Career in media. This event took place at the National Press club in washington, d. C. Its not coming back. Are you picking up audio . Okay. Its working. We will get to you shortly. Good morning. Thank you for joining us. I have the honor of introducing this mornings very special program in conversation with Chris Matthews and former ceo and executive vice chairman of the corporation. Each night millions of viewers turn ttuned to msnbc at 7 00 tor chris deliver his trademark openings to hardball that the roots of the journalism career are actually with hearst. For over 15 years, i thought it was 12 but he corrected me like a journalist. Crisp is a washington, d. C. Bureau chief of the examiner and was a syndicated columnist for the San Francisco chronicle after frank thought the San Francisco chronicle and then he went on to not only launched hardball that successfully over eight bestselling books. As everyone knows, he returned this week after the hiatus to recover from Prostate Cance
Good morning. Thank you for joining us. I have the honor of introducing this mornings very special program in conversation with Chris Matthews and former ceo and executive vice chairman of the corporation. Each night millions of viewers turn ttuned to msnbc at 7 00 tor chris deliver his trademark openings to hardball that the roots of the journalism career are actually with hearst. For over 15 years, i thought it was 12 but he corrected me like a journalist. Crisp is a washington, d. C. Bureau chief of the examiner and was a syndicated columnist for the San Francisco chronicle after frank thought the San Francisco chronicle and then he went on to not only launched hardball that successfully over eight bestselling books. As everyone knows, he returned this week after the hiatus to recover from Prostate Cancer surgery and we couldnt be more grateful to you being here today. Thank you. I had the pleasure of working with Frank Bennett the past 26 years. What is remarkable is that represent
We will be joined by disney ceo bob iger. First, we are talking about twitter, the first Earnings Call as a public company, the news not so great. Net loss of 511 million, their net revenue more than doubling. User growth is slowing down. Twitter had 241 million active users in the Fourth Quarter, up 30 , but slower than the 39 growth in the prior quarter. Twitter usage also declined. What does this say about twitters business . We have a special roundtable, contributing editor David Kirkpatrick in new york, zach coelius, as well is editor at large cory johnson. How does this add up, timeline usage dropping, but growth is slowing down . We are seeing slower user growth, and uptake and how much revenue they are getting from users, not dramatically, slowing growth. I think what we saw, if you want to sum that up is User Engagement. How much are people using the medium . The numbers dont look solid. They dont look like the explosive growth of the stock valuation, and that is worth talking
Microsoft cloud. To say abouthe had his plans. I would say the first thing i want to focus on is to remove any obstacle to innovation. Innovation of on things that microsoft did uniquely do. Also stated that no gates will be stepping down. But gates will stay very involved with the company asked technology advisor. Take a listen. I will have over one third of my Time Available to meet with product groups and it will be fun to define this next round of products, working together. We assembled a special roundtable to discuss microsofts new options. Our editor at large cory johnson thesen erlichman join microsoft experts. I spent a lot of time working with satyam over the years satya over the years. Combination of strong technologist as someone who has a strong vision and focus and is in his focus. I wouldnt think of him as somebody who just focuses on technology. It is all about how we Bring Technology to market and how we actually transform the business as a result. If you look at what
Nadella is the companys new ceo. Here is what he had to say about his plans. I would say the first thing i want to focus on is to remove any obstacle to innovation. And then focus on innovation of things that microsoft did uniquely do. Microsoft also stated that no that bill gates will be stepping down. But gates will stay very involved with the company asked as a technology advisor. Take a listen. I am thrilled that satya has asked me to step up. I will have over one third of my Time Available to meet with product groups and it will be fun to define this next round of products, working together. To talk about microsofts new leadership. We assembled a special roundtable to discuss microsofts new options. Our editor at large cory johnson and Jon Erlichman join these microsoft experts. I began by asking this roundtable just who is Satya Nadella. I spent a lot of time working with satya over the years. He is a rare combination of strong technologist as someone who has a strong vision and