for black voices, aol has black voices, and they directly came to me and said we want you to create a show specifically to reach a demographic that you speak to. there is a lot of representation -- okay, there is not a lot of representation. >> there's more. >> there's more representation on television, but i feel like i don't relate to anybody on television right now. so i wanted to create something that could. >> so with your show "the spark" people are able to see the type of issues you have, but through the internet. >> exactly. >> in this day and age where i think any news junkie gets their news from a variety of sources. i'm going to be honest here, one of the things i find is often "the new york times," you know, msnbc, cnn, a number of them are doing black stories. i think what's missing more often is perspective. you know, perspective not just on black stories but perspectives on main stream stories that come from a black voice or from a black mind or black sensibilities. these one of the things we strive for every day is to say, look, we don't just cover black news, because

>> my computer is logging on as aol, so i guess i get my news from aol. >> what have you learned? >> lots of things. >> tell us some. just one. >> the way that the media is able to spur on partisanship, especially among liberals. it is very interesting. >> spurt it on? >> i think that tested becomes -- it has spurred on partisanship especially within congress. people nowadays often go for the most right or -- i would not say most left -- a democrat or republican speaking to them in rather radical ways, failing to engage in other forms of information or other opinions has led to obviously the increase in partisanship and a failure to understand both sides, and that facilitates what i believe is closed minded this. >> we are running out of time. mike smith, a come up for a minute and tell us about -- >> my name is monique madden. at miami dade college. >> what have you learned? >> it was interested to hear about the age of classic journalism, pleading for reporters to be accurate with their sources and with the actual true journalism that we should have. >> i am going to ask the res

it then could only get to the internet through aol, and you could only get to time content. so it was the sort of dream of a closed system that got blown apart by the internet protocol. >> yeah, that's right. that is something we write about and i agree with what you said. the separation principle i talk about was an industry by industry principle, that is, one company had the telegraph, another company runs the telephone, another set of companies run radio. the fcc said no, so there was of this policing. >> uh-huh. >> but the structure of today's -- what we need to do is reinvent that principle for today's technologies. and the cut industry is vertically like that doesn't make sense anymore. my separation principle is a hour so manial cut. >> the content company is separated from the carriage company. >> right. and so on. >> sir. >> in talking about some of these new media that came along and gave us these great let freedom reign kinds of things but then the corps pock rah si took over and killed, a lot of these businesses were capital intensative. there were economies of s

i thought, "let me go log onto his aol account. let me see if ryan's friends will open up to me online." >> i saw ryan's screen name pop up. and i was really angry, actually, because i thought someone was just playing a big joke. and to me that was not funny at all. >> all these instant messages started popping up. you know, "who are you? what are you doing? this isn't funny. get off of ryan's account." i was typing back as fast as i could. "i'm mr. halligan. is there anything anybody is willing to share with me that might explain why ryan did what he did?" >> we just started talking about what i knew. people would say things to ryan over the internet and at school. like, "you are such a loser," and just really mean things. >> narrator: over the summer, ryan had become the victim of a vicious cyber-bullying campaign. one boy had started a rumor that ryan was gay. >> i didn't stick up for him at the time because i thought it was just that middle school bullying, it happens. but it was real, and it really hurt him. >> you know, back

. >> the example you give in your book is this was the dream behind the time aol merger. if you live in new york city, time brought the wiring to your house. i think it only get to the internet through aol and then you could only get to time content so it was a sort of dream of a closed system that got blown apart by the internet protocol. >> that is right and that is something we read about. and i agree with what you said. traditionally the separation was industry by industry principle. in the country once the telephone and another set of companies runs radio and another set of companies rents film. there was this policing, but the structure of today's, what we need to do is reinvent that principle for today's technologies and the industry vertically doesn't make any sense. my slippers that principle is a horizontal cut if that makes sense. >> the company separated from the carriage company and so one. sir. >> and talking about some of these new media that came along he gave us these great golden age let freedom ring kinds of things and before that core progress he took

i really didn't know how great it could be and i had no idea they work with great companies like aol which is where i ended up landing. i support executive recruitment and operations for the executive recruitment department. not to pat myself on the back but i really feel it was a smart decision to move into contracting and maybe reinvent myself a little bit and hopefully i'll continue to reinvent myself because staying fresh in the job market from what i've learned helps you get ahead. >> tom: that's "nightly business report" for friday, january 7. i'm tom hudson. goodnight everyone and have a great weekend-- you too, susie. >> susie: good night, tom. i'm susie gharib goodnight everyone.. we hope to see all of you again next week. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

