aol's tax division is a watch experiment and journalism today while sites such as techcrunch, aol energy, aol defense, a overall government new sites are helping to shape a new type of highly specialized journalism. this of course reshaping in defining and restructuring has come with some anxiety. along with hired some the biggest names in journalism and building out of large new staff aol has had to let go of more than 700 workers since its purchase and squelch the careers of some budding writers and editors. while it reportedly pays huge salaries to some of its top journalists it also pays bloggers the opportunity of being on line. some of its contributors also get relatively low money. "huffington post" tendency towards dramatic presentation will also sometimes blur the lines between opinion and fact has run -- from some traditional journalist. let's get to our speakers now. as chairman and ceo of aol, tim armstrong made via new media mogul buddy got his start in an old school style running a newspaper. fresh out of college and a friend started the tabloid called bib in boston in the

but first let's talk about aol. aol was one of the original introducers of internet to people's lives. >> right. >> stephen: okay. would you like to apologise to all businesses for the lost work hours? of all the people who are [bleep] all day long on the internet instead of doing their job? you realize that you introduced the greatest time waster of all time. >> we tend to think of it as one of the great empowerment tools of all time because you can get information in new ways and get educated in new ways but we recognize it didn't always work out that way. >> stephen: now your new idea is called revolution. founded almost seven years ago now. >> right. >> stephen: and this is about the sharing economy. it includes companies like zipcar, living social. i don't like the idea, if you don't mind, of sharing i'm one of 11 children. i had to share my entire life. i'm a big boy now. it's mine. isn't that anti-thetical to american. >> not really, actually the history of american people used to share a hundred years ago wh

half of them said please do this. >> was there a hole because of aol buying tech crunch? >> yes. >> i didn't set out to start a blog. i could have started a blog when i joined tech crunch. i loved what mike and heather were builder so i joined them to build it. my intention was coming back after maternity leave and being the editor of tech crunch. that got taken away from me while i was giving birth. i believe tech crunch lost its way. this is my vision. that's my view. >> now mike's working for you. >> yes. which is interesting. >> the creator of tech crunch. >> he has told people that he has accepted a part time job working for me essentially which is interesting. we have a lot of interesting phone calls. ultimately mike and i viewed ourselves of working together. we had a fight which we did from time to time on stories he was the boss and he had his way and now i have my way. we'll see how that goes. >> you will have to sell page views and advertising in order to make money. that has to be the most not interesting thing in the world for you. >> we are going to hire som

aol bought the huffington opposed. in the middle east, we saw how citizen journalists are reporting on the uprisings, and in papers like the "san francisco chronicle" are finding ways to collaborate with groups like spj's journalist of the year in northern california. his last three of this year's winners were new or nonprofit media, a ratio that would have been unthinkable just a decade ago when newspapers and large tv stations dominated the news media. to be sure, most of the hard work is still ahead of us. few new start-ups turn a profit. many community newsrooms' still rely on volunteer labor, and broader economic issues. we want to encourage the members of our audience here at the public library to drive this discussion. this is your chance to ask these experts what is happening to the news that you depend on to make your day to day decisions. our conversation tonight will include five elements -- we will talk about the quality of reporting available to the public and move on to what is being done to create sustai

it is nearly 20 years after aol went public and some think that this ipo could lead to another boom in technology. >> amazing what has happened in the last 20 years. facebook is still having tremendous successfully remember first meeting mark zuckerberg and he said he first learned how to program by hacking into the aol system. >> reporter: the law stopping most occasional investors from shelling out for this offering. >> unless you have a million dollars of net worth or more and have a preexisting relationship with the firm, can you not buy an ipo. that is the law. >> reporter: morgan stanley and goldman sachs jockeying right new for control of this stock sale. any deal could yield a big bank tens of millions of dollars in new business and, of course, fees. >>> the washington wizards were looking to do something they hadn't done since last april, win two straight. up next, things got off to a rocky start last night and by the end of the night, things got worse. highlights and an injury update coming up next.  >>> a tough night for the washington wizards. they were look

