cory: rich greenfield and david kirkpatrick, thank you for this great story. bloomberg west will be back with sir richard branson in just a minute. ♪ cory: still to come, he dropped out of school at age 15 and started handling $7 billion businesses. richard branson on his next big education and what it means. a check on some top headlines. the j.p. morgan chase ceo jamie dimon said last october possible till it he was an event that was not supposed to happen. fluctuation of treasury yields by almost .4% was unprecedented. bill ackman's maleate pharmaceuticals have agreed to end their long-standing legal battle over insider trading. just after an unsuccessful bill -- bid last year. they have since been purchased by activists. sir richard branson, one of the wealthiest entrepreneurs in the world is also a high school dropout. like mark zuckerberg, bill gates, steve jobs, they'll quit college before graduating. i talked to branson last night. we had a long talk. it comes with the challenges of educating entrepreneurs as well as the future of virgin galactic. >>

it was designed as a greenfield site. 1956 for both manufacturing and distribution. that's what it's been doing for all these years. it's grown. with august increase our customer base and we are fortunate to have a large customer base and we service every year. >> how many books will you get that you publish corporate against the? we do so were in the neighborhood of 120 million a year. >> how many different books? >> thousands, tens of thousands. >> and what's happened since you've been in the business that changed in the printing books? >> run the links have gotten shorter. the publishers are very conscious of the inventory, and if their inventory is very costly for them to maintain they basically have looked to us to improve our ability to take care of short runs and the cost effective at doing that. their inventory is not at the end of our machines. basically we can do shorter runs which makes them more profitable profitable. >> how big is it in this country? what do they'll? >> they own penguin random house which is a publisher. they own be printers which is the

rich greenfield is with us. this raises interesting issues about whether a founder is better, or a professional manager? >> they are better depending on the time the company is in. it is not a bad thing to have change in a company in this much trouble. pincus is an inspired leader. whether he can tune his inspiration so to speak to suit the times that zynga is in is a tough question because not only does it need to revive the production of being hit games and continued immigration to mobile, but it has to slim down further and become a more efficient company. he is a visionary entrepreneur, not an operating genius. cory: visionary entrepreneur, his most creative vision seemed to be in the accounting tricks they used in the ipo to change the revenue recognition. rich greenfield, you called for this. you said matrix was not working and zynga. >> i want to give you a live update, that i am literally on sling tv right now watching hbo and looks beautiful. it looks like it is working great. cory: i thought you were g

rich greenfield of btig is back to discuss netflix. rich, welcome back. as i said, you were right, you were criticized, where did the conviction come from back then? where is it today? >> it all flows from the consumer. people love streaming content on netflix. i think it's really looking at consumer behavior and i think when you realize that the average u.s. consumer now, is streaming over two hours of netflix a day. per subscriber, per household, the household subscriber, two hours a day. people just love streaming it and if you love it you're not going to turn off. and that is really the core of the story is giving consumers more to stream that they really like and getting them literally hooked on ad-free, high-quality television. >> it it sounds like you may have a blackberry in your pocket. if you do, you could put it on your desk. >> or are you just happy to see us? >> i have no blackberry. >> maybe somebody here does. so what now? mine what do you do next? right? >> i think what they have to do now is take what they've done really well in the u.s.

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i'm in greenfield. she's going off -- she is about off the road. >> patrol officer anthony newmeister is following a drunk driver out on the highway late at night, and it's all caught on his dash cam. >> the vehicle was all over the road, left to right. i got in behind it. >> but he's in for the surprise of his life when he eventually catches up with the car after a 25-minute slow-speed chase. >> i was dumbfounded. i was -- you're kidding me, right? >> it's august 29, 2009 in greenfield, indiana. and the seemingly intoxicated driver is oblivious and just keeps on going. at one point when the vehicle stops at a stop sign, the officer thinks the driver is about to pull over but instead the car goes right through traffic just missing two other vehicles. >> oh -- >> i thought he was going to get hit. i thought it was going to be bad. so i knew there would be some sort of chase. there wasn't. >> as the pursuit continues, the driver becomes even more reckless, switching lanes numerous times, driving over the

rich greenfield said the latest youtube move makes sense. quote, consumers around the globe learn to live an ad-free life thanks to dvrs, netflix, et cetera. it's to launch an ad-free option especially bundled with offline access. youtube's moving forward with the subscription option. no word on pricing yet as hbo offers its first subscription outside the tv bundle taking hgobo now straight to consumers. new season of game of thrones debuting sunday and target millennials left likely to pay for cable. hbo is giving away episode of silicon valley on twitch, amazon's live streaming video game platform ahead to premiere sunday. whether hit shows like "game of thrones," sampling of younger where you knows like silicon valley for the service. netflix cost $9 a month. >> i think hbo now's strategy is different because hbo still has, they're still tethered to the traditional cable ecosystem and ensure they're not cannibalizing those existing shows. netflix has always been stand alone. >> reporter: netflix to add and keep subscribers in the face of

