VP Al Gore is scheduled to meet today with more than 50
officials from almost every corner of the government who serve on
an Olympic task force. Joining the meeting will be ACOG CEO
Billy Payne, GA Gov. Zell Miller, and Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell
(ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 4/12)....The WALL STREET JOURNAL profiled
companies who are promoting their association with the Games for
less than the $40M paid by TOP sponsors. While McDonald's is
paying "tens of millions of dollars " for their Atlanta Olympic
sponsorship, Aramark Corp is paying $5-10M in goods and services
as the "official food-service manager." UPS is a TOP sponsor,
but Federal Express paid $1-1.5M to sponsor USA Basketball and
the '96 Dream Team (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 4/11)....The next issue
of Vanity Fair will sport a cover portrait of 11 Olympic hopefuls
and contain a 20-page feature by photographer Annie Leibovitz on
61 athletes training for the Olympics (USA TODAY,
4/11)....Matsushita Electric, the manufacturer of Panasonic
products, will donate 4,000 sets of a newly-created video "100
Years of Olympic Glory" to schools and libraries across the
country (Matsushita).
