Media Digest 1/19/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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WinterAccording to Reuters, there is at least some chance that the US could have to nationalize some banks.

Reuters reports that the UK launched a huge new bank rescue plan.

Reuters writes that Citigroup (C) plans to sell much of its financial interest in Japan.

Reuters reports that the head of the IMF fears more countries will need funds.

Reuters reports that Citigroup says it is still committed to its brokerage operations in Japan.

Reuters reports that RBS (RBS) will have a 30 billion loss on write-offs of its purchase of ABN

Reuters reports that The New York Times (NYT) may get money from Carlos Slim.

Reuters reports that the financial crisis could lead to US protectionism.

The New York Times reports that the cost of corporate buying has spiked especially for companies with debt due.

The New York Times reports that music publishers are beginning to offer unlimited access to
free songs.

The New York Times reports that the newspaper crisis is causing rapid turnover in management.

The FT reports that Obama will encourage banks to lend more.

The FT reports that investors are pulling out of big private equity funds.

Bloomberg reports the Obama will use TARP funds to widen access to credit.

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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