MICHAEL OVITZ was profiled by Paul Tharp in the N.Y.
POST. An entertainment "competitor" of Ovitz's said, "Ovitz
will try to build a broad entertainment company. It'll take
him a couple of years to stitch some companies together but
he'll eventually get it done with the help of Wall Street"
(N.Y. POST, 4/19)....Cablevision CEO JIM DOLAN is profiled
by NEWSDAY's Elizabeth Sanger who writes, "In the past two
years he has emerged from his father's long shadow, taken
charge of a major telecommunications company, become more
outspoken in the cable industry and gained respect among
peers" (NEWSDAY, 4/20)....Film Director RENNY HARLIN was in
Brazil, researching for the start of his New Line film
"Formula One," about the life of late champion driver AYTON
SENNA (Army Archerd, DAILY VARIETY, 4/20)....TIGER WOODS
appeared on the "Tonight Show" last Friday. Woods, on his
Masters dinner selection: "I'm sitting right next to BYRON
NELSON. And right next to me is also LARRY MIZE and BEN
CRENSHAW. ... You see all these guys just gnawing into these
cheeseburgers. And then you see like the greatest players
in the world that have ever played this game are having
these shakes for dessert! ... I just wanted to spice it up"
("Tonight Show," NBC, 4/17)....GARDNER DICKINSON, a founder
of the Senior PGA Tour, died Sunday at the age of 70 (AP/
DETROIT NEWS, 4/20)....BONHAM GROUP Chair DEAN BONHAM was
profiled by Dina Bunn of the ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS. Bonham, a
high school dropout, currently has 13 employees and has had
eight offers to buy his company, "but he isn't selling."
Bonham, on event-based marketing: "If you can get consumers
to interact with products and services in an environment
where they are emotionally charged, the likelihood is
dramatically increased that that impression will result in a
purchase decision" (ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, 4/19).
