‘ top of the newsfeed. this is surely impacts advertising growth? a court of the world's population is on it. they can increase the costs. are you also reducing your time spent on facebook? not quite. i use facebook a lot not just facebook? not quite. i use facebook a lot notjust the facebook? not quite. i use facebook a lot not just the friends facebook? not quite. i use facebook a lot notjust the friends but facebook? not quite. i use facebook a lot not just the friends but the publishing information is what my newsfeed looks like in a few months, we will see. do you like the overhaul? i think they had to? the type of interactions and engagements they were receiving went to the type that mark zuckerberg feels is important to society. what do you make of this latest move, try to suppress the news a little bit more? will china reconsider facebook going forward as they make these changes? that is a good question. we might see facebook in china soon. maybe they are looking to appease the chinese government. but that don't what chinese citizens to see

if we have indication that news is fake, we reduce that visibility 1080% in their newsfeed. i really want to underscore this because i think this is something so important long-term trying to us, we are improve the ability of the not justommunity, people using facebook but journalists, policymakers, parents, to fight false news by recognizing it, distinguishing it among news sources and being able to make those responsible choices. we are doing that in the u.k., we are working not only with young people where we have ambassadors talking about how to recognize false news, we did this to the run-up to the u.k. election, where we ran full facts for how to spot fake news. we actually went out in traditional media and published these, helping people make responsible choices. it is something we have been doing with newsletters -- news literacy trust in the u.k. where we try to research and understand the best way to help people recognize false news and disrupted. >> there is a company, this misinformation that is on your platform. it gets re-shared and everything. therefore influe

facebook is a saying that the changes to the newsfeed have already resulted in 50 million less hours being spent on the platform. that will have a big impact on how many adverts are being seen. as part of that announcement, mark zuckerberg has attached a statement to these earnings, which goes into more depth than usual, he goes into those talking point he has been making recently. i will read a small bit to you. he says, "in 2018 we are making sure that facebook is not just fun to use, but good for people's wellbeing adfa society." what he is doing there is a guess we'll impact our network and it is impacting our network but it is important we have big sacrifice now to protect the long—term health of facebook. nigel vaz is ceo for europe middle east and africa and asia pacific at publicis.sapient, which helps companies with their digital strategy. welcome to the programme. what do you make of the drop in thai people are spending on facebook? what we're starting to see is that it is affecting the quality of the feed. more and more people are starting to seek too many commercial mes

david: the redesigned newsfeed, publisher content -- commercial content pages, broadcasting into the newsfeed, reducing that dramatically and making it more of a personal medium where we talk about our personal lives with france -- that is the change they have said they want, but nobody really knows how that is going to affect traffic and before,ia was not about how much you actually see and how much time we spend their. re. said they are going to do these things, and a lot of these changes have been implemented yet, but they are under a microscope can certainly, they are in the thick of the most complicated story of our time, which is russian interference in american democracy. david to, thank you so much for joining us. coming up, apple is negotiating to buy the commodity kobolds directly from minors and what the move could mean for lots of different users of the mineral, including electric vehicle makers. and you can get involved in the conversation, send me a tweet, let us know or let me know what you would like to see on the show. this is bloomberg. ♪ lisa: apple is moving to

they talk about changing their news feed to reduce the amount of third-party data that comes in to a newsfeed and maybe try to promote user interaction with their friends to try and improve the experience. the goal is to improve the user experience. the cost is potential lower engagement, that is not good for advertising. we saw lowering gauge meant and that is what the market was concerned. david: it comes a point it's not just the user experience, but also the advertisers experience. paul: when the management team got on the call last night, they basically said this will be a short-term issue, we don't think it will be long-term. longer-term we think this will be positive for the advertiser experience and net revenue outlook from advertisers. the advertiser they mentioned are really embracing those changes. alix: did we learn anything about facebook for the rest of tech in terms of stock outputs? gina: most of the tech sector is going to face this problem, the victim of its own success. last year was a phenomenal year for tech earnings. the first three quarters of the year averaged 30% on y

spend $10 a to month and control my newsfeed. i want to take the hands out and for it to be more viable. i want one version that is politics, family, sports, health and fitness, work related, right? and be able to toggle through them and control things. i want them to be successful, and i think they can be. emily: they say they are hiring 10,000 people, not enough? roger: not only not enough, it completely irrelevant. you can't fix this damage after the fact with people policing it. these things are embedded in the algorithms come the same thing that makes facebook a compelling platform. it makes it the perfect platform for bad actors to have these people. you can only fix this problem by fixing the algorithm. emily: how so? roger: you have to make it so that anger and fear are not the predominant ways that people are motivated to act on facebook. advertising, if you are not as dependent on advertising, you don't need people to be addicted come a make them angry, fearful. emily: how do they make money? roger: i want to pay them a