joining us now is richard greenfield. richard you set out -- you said there was a 30% chance of the deal going through. richard: without this would absolutely have been a regular and we have lower the odds to 30% in january. without comcast would walk away because of the conditions expected of them were too harsh or the government would actually block the transaction. will has changed his we are leaning more and more to the government coming out and blocking the transaction. seems like the government is concerned. your point on broadband is well articulated. comcast would have control of 13 of the top 13 markets in this country. of the 13 largest cities, they will have control in those markets. betty: of broadband. richard: correct. whether you think about netflix or the new video services like with dish, even verizon was talking about launching over-the-top services. betty: you are saying the fact that they have broadband dominance and their own ott services and they can combine anybody in those 13 markets and beyond. ri

unioning us now from san francisco, jeff greenfield, a political analyst who's worked for abc, cnn, and cbs. and jeff, you've covered a lot of campaigns in your time. how did you feel watching all this media chatter about the scooby doo van and chi poelt laypotle and all the other craziness? >> my first impression was to escape this for 18 months where there was no e-mail, tv or newspapers. there was a certain farcical element to all of this. but if it is possible to have any sympathy for any politician,ing ayears ago when hillary clinton went to iowa, there were huge crowds. it was is a big rollout and she was criticized for the regalness, the kind of neskt inevidentability. and this is not the definition of her campaign. your guests were quite right. she is not going to be able to spend the next year or run-up to the nomination just meeting, quote, everyday people and avoiding hard questions. it's different fundamentally, though, a, because she is the presumptive democratic nominee. that may be wrong. and second, she is one of the best-known people in the world and has been for decade

joining me media and tech analyst rich greenfield. he has been given or rather he has a negative view on this deal. rich, i think you do. you don't think, you just put out a report you said obama is not going to save his friend brian roberts or something. >> that's exactly what we just said. i think the challenge is right now that this deal has been getting decidedly more difficult over the course of the last 12 months. if you look at what happened with net nutralneutrality that surprised not only comcast but how fervent that grassroots movement thatting atually got ing aactually got the president to come out and support title two of the internet. if you look at what's happening now it becomes challenging to approve. we thought for a while the conditions would be too intolerable for comcast. we believe that the government will block through the doj or just refer to an alj, which is basically a death sentence. >> to the extent that there is a meeting about concessions on wednesday. if you are a comcast, what would you be willing to off

you can see spring greenfields showing, yes rks spring is on the way. post your pictures 00 facebook instragram, twitter. here is timing on the storms tomorrow. it's after noon hours that we'll likely have thunderstorms coming into the shenandoah valley around 2:00. after that, between 3:00 and 6:00 coming right through the metro area. northern virginia and maryland as they track east, they may actually increase in intensity and become strong storms just east of washington around the bay and on the eastern shore by 6:00 p.m. most will be pulling around the bay and then east of there and could be quite strong as they move across the eastern shore. so in the morning, no problem. later in the day we could have damaging winds and hail from those storms mainly just east of the metro area as they track on through. before then a mild day up near 80 degrees tomorrow. and then beautiful weekend coming up saturday and sunday nice, 60s with sunshine each day. another chance of rain monday night into tuesday. here is a look at our thursday morning commute with alex

btig analyst rich greenfield said the departure is a good thing but calls the new he's been replaced by pincuss worrisome. >> thanks. i was surprised to say the very least when i heard about this news. >> i think any time you get a ceo that didn't do well coming back, it just portends that the stock has nowhere to go and they probably shopped it around, nobody there to buy it, so probably dead money for a while. >> i was surprised to hear about the news. who cares. you know. but -- >> people only care because it was mattrick who was sper sieved to be the savior, the big boy in the room, now out and pincuss back. >> the results weren't there either. she showed some of the rate of return under each one of the ceos, but when you look at what's been going on there, they mentioned the cost structure, look at the stock it continues to go down, they've got one game at the apple app store in the top 50. they just are -- they've become irrelevant. >> the caution here, the bigger message, beware of fads. so you bought one game, that was very successful, hoping they could build on that, but it'

their strategys to copy games very strong incumbents, rich greenfield has a note out this morning, investigated both games, done channel checks, very negative on them. that's pretty scary. >> the name of that note by the way be careful what you wish for because they wanted mattrick gone but not everybody assumed it would be pincuss who returned. >> they didn't want the guy back they put them in the position that they needed somebody new. >> this is the company that did farmville which for its time was very exciting. people loved. did do words with friends. you can't lose track of the success. even disney animation had a weak period before they bought pixar. comebacks do happen in creative media. it does happen. >> people remember the era of condor and the devil in max -- that wasn't toy story -- >> i have no idea what you're talking about. i don't remember that, no. >> as a disney aficionado you should. >> i'm going to look it up. >> you went through a falo period. >> the most successful investment in the past few years is the building in san francisco, $230 million in value to $500 million bet

