Media Digest 5/12/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

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According to Reuters, Cablevision (CVC) is close to buy newspaper Newsday

Reuters writes that RIM (RIM) is releasing its Blackberry Bold, aimed at keeping its lead in the business market.

Reuters writes that April retail sales were flat with a year ago.

Reuters writes that SingTel will bring the Apple (AAPL) iPhone to Asia this year.

The Wall Street Journal writes that AIG’s (AIG) aircraft leasing business is thinking about breaking away from the parent.

The Wall Street Journal writes that new nuclear plants will cost much more than previously expected.

The Wall Street Journal writes that inflation in China was near a decade-high.

The Wall Street Journal writes that some hedge funds with huge losses are coming back to investors with new ideas.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook raised $100 million in debt financing.

The Wall Street Journal writes that American Axle and the UAW have both hardened their positions in a labor dispute.

The New York Times writes tha six million prime time viewers disappeared this year, but are still watching video on a different time table.

The FT writes that Morgan Stanley (MS) has put together a $4 billion fund to invest in Asia.

The FT writest that Canadian oil firm Encana will break into two pieces.

The FT reports that banks are starting to find buyers for mortgage securities.

Bloomberg reports that Citigroup (C) is leading Wall St. among banks punishing investors in auction rate securities.

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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