markets but in terms of guests, we have a great list, don gogel of clayton, dublier & rice, the ceo of aol tim armstrong, the ceo of the largest hedge fund in the world, bridgewater associates, and then at 8:30 eastern time, we're going to have yuri milner, the largest investor in facebook. we're going to be getting his thoughts on the world of tech, ipos and a lot more. a lot going on here. i should tell you, joe, i wanted you to know this specifically about shawn parker and partying late. i woke up literally only an hour ago because we were out together. >> are you kidding? >> there were no victoria secret models. >> are you kidding? you woke up an hour ago? that's like 11:00 there, right? >> no, maybe about 10:00. it went very, very late. ann knows. ann the producer knows. i was e-mailing with her very, very late. but, maybe we'll show a picture, got to spend some time with mick jagger. i have two rock stars on the evening. it was a lot of fun. >> i love keith richards. >> that's why you have to 0 come out here next time. >> i will go on a two shot and my wrinkles -- i love both -- >> y

they just think it's business as usual. >> you know, now that he is on the board of aol i'm sure they are thinking of invading yahoo any minute now. but from your reporting we find out what they secretly think of our leaders, and that got general mccrystal fired. what is the matter with you? don't you know what we're supposed to do? we're supposed to suck up to them and play the whole game. but we also find out what they think about the guys who are our partners in afghanistan. but what do they think of those guys? do they think victory is around the corner? >> yeah, it's amazing. this just gets to the lunasy of it. the entire encounter strategy is based on the fact that you have a legitimate partner this government. the partner has never been that and everyone knows that. the other counter insuragainst that everybody talks about is you have to get the buy-in. they suspect he is on drugs. they -- they make fun of him. i have this scene in the book where general mccrystal is about to launch the largest depreciation of his career, and he has to get him to give the kind of signoff on it,

of the six consumed enough on aol to register breathalyzer. >>> a mother is upset it occurs her daughternd out on a school bus. she says her five-year-old daughter fell asleep while the elementary school. she told officials she found the bus atile cleaning the home. myers said her daughter woke up loan and scared. the gross late for school. -- the girl was late for school. >> there is a responsibility school has did notify parents. >> she says that her daughter longer ride the school bus. investigating the incident. >>> van der sloot goes on trial on murder charges. floresccused of killing peru. van der sloot took money and cards from her wallet and chile. sloot was the prime ofpect in the disappearance aruba.ay in >>> not to the push before the new hampshire primary. some rocky moments on the trail. rick santorum was booed. > before new hampshire votes, cruciale some questions. fresh off a near victory in iowa, rick santorum is hoping conservatives coalesced around him. he found at yesterday's new is not quite as iowa.vative as >> are we saying that everyone to marry?e the right >> yes. s

google and aol are adrossing -- addressing ongoing problems. they -- other major players are joining the fight as well. facebook and linkedin are onboard as as well as others. and since many people have received scams disguised as greeting cards. it gives fischers a tremendous financial incentive. hackers are out to steal passwords, bank account information and addresses and email is one tool that criminals use to establish trust. the group says simply inserting the logo gives it legitimacy. while you need to be careful, these companies hope to prevent the emails from getting to you. >> investigators are still trying find the cause of that fire that killed 10 people. tonight why investigators believe the fire was set on purpose. >> and viola davis and octavia spencer were the maids of honor. >>> plus, presidential candidate newt gingrich is getting a boost in his campaign. we'll hear newt's new song coming up. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] at southwest airlines, we're always looking for new ways to make you happy. and we know what really makes you

he said he first learned to program by hacking into the aol system. reporter: facebook has 800 million users worldwide, the law stopping occasional investors from shelling out for this offering. >> unless you have a million dollars of net worth or more meaning you're a credited investor and have a preexisting relationship with the firm you cannot buy an ipo. that's the law. reporter: morgan stanley and goldman sachs jockeying for control of this stock sale. any deal could yield a i big bank tens of millions of -- yield a big bank tens of millions of dollars in new business and, of course, fees. >> you can't score with facebook, but you are going to be able to score with the weather. >> don't need to be a millionaire for nice weather. >> a totally public offering of wonderful numbers if you like it warm. who doesn't need a spring satcher in the end of january and -- sampler in the end of january and almost february. don't be surprised it will be chilly overnight and start on a cold note in the morning. it will be afternoon when we pump those temperatur

