Media Digest 4/4/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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According to Reuters,US non-farm pay-rolls are likely to fall by 60,000.

Reuters reports that Fed official are playingt down rate cut expectations.

Reuters writes that the ex-ceo of UBS (UBS) wants to breakup the bank.

Reuters reports that News Corp (NWS) has reorganized its internet division.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft (MSFT) and Yahoo! (YHOO) meet about Redmonds proposed buy-out but made no progress.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Motorola (MOT) will cut 2,600 more jobs.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Northwest (NWA) is raising its fare and fuel fees.

The Wall Street Journal reports that News Corp’s MySpace has begun a music store to compete with Apple (AAPL).

The Wall Street Journal writes that China’s sovereign-wealth fund pledged to increase transparency.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Microsoft will continue to sell its old OS, Windows XP.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Verizon (VZ) and AT&T (T) will use their new spectrum to create super-fast wireless broadband.

The New York Times writes that some investors are buying distressed mortgages and securities in companies that may file Chapter 11.

The FT writes that John Reed, one of the creators of the new Citigroup (C), thinks that creating it ten years ago was a mistake.

The FT writes that there has been a surge of borrowing from the Fed by primary dealers.

Bloomberg writes that the Fed has signaled more cuts due to market stresses.

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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