facebook says it made some changes to the newsfeed after get i getting played by bad actors from russia. two top democrats fire off another letter to facebook and twitter, upset that the companies are dodging questions about how russia is trying to spread propaganda on their platforms. using the #releasethememo. with the impact on face book, joining us now, blake, good to have you here. walk us through the facebook spin that it's dropping usership isn't actually all bad. >> they're trying to spin these numbers as a good thing, saying it's because of changes they made to the newsfeed. instead of emphasizing things like viral videos and these political ads, they'll be emphasizing more friend posts and family posts. daily users in the u.s. and canada, people who log on each day that number is down 700,000. first drop in facebook history. time spent on facebook has also fallen 5%, equating to an cumulative 15 hours a day less spent on facebook. mark zuckerberg defended those numbers to investors yesterday saying it could even be good for our health. take a listen. >> when we use social medi

. >> ninan: now some stories we're following in the cbs weekend newsfeed. a russian fighter jet was shot down in syria today. it happened in the province of idlib, which is under attack by forces loyal to the assad regime backed by russia. the russian pilot parachuted to the ground and was killed while trying to escape from the militants. a gunman drove around a city in central italy today, shooting at african immigrants. several were wounded. the 28-year-old suspect was arrested. he's right-handily an anti-immigration activist who ran for office last year for a far-right party. the attacks come days after a nigerian migrant was arrested for murdering an italian teenager in the same city. japan's space agency today launched the smallest rocket ever to send a satellite into orbit. rockets are generally more than 200 feet tall. this one is just over 30 feet tall and less than two feet in diameter. it sent a seven-pound satellite into orbit. it's the size of a shoe box, and will take pictures of earth. and near the pyramids of egypt today, archaeologists annou

facebook founder mark is making sweeping changes to the newsfeed . stargazers worldwide were out in force to get a rare glimpse of the super blue blood moon. we will have all that and plenty more. stay tuned. this is live from paris. ♪ anchor: first to our top story, the french president has kicked off day two of his first state visit to tunisia and announcing more than 272 million euros of funding for the north african nation. 177 million euros in loans will bolster state sector reforms and urban development, while 50 million euros will go to the economy. has struggled since the arab spring uprising and the country has faced a string of deadly terror attacks. your challenge today is to transform this cultural and democratic spring into a political, economic, and social one. your challenge today and it is a crucial one is to continue the work you started, making it a full and complete victory for your country. for this victory to change your lives, to create a better life for middle and working class .unisians that is the challenge you face today.

it may come in a facebook feed with beach selfie, cap video, and syrian civil war on the newsfeed. people concern -- people consume massive amounts of media. that is something you can potentially build a future on. customers,lacking this is a business in which how you make money from creating beenty journalism has incredibly disruptive and broken. we have to rebuild from the ground up. >> i agree. if you are going to spend a life in the news business, you have to be optimistic. there is no way otherwise. i think there are a lot of grounds for optimism. in terms of news consumption, there are people entering the business. there are other people who wanted to get a variety of jobs. the diversity of people try to get into the business, these are .normously encouraging trends i also think it is rim sized to big brands -- reemphasized to big brands to reinforce what your brand can be, investing in journalism, quality journalism. that is resonated, it has been proved. we also proved a good business model, as well. there are a lot of good things happening right now. news consumption is hi

. >> ninan: now some stories we're following in the cbs weekend newsfeed. two police officers were killed in the line of duty today in westerville, ohio, near columbus. police say the officers were responding to a 911 hang-up call when a suspect opened fire on them. the suspect was arrested. officer eric joering was 39 years old. officer anthony morelli, 54. the chicago transit authority released video of a frightening attack aboard a train. it shows police and transit workers confronting a passenger who poured highly flammable paint thinner on the floor. a scuffle breaks out. the man ignites the fluid, and a fireball erupts. remarkably, no one was seriously hurt. the suspect, charged with aggravated arson and battery, is due in court next friday. it's a banner day at the miami zoo for some stars in stripes. two baby zebras born last weekend made their public debut today. they were endangered grevvy zebra. theatre largest type of creeb of zebra, but only about 2500 remain in the wild. the foals, a boy and a girl, have different mothers but share the same fa