jeff greenfield, the journalist that's been on cnn, abc, cbs. amazing orator. he was the editor then of the cardinal at the university of wisconsin. so i had never heard political debate. i was from a family that was or very engaged this the community, but it was a kind of civic duty. there was -- i had no sense of partisanship. i didn't know the difference between republicans and democrats and almost failed a sophomore english exam on dickens because i didn't know the difference between republicans and democrats. that's changed. [laughter] >> yeah. so here you were at this national convention, a thousand people. student body prime ministers newspaper editors it seemed tremendously exciting. and then your husband got an invitation. what was that? >> the following spring one of the officers from nsa visited us and talk ad to him -- talked to him and invited him to apply for something called the international student relations seminar. it was going to be held the coming summer in '65 at haverford college, pennsylvania. the nsa office at that point headquarters wa

but we going to have to encroach on greenfield sites? working we build? -- where can we build? mark preston: is a planning problem, skills shortage, but just a good problem. all of these things need fixing. to your point about where, i think jeter vacation is the first place i would go. -- gentrification is the first place i would go. paris is more densely populated. when you think about central paris, it is six or seven stories. i think that is the first place to go. caroline: knocking down lower high-rises. mark preston: we want to be very sensitive about heritage buildings. i think there is plenty of scope before necessarily having to go too far or extensively. there is a considerable volume of brownfield sites that could be brought forward. i mean a loving playing field -- level playing field. they have not shown any initiative and i think that need to have it. caroline: there are tower blocks down the road that's that half empty. they are dense and going high-rise. the problem is investors from abroad are coming in buying them and not renting them out. mark preston: i thin

the problem is the developers want to build on greenfield sites. it is cheaper for them, it is better for them. and indeed, changes in the planning laws mean it is much easier for them to build on those sites. i think what government needs to do -- i don't always want government to intervene, but i do think your government should supply grants and make decontamination of brownsville sites so the could be big for developers. we could build 200,000 houses on the sites and solve a big part of the problem. ms. wood: we are taking a range of steps in it shared equity not only to help young people, but those taking their first steps to own a house. it would also protect affordable housing as well, and invest in greater numbers of affordable homes. there are some people, even with the help of shared equity, who will not be able in the short or medium term to buy their own home. we have a duty and an obligation to make sure we are providing good, quality housing to them. that is really important. mr. miliband: i want to talk about some thing important to y

the problem is the developers want to build on greenfield sites. it is cheaper for them, it is better for them. and indeed, changes in the planning laws mean it is much easier for them to build on those sites. i think what government needs to do -- i don't always want government to intervene, but i do think your government should supply grants and make decontamination of brownsville sites so the could be big for developers. we could build 200,000 houses on the sites and solve a big part of the problem. ms. wood: we are taking a range of steps in it shared equity not only to help young people, but those taking their first steps to own a house. it would also protect affordable housing as well, and invest in greater numbers of affordable homes. there are some people, even with the help of shared equity, who will not be able in the short or medium term to buy their own home. we have a duty and an obligation to make sure we are providing good, quality housing to them. that is really important. mr. miliband: i want to talk about some thing important to y

the problem is that developers have to build on greenfield sites. i think what government needs to do -- i don't want -- i don't always want government to intervene, but i think government should supply decontaminated brownfield sites. and we could build 200,000 houses on brownfield sites and so much of this problem. sturgeon: scotland was investing in schemes about helping to buy and sharing the equity. not just young people, but young people in particular. but we are also protecting affordable housing as well and investing in greater numbers of affordable homes. there are some people that even with the help will not be able to buy their own home, and we have an obligation to make sure we are providing good quality houses for rent as well. host: ed miliband. miliband: i want to point out renting in the private sector. it is sometimes substandard accommodation. we are the only party with a plan to get a fair deal in the private rental sector. stopping rental agents from charging tenants. at the moment they charge tenants and landlords fees. we have

rich greenfield is joining us. this is something that we've been watching in a lot of variations and forms. it's almost like watching a new industry sort of blossom right before our eyes. how is this different from the other things that we see? >> well i think this is still very early in the evolution of the news story. it sounds like this is part of the traditional cable video bundle being launched if it's true, by verizon. this doesn't look like the ott, the over the top video service that verizon is thinking about launching nationwide. it's a mobile basis as well as on a pure kind of fixed line basis for verizon nationwide. but this seems like a way of chopping up the channels and broadband service into a cheaper accessible bundle which seems to be -- as you mentioned at the start of this it seems to be an increasing trend. >> i just wonder if you take it to its conclusion will there come a time where you could actually pick each channel that you want? there's going to be no bundles whatsoever. and there would b

we had rich greenfield on the show this week. the suggestions have been a death nail for the deal but it makes it very very difficult and the view is that an administrative judge would be harsher on the transaction than the fcc. >> that's what they said. the only reason you send it to this is if you plan on rejecting. >> right. >> among the stocks that we're watching in addition to that facebook earnings beat the street but revenue missed the mark. the company also says higher spending on research and development weighed on results. we'll talk to an analyst in a few minutes when you look at the way the normal world views earnings earnings, where every i look it's blowout, boom pictures of him smiling. >> they also have all kind of interesting numbers that were out. 4 billion viewed from the service but then controversy about how to count the numbers because if it's up and you don't turn the volume on they count that. >> we circulated something with our scooter squad, i probably have andrew looking like whatever and it was on face

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