conditions, even out towards buffalo, where they saw over a foot of snow. so, what is going on right now? it is starting to exit. of course, some of the hi

pricing but i think that the next thing that's up his sleeve read it back in two thousand and nine reddit user queen created a graphic. which we can show on the screen here what the world might look like when there's no more net neutrality. i think we have different periods yeah with your basic services twenty five ninety five a month all you want news without that's an extra five dollars oh you want you know and it just it just goes through all the different yeah you want here's the international news you want the new york times you are streaming video is ten bucks you want to do commerce that's an extra five dollars but this is basically the cable t.v. model and i see this coming and i'm concerned sony is anybody else or regardless of me there is a there is a you say there's a complete disconnect between this guy and something where his business who funded his business who funded the technology to create the internet right this is again this is embarrassing is to maintain yeah exactly right this is again this is another example of a corporate social system where you you socialize risk w