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MOTRIN-SPONSORED MLB WEB SITE RECEIVES NO MENTION ON NBC?
Published October 7, 1997
Johnson & Johnson "struck a deal" with Microsoft for
its Motrin brand to be the "exclusive sponsor" on MSNBC's
official World Series site at http://www.mlbworldseries.com,
according to AD AGE. The deal includes "sponsored by"
branding on the site's front page (AD AGE, 10/6). But
BRANDWEEK's Terry Lefton reports that since Motrin "chose to
buy time" on Fox's postseason MLB coverage rather than
NBC's, "you'll hear no mention of [Motrin's sponsorship] on
any NBC post-season baseball broadcasts, even those touting
the site itself." Lefton adds that the site runs through
the postseason, after which MLB's official site at
http://www.majorleaguebaseball.com "will shift" from a Fox
interactive unit to Starwave (BRANDWEEK, 10/6 issue).




