Media Digest (7/31/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT

Yahoo! Inc.’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) former interim CEO, Ross Levinsohn, quits. (Reuters)

Manchester United sets IPO terms. (Reuters)

The jury is selected in the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) vs. Samsung Electronics Co. IP suit. (Reuters)

It may take the European Central Bank weeks or months to implement plans to help bring down the cost of debt for weak nations in the region. (Reuters)

BP PLC (NYSE: BP) took a $5 billion second-quarter charge mostly on shale write-downs. (Reuters)

Apple prepares for the September 12 meeting at which the iPhone 5 will be launched. (Reuters)

Toshiba Corp.’s profits rise 178%. (Reuters)

Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) sets the executives who will compete for the CEO job. (WSJ)

Dendreon Corp. (NASDAQ: DNDN) cuts 41% of its staff as it presses toward profitability. (WSJ)

Monthly unemployment and hours worked are particularly troubling in California and Nevada. (WSJ)

Greece asks for an extension of its bailout terms. (WSJ)

The output of oil from Saudi Arabia likely will reach record levels in July. (WSJ)

Mark Loughridge of International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) tops a Wall Street Journal poll on chief financial officers. (WSJ)

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) will put another $200 million into YouTube’s effort to build premium and high-quality channels. (WSJ)

Supervalu Inc. (NYSE: SVU) appoints a new CEO. (WSJ)

Low-cost ETF fees set by firms like Vanguard could bring down fees across the industry. (WSJ)

Some companies turn to social media to decide which products to launch. (NYT)

Muni bond rate levels come under scrutiny after the Libor scandal. (NYT)

Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba, partly owned by Yahoo!, may raise $8 billion. (NYT)

Assets under management by private equity firms reach $3 trillion. (FT)

A weak job market and high student debt threaten the financial futures of a generation of Americans. (FT)

Douglas A. McIntyre