Media Digest 9/8/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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NewspaperAccording to Reuters, the government takeover of Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) will do little to help the mortgage market short-term.

Reuters writes that Lehman (LEH) made a number of changes to top management.

Reuters reports that The Royal Bank of Canada may have an interest in buying Lehman.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Altria (MO) will buy UST for $1.03 billion.

Reuters writes that that Boeing (BA) strike threatens the global aerospace industry.

Reuters reports that Washington Mutual (WM) pushed out Chief Executive Kerry Killinger.

Reuters writes that a large advertising association objected to the Google (GOOG) tie-up with Yahoo! (YHOO).

The Wall Street Journal reports that Wachovia (WB) is about to name a new CFO.

The Wall Street Journal writes that OPEC is deciding whether to cut oil prices.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Intel (INTC) is about to put out faster Xeon chips.

The Wall Street Journal reports that obesity surgery has been found to be cost effective.

The Wall Street Journal reports that key investors in a number of hedge funds are demanding their money back.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the rise in the dollar may hurt profits of some US companies.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Ford (F) is rushing to put some of its small European cars into the US market.

The Wall Street Journal writes that JetBlue (JBLU) will auction flights on Ebay (EBAY)

The New York Times reports that the CEOs of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will get big exit packages.

The New York Times reports that as their revenues fall, magazines are looking for new revenue sources.

The New York Times reports that Starbucks (SBUX) will begin to offer a magazine page each week covering a topic from the national election.

The New  York Times reports oil moved up as Hurricane Ike threatened the Gulf of Mexico.

The FT reports that shares in Europe rallied on reports of the Fannie and Freddie bail-out.

The FT reports the manufacturers are turning to the US as state offer big tax incentives.

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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