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andrea stone, senior national correspondent, huffi ininghuffi aol. liz spade, managing editor of the "washington post," allison fitzgerald, speaker committee chair. i'm going to skip our speaker for a moment, and we have patty giglio, organizer, david silverberg, editor, homeland security today. david remski, buffalo news and former president. irv chapman, bloomberg, and mike amandi, director of communications and former spokesperson for u.s. immigration and custom enforcement. i thank all of you for joining us today. [ applause ] >> today i'm very pleased to welcome our featured speaker, secretary of the united states, department of homeland security, janet napolitano. as secretary of the department of homeland security, napolitano leads our nation's collective efforts to secure the country from both terrorism threats and natural disasters. today she will deliver her second annual state of america's homeland security address. as just the third person in history to hold this position, secretary napolitano oversees the department with an evolving and

they're creating an internet that's totally cut off from the rest of the world or as that's also known, aol. this is nice last night, joe biden and his wife went to the movies to see "the girl with the dragon tattoo." it was annoying when they showed the girl with the dragon tattoo and biden was like, is that the girl with the dragon tattoo? >>> there's a new video online where a guy proposes to his girlfriend at a jumbotron at a basketball game and she actually says no. the worst part is afterwards when marv albert is like, rejected. he didn't have to do that. >> tonight jimmy welcomes actor mark wahlberg. >>> welcome back to "first look." i'm lori wilson. stork paid a visit to beyonce and jay-z in new york city. heavy security for that stork ruffled lots of feathers. they are proud parents of a new baby girl named blue ivy. >> what? >> blue ivy. i said it. beyonce checked in under the name ingrid jackson renting out the entire fourth floor for more than a million dollars. doctors, staffers and even a father of prematurely born twins complained that security restricted movement in the hosp

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in some way and with ail -- aol in another way. you need the types of connections with more established or at least larger players in order to survive. the other reason is that the proliferation of sites has caused a change in the way people get their news. no longer do they just go to what we call destination sites, which was essentially a newspaper online. they are getting their news on facebook and google and bing and search engines. to be out there in that news sphere, you have to have different ways of attacking a and having connections and distribution arrangements. >> i would like to add that proliferation of new sites creates more demand for content, which creates more opportunity for professional writers. before you think about going into news as a business as an independent publisher, you have to think about what the need is, if there is a need in that particular space for another site, and then how you distinguish yourself and the content you provide. i wanted to go back to the question about the funding investments in j

and google,.com and aol join together to back an effort to reduce spam e-mail specifically fishing e-mail which producers. the company is launching a group today and it plans to promote a standard set of technologies to make the e-mail's more secure. your car may not be as secure as you think. all the new high-tech features may be making your car more susceptible to hacking. an expert tells us car thieves could exploit security weaknesses to remotely open your car and start it and even listen in on conversations while you are in your car. that is business news. live at bloomberg headquarters in new york, linda bell reporting for abc 7 news. back to you. >> thank you. 31 degrees in lanham. ahhh. so soft. time out. sweet. [ female announcer ] with charmin ultra soft, you can get that cushiony feeling you love while still using less. charmin ultra soft is designed with extra cushions that are soft and more absorbent and you can use four times less versus the leading value brand. ♪ ♪ ah. [ female announcer ] we all go. why not enjoy the go with charmin ultra soft. >> it was a big night fo

i vividly remember the time warner/aol merger. that was going to change the world and be the beginning of a new paradigm. facebook is unbelievable. facebook has been unbelievable. but companies that say they're going to change the world get valuations that are silly. we'll see where it comes out, but from a banking standpoint and a company that's going to change the world, be a little leery. >> definitely. you want to lower expectations as much as you can ahead of going public. we'll talk more about this in a little bit. markets down across the board, want to get insight. happy monday to you. >> and an almost happy monday here. >> except in brussels where they're arguing over this greek thing. is this resolving over all this turmoil or is this where hard work gets done? >> i think the hard thing is what you and i have discussed over the weeks, and that is while they've remained philosophical, they haven't built a fire department over there. so if this thing breaks out, i'm not sure they have a resolution. i think they're beginning

