Media Digest 8/20/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

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According to Reuters, the spotlight in an investigation of Dell’s (DELL) accounting practices will fall on whether company founder and CEO Michael Dell had any role in the restatement of numbers.

Reuters writes that the Whole Foods (WFMI) merger with Wild Oats (OATS) could pave the way for other mergers that are pending.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Countrywide (CFC) has begun to lay off employees involved in originating loans.

The Wall Street Journal writes that crude prices should stay high this year as a strong supply will an abundant supply begins to drop.

The New York Times writes that a slowdown in advertising growth at AOL may hurt the chances for turning around the Time Warner (TWX) unit.

The New York Times writes that Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) has introduced a feature that allows PCs to print documents on almost any printer.

The New York Times writes that business and political interest in Europe are waiting for a September ruling on the EU’s huge antitrust suit against Microsoft (MSFT).

According to the FT, AOL says its slow ad growth is a "hiccup".

Barron’s writes that Sony (SNE) PS3 could face more sales problems due to poor sales of Electronic Arts (ERTS) new Madden NFL .08 for the game platform.

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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