Media Digest (4/8/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

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The television broadcast industry could be threatened by many new models, two of which belong to Areo and Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH). (Reuters)

Airbus may close a deal with British Airways that would put new pressure on Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) to repair some of its problems. (Reuters)

United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) will appeal a European Commission decision that it cannot complete its $6.7 billion marriage with Express TNT. (Reuters)

China’s Tencent text service says it is not likely to charge for its mobile product. (Reuters)

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) may buy oil services firm Lufkin Industries Inc. (NASDAQ: LUFK). (WSJ)

Carl Icahn says he may start a proxy war with Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) (WSJ)

The prime minister of Portugal says a court ruling against some austerity cuts would not stop chopping of the nation’s budget. (WSJ)

The International Monetary Fund’s Christine LaGarde approves of Japan’s massive easing program. (WSJ)

A rise in shares of Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) does not change the fact that it is still in deep trouble. (WSJ)

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) hopes its buyout of small tech firms will bring engineering innovation to the firm. (NYT)

Low interest rates on Treasuries prompt some central banks to look to more risky assets. (FT)

Hewlett-Packard hopes its fortunes can be helped by a new, powerful server line called Moonshot. (Bloomberg)

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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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