GOLFWEEK's Dave Shedloski reports a deal is nearly finalized
for the Compaq World Putting Championship by Dave Pelz to be
televised on ESPN in a series of six shows over four hours. Walt
Disney World is among the possible sites (GOLFWEEK, 7/20)....The
Wisconsin Sports Network, owned and operated by Group W Sports
Marketing, can now be seen in nearly 350,000 homes
(GWSM)....GolfWeb has set up a page for British Open Champion Tom
Lehman, where readers can send a personal congratulations through
e-mail. The site is located at
http://www.golfweb.com/congrats/96open.html. GolfWeb broke its
all-time record July 19 with more than 1.75 million hits
(GolfWeb)....Dennis Rodman made a two-hour appearance hawking
Bulls paraphernalia on Home Shopping Network last week. Rodman,
on NBA free agency: "This league is going to be in trouble in
two years" (ST. PETE TIMES, 7/22)....Media General is buying
Park Acquisitions, parent of the media conglomerate Park
Communications for $710M in cash. Park owns 10 network
affiliated TV stations, 28 daily newspapers and 82 weekly
newspapers ("NBR," PBS, 7/22). The deal will "greatly expand the
media company's presence in the Southeast" (WASHINGTON POST,
7/23)
