Media Notes

NFL: Last night's Colts-Dolphins game on ABC's "MNF" earned an 11.4/18 overnight Nielsen rating, down 9% from a 12.5/19 for the comparable Packers-Panthers game last year (THE DAILY)....Last night's edition of ESPN's "Monday Night Countdown" was the program's 200th show. ESPN's Mike Tirico: "A couple of names, of couple of different sets, but essentially the same cast of characters" (ESPN, 12/10). ...In MN, Charley Walters reports the move of Vikings' radio rights from WCCO-AM to KFAN-AM this season "will provide the team with $450,000 in additional revenue," which totaled $1.3M from WCCO last year (PIONEER PRESS, 12/11)....The Browns-Patriots on WHDH-CBS in Boston earned a 29.8/56, becoming "the best Patriots rating of the season and the team's best since" November '98 (BOSTON GLOBE, 12/11).

ON THE WEB: The SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL's Noah Liberman reports SportsLine.com "claims it has 2 million more unique visitors a month" than were reported by Jupiter Media Metrix, and FoxSports.com "claims it was shorted 1.4 million in October, being credited with fewer than 900,000 (SBJ, 12/10 issue)....Turner Sports will redesign its NASCAR.com before the season begins in February. NASCAR.com

The Sonics' Redesigned Web Site

Exec VP Drew Reifenberger said the idea behind the relaunch is "to transition this into an entertainment medium." Reifenberger added that next season, the site will continue its animated series, "The Kellys," and expand its fantasy games (USA TODAY, 12/11)....The Sonics unveiled "a new design with added features" to its Web site, supersonics.com. The new site "incorporates the Sonics' new logo and official colors, with added news features and the new Sonics Ticket Marketplace, where season ticket holders can re-sell their unused tickets to the general public" (SEATTLE TIMES, 12/8).