Media Digest 6/4/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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According to Reuters, domestic car sales took a huge dip in May.

Reuters writes that UAL (UAUA) will announce more job cuts and rate cuts.

Reuters reports that Yahoo! (YHOO) has set July 1 for its annual meeting.

Reuters reports that apparel spending dropped in May.

Reuters reports that Lehman (LEH) is seeking capital from overseas.

The Wall Street Journal writes that GM (GM) faces a huge sales slump.

The Wall Street Journal writes that S&P, Moody’s (MCO), and Fitch will change how they charge for ratings services in a settlement with the NY Attorney General’s office.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Motorola (MOT) is close to finding a chief for its handset business, which it will spin-off soon.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Carl Icahn will fire Yahoo!’s CEO if he wins his proxy right for board control.

The Wall Street Journal writes that AMD (AMD) will begin to deliver its new chips for laptops.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Softbank will sell the Apple (AAPL) iPhone in Japan.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Sony (SNE) will allow its PS3 to take advertising sent over the internet.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Boston Scientific (BSX) extended the contract of its CEO.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Time Warner Cable (TWC) and Comcast (CMCSA) will test programs which charge heavy internet users higher rates.

The Wall Street Journal writes that HP (HPQ) has hired the sales chief from Sun (JAVA)

The New York Times writes that the head of the Fed signaled an end to rate reductions.

The New York Time writes that MSN (MSFT) is trying to start a Hollywood site to increase its audience.

The FT writes that European companies had worse losses that American ones in Q1.

Bloomberg writes that credit rate derivatives are indicating the bank credit problems will get worse.

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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