Media Digest 8/30/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

August 30, 2007 by Douglas A. McIntyre

According to Reuters, Yahoo! (YHOO) has pushed out its top sales executive and combined its sales and e-commerce units.

Reuters writes that Microsoft (MSFT) has purchased a corporate group chat provider.

Reuters writes that Apple (AAPL) is about to introduce a new series of iPods.

The Wall Street Journal writes that a battle between banks and KKR is heating up over the purchase of First Data (FDC).

The Wall Street Journal said that Altria (MO) was working on spinning off its international operations.

The Wall Street Journal says that Sony Ericsson is starting to build phones for the low end of the market.

The New York Times reports that the CFO of Gap (GPS) left to go to Visa.

The FT reports that the Pritzgers will sell a $1 billion stake in Hyatt Global.

Barron’s writes that Tivo (TIVO) issued weak Q4 guidance.

Douglas A McIntyre

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