we'll get earnings from amazon, ups and aol. we'll track it for you all week. >> reporter: show biz tonight has major star power this week. i go one-on-one with taylor armstrong. she is telling all about her alleged abuse nightmare. plus hollywood's most charming guy, neil patrick harris on life as a new dad. >>> and tomorrow morning's weather. how is that going to effect your drive to work. cnn weather center with the travel forecast. >> wind has been the big weather story from santa anas in southern california to wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour across the great lakes. that is going to be the story once again as you head out the door tomorrow. the northeast you're probably wondering is this rain and snow going to linger for the morning commute? for the most part the answer is no. the winds coming behind it will continue to be an issue for all of the big cities across the northeast. the big picture that we look at for tomorrow is much quieter across about the southern 2/3 of the lower 48. the northern tier will remain open. s

we do have him here live, tim armstrong, ceo of aol. you get a real sense of what all these ceos do on the ground here. tim, let's start with that. why is it important to be here? what are you talking about here that is going to affect people at home? >> i think this is the one chance you get all year to see people, global leaders, both government business, not for profit leaders and get a sense of the global economy. i think the themes this year is that the u.s. has had a slight recovery from where we were a couple of years ago. europe is now facing that. it's very -- i think it's very concise way you can come here for a couple of days and really get a sense of how you get investments going forward and economy and jobs. >> we just had tim geithner here. you came out of a meeting with tim geithner and a number of ceos. relatively speaking the u.s. looks pretty darn good. we still have a massive jobs crisis but what is your read on the recovery in the u.s. and for everyone watching looking for jobs, what is this you're going to look like

with facebook going public, would this bring -- i remember maria here when aol traded. at the opening, bang, bang, bang. could it be like that? >> my lips are sealed in the offering. in compliance with all the rules and regulations. however, i think the best aid to individual investors having continued confidence in the markets would be to get control of high-frequency trade, and no more flash crashes, michelle. to me that would be much more important than one ipo. there were a bunch of tech-related ipos that followed this last fall. a lot of folks are linked in today through social networks, no question about it. and the movie and all that. however, to me, you want to feel we are working on a level playing field. and not competing against computers. >> can this bring back the retail strefr? >> we want to see our successful placements, they tend to boost confidence. of course, confidence means higher prices. and that means wealth and that's good for the economy. >> what about the valuation they're talking about? did that just make your eyes roll? >> i'm not going to com

. >> from a practical stand point, for me and millions of us that log on every day some home pages aol. comcast, x finty you go it has news items, maybe you see a clip from jimmy kim mel, something some body sent in, would these bills impact that? >> um, it depends where those groups are getting their clips from. generally speaking you know, a lot of networks, they post clips of their shows for public consumption but if you are looking at a news aggregate tore that is where you run into problems with maybe these clips are not exactly above. >>> some of these companies protesting the bills say the bills threaten, in fact, free speech are they likely to win on that argument? do they threaten free speech? >> that is up for a lot of debate as well, they are basically, their argument is that if you can take down a site based on some copyrighted material, claim that you may be limiting free express because of views expressed in that material, that is for legal scholars to discuss. >>> we know that you know, piracy on internet does exist people upload copyright material they shouldn't upload