. >> commissioner aol laggy. >> i agree -- i agree with commissioner moore and sugaya. i don't know if that would involve a 10:00 hearing. i think we need to schedule this. i would be interested in that also. >> would you call the next item? >> commissioners, you're now on item 19, case number 2008.0021 epmtzw to initiate planning code zoning map and general plan amendments as part of the merced development project. >> commissioners planning staff. you have before you the amendments to the zoning map and the general plan related to the park merced mixed use project. you have the ordinary innocences for some time now. they were submitted to you -- to you and have been continued a couple of times. december 9th, you received updated corrections to the ordinances and you had those as well. up. happy to answer any questions you have about the ordinances, the planning code and general plan amendments. but -- to just -- to just repeat what is -- has been said a couple of times, this is the initiation to begin the process so you may hold a hearing at a future date, sometime on

they took a vote of 99,000 18-year-olds. 58% of them took part in this poll done by aol and their other website, just so you know, jfwk.com. the target audience, 9 to 15-year-olds. they say she's the worst celebrity influence. keep in mind, she had that video smoking salvia from a bong and those shots of her lifting her skirt to her chest. there you have it. i'm sure it's not an honor she's too happy with. >>> let's switch gears. great news from jon stewart at "the daily show," i went to a taping a few weeks ago, it's so good. he's been a very passionate advocate for the 9/11 rescuers. they decided to give him an appointment to the national september 11th memorial museum board. he'll take a seat on that board for a meeting set later today. the president of the memorial said he was a big supporter of the health care bill and emceed their annual benefit last year. to both of those causes he exhibited a passion for 9/11 issues, that it seemed like a no-brainer to us. they're trying to open the memorial come this september but a nice honor for jon stewart. he's done a lot for that cause and

he is the co-founder of aol. we have had a chance in different lives and different capacities to work with not just him but his wife on the case foundation. steve spoke with the president in the oval. steve said, whether he's doing private sector or public-private partnership like this, it is all the same. it is all about investing with people that can change the world. we are happy he has agreed to take this leadership world. another person is karl tram. people know the kauffman foundation. they are front and center every step. you cannot work on this or do is speech on this without looking at what they have produced. and so we are incredibly happy to have them with us. many of us will also work with bob, one of the key people who with carl at the kauffman foundation. this is the exact time to have a startup americas initiative. one thing we know from what we say happens coming out of recessions, what the kauffman foundation has shown is that this is the time when people merge together and create new ideas. more

aol's travel director that immediately pick up the phone and call the airline directly. it is much quicker than waiting in line with hundreds of other passengers at your station. if you end up waiting half a day or a whole day, you rebook flights, experts say get away from the airport. hop on public transport to a hotel. the food there will be less expensive and you'll be less stressed after getting away from the madness. for those actually stranded on the plane on the tarmac, be patient. there are new rules for delays-on three hours, so the airlines will scramble to get you airborne or at least off the plane. >> if you're in san francisco, you call the boss and say you can't get out for a month and enjoy yourself. >> a good idea. >> especially in this kind of weather that's coming our way. >> that video gave me a headache. we've all been stuck in the airports recently because some of sort of storm or another. as you mentioned, it will be some sweet weather across the bay area especially as we head into the weekend. spend your dollars throughout the east bay. we have som

aol consumer advisor latoya is here to tell us. let's start with free becomes books. you have to have an ereader or go to the library. >> tablet computers, all the rage these days. if you are looking to load them up with books, kindle store has titles you recognize. you won't be getting random books. >> all the classics you front of to read in high school. what about making sfleenz? you said there's a site where you can get free magazine subscriptions? >> that's exactly right. if you like to get your hand on the magazine all-freemagazine.com. time;hmagazine, cosmopolitan, health making sdmreen. keep in mind, you will have to abc a few questions do surveys if you want to get the free titles. >> no monthing is totally free, right? >> netflix, you said, has a special offer where are. >> that's right. if you have been on the fence about netflix, now is the time to dive in. they are doing a one month free trial, and what's great is that you no longer have to wait for the dvd. you can watch the title on your computer three your hd tv. if you have a gaming console, like the