we have known for some time that people are quite simply fed up with newsfeeds being dominated by adverts, viral videos, posts from political parties or media companies. visibly wants to find out what theirfamily companies. visibly wants to find out what their family and friends are doing. —— they simply want to find out what their family and friends are doing. mark zuckerberg has taken the feedback on board and made an announcement recently to overhaul the news feed. that means less adverts and making sure that posts from family and friends are higher up from family and friends are higher up on people's newsfeeds. as you say, he has used this word meaningful, he wants to make sure that people spend a meaningful amount of time on the social network. today's results are not all doom and gloom for facebook. it is still the world's larger social media network. as i said, 1.4 billion users. revenue soared last year by about 47%, to more than £28 billion. thank you very much. later in the programme we will talk to two former gang members. this is coming up after ten o'clock, ex—gang mem

i would like to spend $10 a month and i want to be able to control my newsfeed. i want to take the ads out and i want it to be more valuable to them, but i want one version that is politics, family, sports, health and fitness, work related, right? and be able to toggle through them and really control things. i want them to be successful, and i think they can be. emily: they say they are hiring 10,000 more people to handle some of these issues, whether it is fake news or abuse, not enough? roger: not only is it not enough, it's completely irrelevant. you can't fix this damage after the fact with people policing it. these things are embedded in the algorithms. the same thing that makes facebook the most compelling ad platform, rock 'n roll bands, consumer companies, makes it the perfect platform for bad actors to have these people. people --to abuse people. you can only fix this problem by fixing the algorithm. emily: how so? roger: you essentially have to make it so that anger and fear are not the predominant ways that people are motivated to act on facebook. agai

distinguishant to between what is showing up in people's newsfeeds and in search. is in thed, which control of these platforms as they break their algorithms and fine tune the difference between social connection and authority versus the ability of those who pay on those platforms to target particular audiences. there, as you get into conversations around potential solutions, i think starting at the level of transparency --individuals having control over their own data, that is one important area. without that, so long as these platforms are in complete --there'sy control the risk that regulation will have unintended consequences. damian collins: i think to your point, it has been a fascinating day listening to all the key issues you've got. i don't envy you. if i would respectfully suggest from where i sit, i think nothing is more fundamental than the sanctity of elections and the idea that elections could be interfered with by third parties. more than a dozen years at the bbc, i have quite a bit of experience with the u.k. elections. people,tation of the and the

. >> ninan: now some stories we're following on the cbs weekend newsfeed. in southern merck a deadly crab. officials say a military helicopter surveying the damage after friday's powerful 7.2 quake crashed into a crowd of people, killing 13. the quake caused minor damage to buildings in the mexico city region. it also knocked out power to as many as one money homes and businesses. in chicago, a sea of blue as hundreds of officers turned out for the funeral of police commander paul bauer. he was shot and killed earlier this week while chasing down a suspect. city officials also asked mourners watching the procession to wear blue to show their support. and another age-defying feat for tennis superstar roger federer. he's now ranked number one in the world. last time he achieved that was five years ago, which was the longest gap in tennis history. the first time he became number one was more than 14 years ago-- another record. and now that he's 36, he's the oldest tennis player to ever sit on top. up next, what the g.o.p. should do about mass shootings, immigr

now to some other stories we're following in the cbs weekend newsfeed. in the california desert, a 21 year old man faces vehicular olnslaughter charges after crashing into bicycle riders at ehe tour de palm springs race. witnesses say the suspect was going at least 100 miles per hour when he veered into the bike riders. a 49 year old cyclist died at the scene. n 50 year old woman was airlifted to the hospital with aerious injuries. heavy rain swamped parts of the outh this weekend. overflowing creeks and rivers washed out roads in parts of kentucky, tennessee and virginia. some areas were expecting up to tour more inches of rain today. severe storms also moved through alabama, georgia, and the y orida panhandle. it was also a rainy weekend in new orleans, but that didn't dampen the mardi gras fun. the parades rolled on yesterday despite occasional downpours. at least seven parades were planned for today, rain or shine, including the 50th anniversary bacchus parade. coming up-- she's the political poce of the #metoo movement and she is defending her early

