Media Digest 11/5/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

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According to Reuters, Chuck Prince stepped down at CEO of Citigroup (C) and the bank indicated it may have to write off as much as another $11 billion.

Reuters writes that shares of PetroChina (PTR) doubled on its IPO debut which raised $9 billion.

Reuters reports that News Corp’s (NWS) MySpace launched a new targeted advertising program.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Kraft (KFT) is about to sell its Post cereals division for $2.8 billion.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Yahoo! (YHOO) has launched a social networking service.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Wal-Mart (WMT) and a former marketing executive with the firm have dropped lawsuits against one another.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Eli Lilly (LLY) has introduced a new blood thinner which can cause excessive bleeding.

The Wall Street Journal writes that the new Google (GOOG) phone may allow consumers to do easily on their phones what they now do on the web.

The New York Times writes that RIM (RIMM) is launching a wireless service for small to mid-sized firms.

The New York Times writes that Ford (F) and the UAW will now have to sell their new agreement to the union’s members.

The FT writes that PetroChina passed Exxon (XOM) as the world’s largest company by market cap.

Barron’s writes that shares in Mattel (MAT) could rise now that its recall issues are becoming a thing of the past.

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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