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Dont fit into the future vision. weve organically changed our traffic and interaction with advertisers and consume irs good you remain in most peoples eyes, a big corporate internet beast. >> right. >> and a decade ago when you began this crisis, aol was the hottest thing on the internet, you were value add the $240 billion. catastrophic meltdown in your valuation. whereas in your case, you took something that was five years ago worth nothing, and you made it worth $315 million. you seem to be o...

Ariana huffington. so thrilled to announce, that todays huffington post joins forces with@aol. same team, now at lightning speed. now here with more on the deal ariana huffington and aol ceo. when you wrote that tweet what you failed to add to it was, and ive become absolutely stinging rich today. >> its great to see something we started five and a half years ago be valued at this price. but the most important thing for me is this baby is now actually going to grow at an exponential rate. its th...

Throw a switch, wonderful. sure, it can be done, its going to be done, but its going to take a little bit, and i thinked at mrgs doesnt want the country -- obviously nobody wants the country to fall into chaos. this is a sticky wicket, and theyre going to have to adjust as they go along. >> james carville, thanks so much for being with us. >> thanks so much. always a delight to do it. coming up, a media game changer with a $315 million price tag. we talk about the aol buyout of huffington post...

Gaue grmatains heyesy.rc g the big breaking business news today, aol is paying $350 million for "the huffington post." the news broke with a tweet by ariana huffington. here for more on the deal, editor and chief of "the huffington post" ariana huffington. when you wrote that tweet what you failed to add to it was, and ive become absolutely stinging rich today. >> its great to see something we started five and a half years ago be valued at this price. but the most important thing for me is thi...

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That puts flesh and blood on the data. we feel that journalism is too much of numbers, polls data, and weve lost the story. >> the sense of that aol is that it didnt have a brand image. when i want to go to the huffington post a month from now, will i have to go to the aol site first? >> no, straight to the huffington post. how will it help brand aol? why will they make that connection between huchbton post and aol? >> first of all our traffic is now combined. thats really a pretty big platform....

Going to grow at an exponential rate. its the partnership, the visions. >> i have one word for you, myspace. i used to work at news corporation a long time ago. when a big beast comes and swallows up this free, independent online blog-based site. it didnt work for them. it kind of loses its sexy cache, doesnt it? >> how are you going to keep ariana sexy? >> ariana is very sexy. >> i mean, in a business sense. >> the transaction is sexy because aol already underwent a large transition. a year and...

Result of last years bp disaster in the gulf of mexico. on tuesday, sara lee, the subject of merger rumors for more than a year will report its quarterly results. sara lee recently decided to split itself into two companies. and analyst also get earnings from walt disney. they are scheduled to report after tuesdays closing bell. thats a wrap of the day on wall street. back to you. >> the latest deal turned versz off on monday, aol shares sank more than 3% on news the company is buying the huffin...

Flubbing up the national anthem. i mean is the focus going to be just getting as many page views and clicks or is it going to be really a force for whats good and whats right for america? >> ed, i got to say this. i reject that kind of, its either this or that. i mean, i consider myself and the friends that i have really passionate people who care about the world, care about making a difference. but we still like to talk about funny things. we still like to talk about who is going to win the osc...

Probably send them to the rest of the superbowls as long as they want to go they get to go to the super bowl. how do you make up for that? huffington post goes aol. which has left a lot of people wondering if a major progressive voice is going main stream. aols chief executive makes the provocative claim one plus one equals 11 and the founding editor of the huffington post joins us next. stay with us. [ engine revs ]