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Now its time for our pop culture lead. the cult classic show arrested development returns this weekend. in tone and tenor, the story of the dysfunctional bluth family may have been ahead of its time but it was also decidedly ahead of its time in terms of how we watch the show. back then on network tv, on fox, but starting this weekend not on broadcast tv or cable but on a whole new content provider, one that did not exist when the show debuted or even when it was canceled on streaming netflix. w...

Alter is here with us as well and author of the upcoming book the center holds obama and his enemies. oh, wow. congratulations. that looks good. >> so, first, its so great to have you on. tell us about alpha house and where the concept came from and what it embodies. >> i first cooked it up back in 2008, but there had been a writers strike and we got out of the blocks too slowly so nothing happened with it. then about four years late, john and i were up at the new hampshire primary and i mention...

Help you get the loan. >> and yes, hes got collateral from the sale of the home and it may well be that will do the job. i would put in a plug for the sbass website, sba.gov and score.org, a lot of good advice there about how to make your loan application. if you can come up with the laterala collateral, it doesnt become an issue. >> jiames writes, im starting t-shirt business online. what are some of the positions that i will need to fill when opening an online business. for example, i have hea...

Out what he needs? >> nobody knows if you are a content provider or an it guy, and you are right, and you are right, start the business and do it yourself. there is nothing wrong with doing that, and as you understand what the requirements are, you will see what role you have to fill in order to let you get on with things. go to aelance.com, and look for good references, and then give them a try, and give people one thing to do. dont contract for a long term, and see how they do, and you put the...

Remain relevant, lost subscriber base and have huffington post which have 26 million unique viewers every single month. these two together, interesting, a very interesting combination. then you have huffington post, tech crunch and gadget patch.com. tease are all parts of the new names that aol has bought over the past months and years as its trying to cement itself as a content provider. patch.com, by the way, is this really -- 800 different local sites that sort of fill in the place, martin, w...

Alison kosik live at the stock exchange. before we talk about the changes for us, tell me about the deal. >> reporter: heres the deal. aol is buying that left-leaning "huffington post" website that you mentioned for $350 million. heres what web traffic marketers say. they say "huffington post" has pretty good readership and aol has a bigger reach. the fact is aol has been struggling. the acquisition is considered a bigger deal for aol trying to put its name back on the map because its traditiona...

Charge a persons credit card without ever meeting them. luke wilson steps in and says, i can make this more legit. >> im a customer and i get my credit card statement at the end of the month and it says something like -- [ muted ]. >> right. i might have buyers remorse because my wifes not going to be very happy. if it says something like 24/7 billing company, nobody knows what that means, safer for everybody involved, its a win-win situation. the consumer gets what they want, the content provid...

Really are, and i tell you what, theyre doing so at everybodys peril. were in a time now where we have data driven creative and we have data-driven services, location-based services and part of the way it works, it knows a little bit about you. it knows where you are and basically the part of the country youre in, and it knows the kind of things you like to do, and if you use that information as an content provider or advertiser, you can make the content more relevant. it can be abused, but it i...

Its much more amazing than a laptop. >> reporter: so he says. but even he, who owns an apple store, says you dont have to have it. thats the key, will people be willing to spend $500 to $800 for a wonderful toy, cool, works well as a content provider, movies, photographs, file sharing, that sort of thing, e-books. but you dont have to have it. h . >> also it does cost a lot. but mike, it is interesting. i just got an opportunity to actually hold on to it for the first time and play with it a lit...