Media Digest 12/27/2006 NYTimes, Reuters, WSJ, FT, Barron’s

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Accoding to Reuters, Toyota and Ford did not discuss a tie-up at a meeting of their senior management in Japan.

Reuters writes that McClatchy sold the Minneapolis Star Tribune for $580 million to a private equity firm.

Reurters writes that a judge has approved a $2.45 billion settlement between Nortel and shareholders.

The WSJ writes that public company buyouts are loading debt on to companies. Harrah’s will ned up with debt that is eight times it cash flow.

The WSJ writes that Chinese economic planners want to curtail car production rates until demand catches up.

The New York Times writes that after large growth in private equity deals in the US and Europe, big buyout firms are turning their attention to Asia.

The New York Times writes that Eli Lilly’s patent on Zyprexa, a drug for treatment of schizophrenia, was upheld by a federal appeals court.

The FT writes that bankrupt auto parts maker Delphi may not reach its timeline to exit Chapter 11 and will seek at six month extension.

Barron’s writes that Google’s online ad revenue has become so large that 50% revenue growth for the company may become nearly impossible.

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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