Media Digest 1/4/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

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According to Reuters, Microsoft (MSFT) sold 4.3 million Xbox 360 video consoles in the last three months of the year, helped by its "Halo 3" game.

Reuters writes that US auto sales were weak in December.

Reuters reports that Tata of India has become the front runner to buy Rover and Jaguar from Ford (F).

Reuters reports that Toyota (TM) sees sales in the US increasing 1% to 2% next year.

The Wall Street Journal writes that concerns about inflation may limit Fed rate cuts.

The Wall Street Journal writes that the FDA is likely to approve food that comes from cloned animals.

The Wall Street Journal reports that regulators are looking into Wall St’s role in the mortgage fiasco.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Sirius (SIRI) ended the year with 8.3 million subscribers, up 38%.

The Wall Street Journal writes that digital song sales rose 45% to 844 million.

The Wall Street Journal reports that PC makers are changing their products to better compete with the Apple (AAPL) Mac.

The New York Times writes that a tiny 6,300 people watch Fox Business News at any given time during the week while CNBC has an audience of 283,000.

The New York Times writes that Boeing had record orders last year.

The FT reports that sovereign funds are using aggressive tactics to bring in money management talent.

Barron’s repors that Echostar will offer its Sling TV shifting product for RIM (RIMM) Blackberries.

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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