now to some other stories we're following in the evening newsfeed. driving was next to impossible today in sioux city, iowa. a fierce snowstorm is blowing through the upper midwest. chicago could get as much as 20 inches by saturday. schools in the city will be closed tomorrow. the death of u.s. border patrol agent rogelio martinez last november remains a mystery help he was found unconscious with blunt-force trauma near el paso, texas. president trump has said martinez exphiz partner were attacked. the f.b.i. says it haas found no evidence of that. the partner has told investigators he can't remember what happened. and there's much more ahead on tonight's cbs evening news. >> reporter: when researchers analyzed more than 700 crashes caught on tape, they found signs of drowsy driving in roughly 10%. >> eagles! >> reporter: fans lined the streets and climbed the streets to celebrate the city's first super bowl win a massive parade. >> it's about time! >> reporter: matt runs six miles a day, six days a week. so you've had a kneevo replacement. you've b

now to some other stories we're following in the evening newsfeed. los angeles retains its title as the world's most gridlocked city. on average, l.a. drivers spend 102 hours stuck in rush hour traffic last year. tying for runner-up are new york city and russia's capital moscow. drivers near ames, iowa, had no escape as snow yesterday cut the visibility. vehicles plowed into each other. this video is just coming out. as many as 70 vehicles in all. at least one person was killed. a number of others were taken to hospitals. the local sheriff's department called it the worst pileup anyone there had ever seen. and there's a new study about the melting perma proft in the arctic. there is mercury underneath it, and researchers now say as much as 15 million gallons of the toxic element could be released into environment. that is 10 fiems the amount of all human-caused mercury emissions in the past 30 years. there's much more ahead on tonight's cbs evening news. >>> reporter: a powerball ticket worth half a billion dollars were bought right here. why isn't t

so when you log on to facebook, it will just notice what ads are being shown to you on your newsfeed, and grab them,igure out which ones are political, and send those political ones to this public database re collecting all the political ads we can find from facebook. >> sreedivasan: this is erent because it's not like the tv ads that you and i might see at the same time. there's a chance that you're going to see ads that i will never see and vice versa. >> the explicit goal of facebook is sort of niche microtargetting, so most likely you and i will not s the same ads. so the goal here is to get as many as we can, because,rw ote, no one would see wem, except for their targeted audiencech could be a very small niche. >> sreenivasan: you have also rolled this out to help in other elections around the world. how is that going? >> it's been really interesting. we started with the ger tn elections fall, and then we went to australia's special referendum on gay marriage, d we have been rolling it out in all these other countries since then. and in aralia, for instance they, did find some mi

now to some other stories we're following in the evening newsfeed. los angeles police say the shooting at a middle school yesterday was an accident. they say a 12-year-old girl had a semiautomatic pistol in her backpack and it went off when she dropped the bag. a student shot in the head is in critical condition. four other people have minor injuries. the 12-year-old is charged with negligent discharge of a firearm. the f.a.a. and the f.b.i. are investigating an apparent close call involving a drone and a jetliner near las vegas. video from the drone appears to show a frontier airlines airbus flying just a few feet beneath it. the jet is believed to have been on approach to mccarron airport. if found, the drone operator could be fined for flying in restrict airspace. and there is much more ahead on this friday on the cbs evening news. >> wooo! >> reporter: organizers of this year's super bowl are hoping a million fans embrace the cold. >> it's cold! ♪ it was the third of september >> reporter: remembering dennis edwards, pioneer of psychedelic soul

what we're seeing of bullying competitive as an on search results and a newsfeeds and that sort of thing. yeah i mean look the reality is that these companies at this point these clepe are called the consumer kingdom you can call it streaming on netflix when you look at social media advertising it is really facebook google and you can see twitter a little further down the road they're dead on it so i don't think they're quick this is model chain but i do believe transparency i think a lot more oversight around content i mean facebook said they're going to stop crypto advertising decor narratives and that's an example of just like there are good if this could be an issue we're going to take it off no dues in the near term that the moderate you're talking billions of dollars there is a risk but the need to do it because the last need to you right here is have another we'll call it the news russian medal in situation happen which would really put more heat in the kitchen for him so they're going to be a lot more proactive and what they're going to have to spend what's called combined the an