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joining me now from new hampshire, editorial director for aol, huffington post, howard fine man, former mccain senior adviser and charlie black and msnbc contributor and soon to be host of her own msnbc weekend program debuting in february, melissa harris perry. thank you all very much for joining us. >> thanks, lawrence. >> melissa, first to you in honor of your new status here as the new shining star in the building, hosting a new program, i want to go to this rasmussen poll. it's a robo poll. it's not the most reliable in the world. but santorum has shot up. he shot up in this poll from 4% to 21%. this is a national poll. it's not new hampshire. it's not what's going to happen next week and then you see romney at 29% within striking distance of santorum's 21. gingrich down there at 16 which in this poll it's still in the game. ron paul hanging in there at 12. is the santorum bubble, melissa, is your sense of it that it is going to have an expiration date like the others, some two weeks or three weeks? or is this the one that can go? we've all been asking this question for a while but

motors and a t and t wireless and would make founder mark suker burg a man it is nearly 20 years after aol went public some think this ipo could lead to another boom in technology. >> amazing what has happened in the last 20 years facebook is built on that, tremendous success i remember first meeting mark zucker burg he first learned to program by hacking into the aol system. >>> the law stopping most occasional investors shelling out. >> unless you have $1 million of net worth or more, an accredited investor and have a pre-existing relationship with the firm you cannot buy anipo. >> morgan stanley, and sacks jockeying. >>> in new york, fox business. >> very interesting all right joining us now with more on this move is scott talbot senior vice president of government affairs for financial services round table thanks for coming in that last pint she made there, you know joe blow the average investor can't get in on this, i didn't know that. that rule applies to all ipos >> it is designed to acquire only those investor who is have the where with all to survive risks with an ipo. since it is

and we'll get earnings from amazon, ups and aol. we'll track it for you all week on cnn money. >> i'm a.j. hammer. "showbiz tonight" has major star pow they are week. i go one-on-one with real housewives of beverly hills star taylor armstrong. she is telling all about her alleged abuse nightmare. plus, hollywood's most charming guy, kneel patrick harris on life as a new dad. be sure to catch "showbiz tonight" exclusively week nights at 11:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on hln. >> all right. thank you. tomorrow's morning's weather. shou that going to affect your drive to work? jackie gerris with the travel forecast for you. >> hey, don. wind is the big weather story all weekend long from california, wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour across the great lakes. that's going to be the story once again as you head out the door tomorrow. even last throughout much of the afternoon. the northeast you'll wonder is this going to linger for the morning commute? for the most part, the answer is no. this is a real quick mover. but the winds coming ba

google, facebook and aol are angry. all have gone to capitol hill because ta they're mad and you've got michele bachmann on board. ron paul, nancy pelosi -- ron paul and nancy pelosi are on the same side of an issue? i hope a super pack is watching. she tweeted, need to find a solution better than sopa. wikipedia cofounder says he's behind the efforts and is going to black out, too. >>> on his last day in office, haley barbour granted clemency to more than 200 drug dealers, rapists and murdereresmurderers. why? and the run of dsk. you will not believe the shocking defense his lawyers have put up. the other office devices? they don't get me. they're all like, "hey, brother, doesn't it bother you that no one notices you?" and i'm like, "doesn't it bother you you're not reliable?" and they say, "shut up!" and i'm like, "you shut up." in business, it's all about reliability. 'cause these guys aren't just hitting "print." they're hitting "dream." so that's what i do. i print dreams, baby. [whispering] big dreams. >>> start t

president's couple on jobs and competitiveness and ceo of revoluti revolution, llc and of course of aol, thank you for coming us. i want to ask you about the road map. there's a long list, there are specific issues though coming up like keystone pipeline, where do members of the job's council come down on subjects that are going to be up on the hill and are big fights between the white house and congress? >> the council is divided one part was focused on job creation and innovation and the other was competitiveness of the nation longer term and the focus today w ed -- mostly on bridging the two. entrepreneurship has been the creation of the country. when we met with the president we laid out a frame work and had great support from congress and now almost a dozen bills have been introduced in the last 90 days that focused on entrepreneurship, acts of capitol or whatever, the challenge and opportunity is to make it a priority in the next couple of months so we get it done. >> how do you do it in the midst of the heating election campaign. here is the president in september with a populace

