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          TV MONITOR: Last night's 11:00pm ET editions of ESPN's
     "SportsCenter," FSN's "Primetime" (Fox Sports Net South) and
     CNN/SI's "Sports Tonight" all led with A's-Red Sox followed
     by Mariners-Blue Jays.  The first non-MLB story on both
     "Primetime," 6:58 into the broadcast, and "Sports Tonight,"
     7:00 into the broadcast, was Spurs F Sean Elliott receiving
     a kidney transplant from his brother.  The first non-MLB
     story on "SportsCenter," 7:30 into the broadcast, was a car
     accident involving three NFL Cardinals (THE DAILY).
          PGA CHAMPIONSHIPS: CBS earned a 3.7/10 overnight
     Nielsen rating during its first half-hour coverage of
     Sunday's final round of the PGA Championship.  By the final
     half-hour, CBS earned an 11.7/25 (BOSTON GLOBE, 8/17). In
     Chicago, Ron Rapoport reports that the event pulled a
     10.1/25 overnight rating in Chicago (SUN TIMES, 8/17).  
          NIELSEN PURCHASE: In Tampa, Ted Jackovics writes that
     after being acquired by Netherlands-based VNU, Nielsen Media
     Research is expected to "broaden its efforts to measure
     Internet usage, looking ahead to the convergence of TV and
     Internet usage" (TAMPA TRIBUNE, 8/17).  Meanwhile, the WALL
     STREET JOURNAL's Kyle Pope writes that network TV execs
     "have noticed an improvement in their dealings with Nielsen
     in recent months," and said that they "hoped the progress
     would continue under VNU."  NBC President/Research & Media
     Development Alan Wurtzel: "I had seen some real attempts to
     improve the level of service" (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 8/17)
          CRITICS CORNER: BRILL'S CONTENT's Michael Hirschorn
     bemoans the lack of soccer int'l programming on U.S. sports
     networks.  He writes that Fox Sports Net's weekly "English
     Premier League Soccer" show is "the best soccer show on
     television because, more or less, it's the only soccer show
     on television."  Hirschorn: "There must be sufficient room
     in this immigrant-rich nation for reasonable coverage of
     world soccer.  The audience may not be huge, but it is
     passionate and loyal" (BRILL'S CONTENT, 9/99)....In Denver,
     Vicki Michaelis writes on the challenges female sports
     journalists face for respect: "The effort toward being
     treated and viewed as professionals is a collective one.  It
     can't be partial.  Every Samantha Stevenson story, even if
     it's two decades old, is a setback.  We'd like to think
     we're past the point where the actions of one reflect on the
     whole, but we're not.  We may never be" (DENVER POST, 8/17).
          NOTES: CBS purchased a 22% stake in auto parts e-tailer
     Wrenchead.com for $33M worth of advertising over CBS' media
     holdings during the next four years.  CBS Cable and
     Wrenchead.com will "explore the development of programming
     aimed at auto enthusiasts to air" on TNN (HOLLYWOOD
     REPORTER, 8/17)....St. Louis' KPLR-WB will "reduce its
     coverage" of MLB Cardinals games from 55 to 45 next season
     "in order to accommodate its WB Network programming" (DAILY
     SOUTHTOWN, 8/16)....In Baltimore, Milton Kent reports that
     the Orioles "reportedly are seeking an annual" radio
     broadcast rights agreement in the $4M "ballpark, and all
     indications, from local industry observers, are that they
     will get it, even with the team's decided downturn over the
     past two seasons."  The team's current rights holder, WBAL-
     AM, pays a "reported" $3.5M (Baltimore SUN, 8/17). 

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