now to some other stories we're following in tonight's evening newsfeed. another wild day on wall street. the dow ended the day gaining 330 points. it was down 5% for the week with investors worrying about rising interest rates and inflation. uber settled a lawsuit today, agreeing to pay goog's self-driving car company waymo about $245 million. waymo had accused uber of stealing technology trade secrets. uber denied any wrong wrongdoint is promising to use its own research. there is much more ahead on tonight's cbs evening news. >> reporter: a tennessee sheriff stuns his community by what he said at the scene of an officer-involved shooting. it was all caught on tape. >> get on the ground! ( cheers ). >> glor: fumble on the play, and the fans recovered. >> reporter: eddie brown was just a regular, old grade school teacher. >> she speaks spanish. >> reporter: until he started telling jokes only teachers could truly appreciate. now he speaks for an occupation♪ i've always wanted to share a special moment with my mom. i think surprising her with a night ski

should tech companies be doing more to keep your newsfeed fa ke—news free? that is a tongue twister! just use the hashtag #bbcbizlive. hello and welcome. we start with the growing backlash against social media companies over their role in the spread of fake news. today executives from facebook — youtube which is owned by google — and twitter will be questioned about the issue by british members of parliament at a public hearing in washington. critics have given the tech giants an unflattering new acronym: baadd. as in big, anti—competitive, addictive and destructive to democracy. last month, facebook reacted to criticism by refocusing on updates from friends and family, rather than news publishers and brands. it says that has led to people spending 50 million fewer hours a day on the network — a fall of around 5%. facebook has admitted 146 million users may have been subjected to russian misinformation, before and after the us presidential election. jason karaian, the globalfinance and economics editor at quartz, joins me now. thank you forjoining us

the firm says newsfeed changes have led to a significant drop in usage — 50 million hours less per day on the network. fewer viral videos and more checks on advertising were recently brought in to tackle misinformation. this will shift the row over equal pay at the bbc has intensified with the corporation's former china editor appearing before a british parliamentary hearing. carrie gracie, who resigned from her post in protest over the issue, has accused the bbc of having an illegal pay culture. the director general, lord hall, who also appeared, said it was wrong that she had been underpaid. our media editor amol rajan reports. a united front — several of the most high—profile female presenters on bbc news were in westminster today to support their colleague carrie gracie. reporter: do the bbc need to do more on equal pay for women? that's why we're here to support carrie. thank you. i was appointed china editor at the end of... she resigned her post as china editor in protest at unequal pay. in blistering testimony to a select committee of mps, she accused the bbc of institution

the firm says newsfeed changes have led to a significant drop in usage — 50 million hours less per day on the network. fewer viral videos and more checks on advertising were recently brought in to tackle misinformation. the british prime minister, who's on a visit to china has forecast a golden era in trade relations. theresa may says she has won assurance that beijing will further open up its markets to the uk, but has also been forced to insist that she's not a quitter following days of criticism of her leadership from her own supporters. even the most carefully planned entrance can go a touch awry. a bit of pushing and shoving — not the political kind, this time. asia's red carpets, though, hardly provide a rest. theresa may is here to do business, but the tories are trading in her future at home. although i may be visiting in winter, i have had the warmest of welcomes, for which i am very grateful. she isn't a naturalfan of chinese opera, perhaps, or the diplomatic schmooze. there were some tricky moments today. conversations turned to human rights, north korea, and the brute for

now to some other stories we're following in the evening newsfeed. dr. brenda fitzgerald resigned tday as director of the center for disease control and prevention. this comes a day after politico reported fitzgerald bought and sold stock in japan tobacco while running the public health agency. cbs news has learned the trump administration is expected to onscontinue special protections for syrians who fled the civil war. about 7,000 will be allowed to amain in this country for another year and a half, but no new applications will be r cepted. se michigan, more victims confronted former gymnastics doctor larry nassar today at his third and final sentencing hearing for sexually abusing iung patients. he will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. nassar's accusers now number 265. there is much more ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." >> reporter: we already knew whales talked to each other in whale speak, but we didn't know they could speak like us. >> hello! >> hello. ♪ ♪ >> glor: harley davidson shifts gears, rolling out an electric or. >> r

now some other stories we're following in the cbs weekend newsfeed. a san francisco police officer is recovering after being run over last week by a robbery suspect. video show the suspect backing up his car and running over the officer and another suspect. both survived. other officers on the scene drew their guns but did not shoot as the car drove away. the police officers' union says guidelines that prevented the officers from shooting are putting their lives in danger. space-x is counting down to liftoff for its "falcon heavy" rocket. its basically three reusable rockets bolted together. the "falcon heavy" weighs more than 3 million pounds and stands nearly 230 feet tall. the middle booster will launch a car, a tesla roadster into orbit towards mars. the test launch is tuesday from the historic cape canaveral pad used in the apollo missions. and it will be raining purple this week at an auction of prince memorabilia. the legendary singer's purple piano, pants, and boots are among dozens of items going up for sale. the online auction begins thursda

