Media

Media Digest (6/28/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT

Stockton, Calif., is about to file Chapter 9 bankruptcy. (Reuters)

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) wins a court decision to stop shipments of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet into the United States. (Reuters)

Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) plans to build a social gamers network. (Reuters)

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will launch its own tablet to compete with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Apple. (Reuters)

Sirius XM (NASDAQ: SIRI) and Howard Stern will form a partnership with Google TV. (Reuters)

The United States may free itself from reliance on Middle East oil as demand drops and new production goes online. (WSJ)

News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) is closer to splitting itself into two companies. (WSJ)

The largest owner of Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) may take the company private. (WSJ)

Boeing (NYSE: BA) appoints a new head of commercial aircraft. (WSJ)

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) begins to compete with some vendors who use it for e-commerce. (WSJ)

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) falls behind the competition in the race to add health care clinics in its stores. (WSJ)

Many senior bankers in Spain knew about the nation’s financial markets long before they became evident. (NYT)

Broadband providers move toward models under which people pay for various speeds of service. (NYT)

Italy’s prime minister attacks Germany for its lack of support for EU-wide bonds. (FT)

Douglas A. McIntyre

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