Media Digest 6/19/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

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According to Reuters, Delta (DAL) will buy as many as 125 Boeing (BA) 787 aricraft with a total value of $20 billion.

Reuters writes that Boeing’s (BA) CEO said that he expects competition from Chinese manufacturers within the next 20 years.

The Wall Street Journal writes that a potential bid from GE (GE) and Pearson (PSO) for Dow Jones (DJ) would be a defensive bid to keep Rupert Murdoch  from competing with them.

The Wall Street Journal said that Electronic Arts (ERTS) is reorganizing to better adapt itself to new trends in the video game industry.

The Wall Street Journal writes that more companies are moving their servers away from Microsoft (MSFT) software and adopting Linux.

The Wall Street Journal wirtes that this year’s contract talks with the Big Three could be the "Waterloo" for the UAW.

The WSJ reports that many companies will not change their IT operations to accomdate features of the iPhone like e-mail.

The New York Times writes that IBM (IBM) will introduce new "stream computing:" systems that will increase the speed and accuracy of decision making in field like finance.

FT writes that AT&T (T) is playing down a big acquisition in Europe but does plan to increase its support of multinational customers.

Barron’s writes that Yahoo! (YHOO) sees revenue for Q2 at the mid to low end of its projections.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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