so they are trying to make good gestures of faith, but faith, by altering their newsfeed and cleaning backup. whether people believe that is another question, whether it works is another question. they are tinkering with this now. i think thatis tinkering with this now. i think that is part of the problem. people do not necessarily trust what is happening with those algorithms that no one can see. when the proof of concept. thank you for now. and stephanie hare will be back in about half an hour to review the main stories being covered by the global media. it's a trial that has gripped audiences around the world, for its harrowing and powerful testimony from survivors of sexual abuse. now, the entire board of usa gymnastics has resigned over its failure to protect young athletes from the convicted doctor, larry nassar. more than 250 victims have now accused nasser, who preyed on young girls, under the pretence of giving them medical treatment, for two decades. bill hayton reports. another day in court for larry nassar, the former gymnastics coach exposed as a prolific paedophile. now

my point is i would like to spend $10 a month and i would like to control my newsfeed and what to take the ads out and make it more valuable to them, and have one version that is politics, one version that is family, sports, health and fitness, work related. being able to toggle through them and control things, and i want them to be successful and they can be. they are hiring 10,000 people to handle the issues of fake news or abuse, is that enough? >> not only is that not enough, it is a relevant. you cannot fix this damage after -- byct by having police having people police it. it aave companies who make perfect platform for bad actors to abuse a platform. you can only fix this robin by fixing the algorithm. emily: how so? thatu have to make it so anger and fear are not the predominant ways that people are motivated to act on facebook. advertising, or if you are not dependent on advertising, you don't need people to be addicted or fearful. -- if if they don't pay they do make money on ads, how do they make money? --i pay a prescription subscription, i am signaling the price. give me t

now to some other stories we're following in the evening newsfeed. the tech giants keep growing. a.m. today reported record quarterly revenue of more than $88 billion. amazon took in more than $60 billion in the fourth quarter of last year. google's parent company alphabet topped $32 billion. facebook yesterday reported fourth-quarter revenue of nearly $13 billion. federal investigators are look into whether the crossing gates were working yesterday when an amtrak train hit a truck in virginia. the train was carrying republican members of congress, including house speaker ryan. witnesses tell cbs news the gates were malfunctioning the day before. one person in the truck was killed. there is much more ahead on tonight's cbs evening news. >> reporter: in life, natalie wood was one of the biggest film stars imaginable, but it is her mysterious death that keeps her legend alive. >> glor: new rules mean the support peacock may be grounded for good. >> reporter: they built the ski jump, and the jumpers came. >> not many people can say they can fly through the air on a pair of skis goin

now some other stories we're following in the cbs weekend newsfeed: a quick moving winter storm caused a massive pile-up in central iowa. officials say more than 50 vehicles were involved and several people were injured. in west virginia, a state of emergency was issued for all 55 counties after heavy rains triggered intense flooding. in some areas the ohio river is cresting to 3 feet above flood stage. in iran, grieving families gathered at the airport after a twin-engine passenger plane crashed, killing all 65 people on board. the aseman airlines flight reportedly went down in a mountainous region about 500 miles south of the capital of tehran. iran's state run tv says dense fog prevented rescue helicopters from reaching the crash site. at a hockey game in chicago, four fans were thrown out after hurling racist taunts at the one of the black players. devante smith-pelly plays for the washington capitals. he was in the penalty box after fighting with a blackhawks player when several fans started shouting at him. security was called and the fans were ejected. and hundreds of thousands

has been pushing more friends and family content into the newsfeed has up to the value of twitter for advertisers. if advertisers want a platform where their content will be seen, if they will get that more at twitter, twitter could gain more share. the dollar changes have increased the value of twitter in the eyes of holders. in terms of the eyes of an acquirer, they have to think about whether you are an enterprise company. is this consumer data or advertising data relevant are you? one pick up i will point out is the fact twitter shares are up more than 60% in the past six months. on today's results, an enterprise value of upwards of seven times the estimate for revenue this next year. are a lot of very rich companies out there. whether they think twitter at this valuation is swallowable, is questionable. there has been exuberance over this surprise profit they posted. whether that comes down is something anyone considering taking over this company will be watching. emily: an interesting point, facebook is focusing more on friends and family. twitter which has such an important nic