aol. >> what have you learned? >> lots of things. >> tell us some. >> the way the media is able to spur on partisanship, it is very interesting. >> spur it on? >> definitely. typecasting become so prevalent in a society right now. it is spurred on the partisanship of congress. people nowadays go for the most right or -- i would not say most left, but democratic, republican, people speaking in radical ways and failing to engage in other sources of information or opinions, has led to an increase in partisanship and that the lawyer to understand both sides. -- and a failure to understand both sides. >> we are running out of time and i want to get more of you in here. mike smith, come up for just a minute. tell us about your -- inland >> i am from miami-dade honors college. >> what have you learned? >> i have learned a lot. it was quite refreshing to hear someone play for the essence of classic journalism to return, for reporters to be open with their knees and the resources and the actual true journalism that we shoul

aol. >> what have you learned? >> lots of things. >> tell us some. >> the way the media is able to spur on partisanship, it is very interesting. >> spur it on? >> definitely. typecasting become so prevalent in a society right now. it is spurred on the partisanship of congress. people nowadays go for the most right or -- i would not say most left, but democratic, republican, people speaking in radical ways and failing to engage in other sources of information or opinions, has led to an increase in partisanship and that the lawyer to understand both sides. -- and a failure to understand both sides. >> we are running out of time and i want to get more of you in here. mike smith, come up for just a minute. tell us about your -- > i am from miami-dade honors college. >> what have you learned? >> i have learned a lot. it was quite refreshing to hear someone play for the essence of classic journalism to return, for reporters to be open with their knees and the resources and the actual true journalism that we should have.

. >> hi, this is laura parker from aol news. can you just clarify a little bit about the release of the state-by-state data for the redistricting purposes. are you going to put out the data in the states that will have changes in their congressional -- in the number of members they have either by adding or by losing a member because those states, there may be more controversy over the number than in other states? >> well, as i -- as i said, every state will get -- >> this briefing is available on our website, c-span.org. we're going live now to the white house press briefing. here's spokesman robert gibbs. >> good morning. i have about three hours to round off the three hours, how about that? but i know some of you all have less than that as the press charter was in a little bit later. let me do one quick announcement before we go forward. president obama will meet with president obama zadari in pakistan here at the white house tomorrow. the two leaders will discuss estimates of u.s./pakistan strategic partnership including our

whoa about aol-time warner. and there is 13,000 people who work at major media, establishment media institutions. now to talk to 13,000 people five times a day, to run five ads to them, which is a pretty heavy threshold, you never get that high on tv unless you're trying to do a one-day sale that is in three days or unless it's two days before an election. to do that, we're talking maybe $200 a week to just carpet bomb these people with ads. now if this was, say we're trying to get the list grown and we were using -- dang it -- and let's say there are a bunch of other people on the other side of the issue. and to sort of let them know that there were two sides to this, you could -- i don't know enough about them, but we would probably start with some psycho graphic target like i would imagine it's mom potentially have concerns. so parents. so i won't be sexist. we'll do husbands. we want to talk men who are married and have kids. let's get rid of the ap, the press targeting. let's talk to men who are married and

if you have seen your family and friends, keep that going so you don't have to wait aol 364 days to see them again. >> so, should there be a little bit of a grace period? after the holidays, especially because you had family, family staying with them for a prolonged period of time. >> maybe organizing a photos and e-mailing them to everybody but keeping that connection of reliving that happy time, that feel-good time that you liked so that you can keep that going and keep your mood up. >> do you have one that you like to go to? a diet, a light thing? which one do you fall back on? >> for me, getting into a routine. so i think it's a little bit of everything. working on the sleep, eating better is definitely key. you feel lethargic and really bad so for me getting back into getting up at the same time every day and the routineness of it, i really enjoy and i feel better and in control. that's a really responsibility aspect. >> happy new year to. >> and to you. >> erica? >> we are kicking off a weeklong series call "lose it early," sharing easy ways to reduce your weight. cynthia sass is