creating an internet that's totally cut off from the rest of the world -- or as that's also known, aol. [ laughter ] >> steve: oh! >> jimmy: man, did you see this? there's a new video online where a guy proposes to his girlfriend on the jumbotron at a basketball game and she actually says no. [ laughter ] the worst part is afterwards when marv albert was like "rejected." [ laughter ] he didn't have to do that -- uncalled for. i just read about this. wildlife officials in australia are apparently putting a 300 pound snake on a special diet. it's really paying off. take a look at this photo. [ laughter ] -- can't even hold it out. check this out -- a new study found that women become more sexually satisfied as they get older. [ cheers ] that's actually pretty interesting until your grandmother is like, "that's true, you know?" [ laughter ] >> steve: how is your grandma, by the way? >> jimmy: what's that? [ laughter ] >> steve: how is your grandma? how was christmas? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it was awful. >> steve: what do you mean? >> jimmy: you didn't hear this? >> steve: hear what? >> ji

google, facebook and aol are angry. all have gone to capitol hill and paraded around and stormed around because they're mad. and you have michele bachmann on board, ron paul, nancy pelosi -- ron paul and nancy pelosi are on the same side of an issue? i hope a super pac is watching. she tweeted, need to find a solution better than sopa. don't break the internet. wikipedia cofounder says he's behind the efforts and is going to black out, too. >>> on his last day in office, haley barbour granted clemency to more than 200 drug dealers, rapists and murderers. why? >> and the return of dsk. you will not believe the shocking defense his lawyers have put up. [ male announcer ] you love the taste of 2% milk. but think about your heart. 2% has over half the saturated fat of whole milk. want to cut back on fat and not compromise on taste? try smart balance fat free milk. it's what you'd expect from the folks at smart balance. >>> start the second half of our show with stories we care about where we focus on reporting, do the work

they are, in my mind, the second walled garden after aol. if you want to play on facebook, you have to join facebook. from my experience, they partner very well. they've done a very good job of bringing people into that walled garden as partners. and built a pretty big platform. >> bob, let's talk about clear channel. every time we have you on, it seems that clear channel is going in yet another direction. in time it's a partnership with ryan seacrest. why ryan seacrest? what do you want to get out of it and it sounds as though you're taking clear channel to yet another level. >> well, i think everything we're talking about, i hope, is consistent, which is that we see clear channel as having this very valuable platform, this great relationship with consumers and we have in the past monetized it to almost exclusively through advertising. and i think we're looking at that platform and saying, there are a lot of other things we can do. ryan, i think, is someone who we really think is a star in many ways, not only the obvious way, which is as on

google, facebook and aol are angry. all have gone to capitol hill and paraded around and stormed around because they're mad. and you have michele bachmann on board, ron paul, nancy pelosi -- ron paul and nancy pelosi are on the same side of an issue? i hope a super pac is watching. she tweeted, need to find a solution better than sopa. don't break the internet. wikipedia cofounder says he's behind the efforts and is going to black out, too. >>> on his last day in office, haley barbour granted clemency to more than 200 drug dealers, rapists and murderers. why? >> and the return of dsk. you will not believe the shocking defense his lawyers have put up. the other office devices? they don't get me. they're all like, "hey, brother, doesn't it bother you that no one notices you?" and i'm like, "doesn't it bother you you're not reliable?" and they say, "shut up!" and i'm like, "you shut up." in business, it's all about reliability. 'cause these guys aren't just hitting "print." they're hitting "dream." so that's what i do. i p

. >> joining me now, brown university associate professor of political signed wendy schiller and aol "huffington post" director and msnbc political analyst, howard fineman. thank you both for joining me. howard, we've seen an awful lot of politicians go down this road, discovering that they had to release their tax returns. romney now has more than a toe in the water, at least about his 2011 returns. how is this going to turn out? >> well, it's going to turn out, i think, the way you predicted, lawrence. i think on april 15th or thereabouts, maybe a little after, mitt romney will release the best possible version of this year's taxes that he can, politically, and just as you say, everybody will say, where are the rest? let's see the rest of it. i'm constantly amazed at how lucky barack obama is, as a politician, and now as a president. you could not find a more central casting person or a more central casting issue for a lot of what barack obama wants to say in the campaign, because one thing that mitt romney's going to have to explain is this whole business of why he only pays 15%.