Media Digest 8/18/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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NewspaperAccording to Reuters, analysts expect Lehman (LEH) to have a $1.8 billion loss.

Reuters writes that the US is likely to recapitalize Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE).

Reuters reports that GM (GM) will not buy advertising on this year’s Oscars in a move to save money.

The Wall Street Journal reports that a drop in commodities prices may signal a peaking of inflation.

The Wall Street Journal writes that large auto makers are trying to carve out niches in the expanding market for fuel-efficient cars.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Hershey raised it wholesale prices again.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Qwest (Q) and its largest union have extended talks.

The Wall Street Journal reports that TV is still the larges source of news for Americans.

The Wall Street Journal reports that a sharp rebound in small caps belies fundamental data.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the FCC may use some TV spectrum for inexpensive Wi-Fi.

Reuters reports that Morgan Stanley (MS) and Goldman Sachs (GS) are using measures of their ow credit worthiness to set lending standards for customers.

The New York Times reports that agricultural product exports are helping the US economy but may not be a reliable replacement for factory exports.

The FT writes that dropped calls are hurting the image of the Apple (AAPL) iPhone.

Bloomberg writes that crude oil prices are rising because of a storm in the Gulf of Mexico.

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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