whoa about aol-time warner. and there is 13,000 people who work at major media, establishment media institutions. now to talk to 13,000 people five times a day, to run five ads to them, which is a pretty heavy threshold, you never get that high on tv unless you're trying to do a one-day sale that is in three days or unless it's two days before an election. to do that, we're talking maybe $200 a week to just carpet bomb these people with ads. now if this was, say we're trying to get the list grown and we were using -- dang it -- and let's say there are a bunch of other people on the other side of the issue. and to sort of let them know that there were two sides to this, you could -- i don't know enough about them, but we would probably start with some psycho graphic target like i would imagine it's mom potentially have concerns. so parents. so i won't be sexist. we'll do husbands. we want to talk men who are married and have kids. let's get rid of the ap, the press targeting. let's talk to men who are married and

aol consumer adviser regina lewis is here with some legitimate opportunities and some other red flags that you need to be aware of before you embark on something like this. good to see you. >> thank you. >> are there actually some legitimate ways to make some real money online? >> there are. the broader trend, if i don't have to pay an overhead cost of keeping you in an office, it makes sense for me. it also broadens the potential applicants. now i can hire people who are dealing with child care. elder care. or frankly, who want to live in a less prohibitively expensive area. >> so when you see those advertisements online, you can work from home and make an extra $5,000 a month, i think some of them are scams but there is some legitimacy to some of those ads. >> sure. >> what are the real red flags for people? how do they find out which is real and which is bogus? >> i think you really want to do your research and stick with the big name players. we're going to point people in the right direction. the number one scam is actually when you have to pay first. when you have to buy these s

here to tell us what's on sale beginning right now is aol consumer advicer regina lewis. happy new year you to. >> thank you. you, too >> winter coats, good deals. >> seems a no-brainer but especially true this year, coming off the warmest october in 20 years. they made up for some sales in december but there's still a lot out there we see 50% off in most parts of the country, still have three months of cold weather. i do not know about your house but somebody will luls the other glove at any moment now. it's good to scoop those up. >> we always heard about january white sales, linen sales. why january? >> dates back to 1878, john wannamaker invented it put all the linens on sale, of course they were all white. macy sent these over and we spoke with sears, talking about 70% off. >> wow, goodness. >> it is a legitimate fe no na. >> 70% off. >> 70% off. >> talk about electronics, digital cameras it is interesting january would be the for sales on those. >> i tell you what. the consumer electronics show is january 6th to # 1th in las vegas, i'm headed out there when they unv

here to help us out is aol consumer adviser la toya drake. credit cards going away? >> where we're headed is that your cell phone potentially could become your credit card, saving you from having to carry all this plastic in your wallet. >> this new technology we're talking about is going to be on iphones and ipads? >> apple is rumored to have some new technology called near field communication and what that is is a chip in your iphone or your ipad and you can swipe that device and make a monetary transaction. instead of swipes that credit card you're swiping the ipad or the iphone. >> when can we expect to see something like this? >> the new iphones and ipads are rumored to come out in april. so you're looking next quarter. >> as far as the technology is concerned, is this a totally new concept or is it out there in some form already? >> the idea of using your noble device to make some type of monetary transaction is not new. you can do coupons on your cell phones for instance. the idea of swiping those at the checkout counter and also the idea of simply tapping to

the thing is, aol asked each of the agencies about this and they'll hasten to point out that they are in no way responsible for the devices day-to-day safety nor have they been doing regular testing of these units. we've seen recent stories about how maladjusted hand-delivered damaging doses of radiation to patient. who is making sure that does not do airline passengers? we all know that everyone -- everyone except the tsa, his subject and mr. radiation is required to undergo extensive training in the subject to extensive regulation. what radiation training and regulation are tsa subjected to? i notice they are not wearing my dress. the fourth amendment says an mechanic will come in the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures so not be violated and the work shall issue upon probable cause supported by oath or approbation and particularly describing the place to be served and the persons or things to be seized. do we as a country want to create the electronic strip searches and a basic gropings are searche

aol asked each of the agencies about this, and they pointed out they are in no way responsible for the safety nor have they been doing regular testing of the units. we've seen recent stories of how machines delivered concentrated damaging doses of radiation to patients. who is making sure that's not happening to airline passengers? we all know everyone, well, everyone but the tsa who subjects us to radiation, is required to undergo extreensive -- extensive training and radiation. what radiation training are tsa officers subjected to? they're not wearing led vests. again, the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and see sures, is not violated and probably cause and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized. do we as a country want to agree that electronic strip searches and invasive gropings are reasonable? are we willing to accept that walking into an airport means we give uprights that are granted to street thugs? rights believe that airline passengers deserve better t