Media Digest 9/19/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

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According to Reuters, Google (GOOG) will begin to test a new interactive ad service that will allow marketers to measure user respone on creative unites using video and images.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Goldman Sachs (GS) will keep its Global Alpha hedge fund open but it will change the way it handles borrowing and volatility.

The Wall Street Journal reports that SAP (SAP) will offer web-based software for medium and small businesses.

The Wall Street Journal writes that money managers could get a large benefit if the UAW manages its own health benefits with money from the UAW. The fund will need to rely on outside managers.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Wal-Mart (WMT) will incur new expenses based on health plans it will offer its employees.

The Wall Street Journal writes that that Apple (AAPL) iPhone will have a lot of competition in Europe where multimedia handsets from other companies already have a strong foothold.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Intel (INTC) has come out with a new line of chips that should best offerings from rival AMD (AMD).

The Wall Street Journal writes that Murdoch may offer WSJ.com for free moving to an ad-supported model.

According to The New York Times, Google (GOOG) is offering mini-websiites, called widgets, as a way for advertisers to bring their messages to the market.

The FT writes that the housing situation in the US worsened as builder confidence dropped sharply.

The FT reports that the CEO of Time Warner (TWX) is open to spin-offs of its cable and AOL units.

Barron’s writes that AMD’s (AMD) new server chips may be better than Intel’s (INTC).

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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