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SBD/Issue 217/Sports Media
Kobe Monitor: Reaction To Nutella Severing Ties With Bryant
Published August 5, 2003
THE DAILY continues "Kobe Monitor," which charts television's treatment of the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case. Some of the issues discussed last night and this morning: Bryant's sponsors' reactions; a new witness coming forward who saw Bryant's accuser immediately after the encounter; Bryant attending the Teen Choice Awards over the weekend; the role race could play in the trial; Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban's comments about the case being good for the business of the NBA; reports of past 911 calls from Bryant's house; Bryant having to appear in court for Wednesday's hearing; reports the encounter between Bryant and his accuser started out as a consensual relationship; and the judge allowing cameras in the courtroom.
| SHOW | GUEST | TOPIC |
| ABC | ||
| "World News Tonight" | Burns Sports' Bob Williams Deutsch Inc.'s Donny Deutsch |
Sponsors' reactions |
| "GMA" | Court TV's Vinnie Politan | Plea agreement, new witness ghcoming forward, sponsors' ghreactions |
| CBS | ||
| "The Early Show" | Attorney Trent Copeland | Teen Choice Awards, role of race, image, sponsors' reactions |
| CNBC | ||
| "Open Exchange"/ "Closing Bell"/ "Business Center"/ "News With Brian Williams" |
Relay Sports' Kevin Adler Deutsch Inc.'s Donny Deutsch |
Sponsors' reactions |
| CNN | ||
| "Wolf Blitzer Reports" | Two attorneys | 911 calls, sponsors' reactions, Teen Choice Awards |
| "News from the Headlines" | Court TV's Lisa Bloom Attorney Kimberly Guilfoyle-Newsom |
Teen Choice Awards, consensual ghencounter, sponsors' reactions |
| "Moneyline" | Attorney Rob Becker Branding expert Laura Ries |
Teen Choice Awards, 911 calls, ghappearing in court, sponsors' ghreactions |
| ESPN | ||
| "Around The Horn" | Teen Choice Awards | |
| "PTI" | Teen Choice Awards, Cuban's ghcomments | |
| "SportsCenter" | Update on chain of events of ghalleged sexual assault, ghsponsors' reactions | |
| "OTL Nightly" | Consultant Lee Meihls Visual Advantage VP Stuart Hubbard |
Teen Choice Awards |
| ESPNews | Appearing in court | |
| Fox News | ||
| "The Big Story" | Advocate Ralph Nader | Sponsors' reactions, new witness ghcoming forward, Teen Choice ghAwards |
| "FOX Report" | Teen Choice Awards, new ghwitness coming forward, ghsponsors' reactions | |
| "Hannity & Colmes" | Two attorneys | New witness coming forward |
| "On The Record" | Panel of four attorneys | Cameras in the courtroom, ghsponsors' reactions, Teen ghChoice Awards |
| "Fox & Friends" | Sports agent Drew Rosenhaus PR Consultant Michael Levine |
Sponsors' reactions, athlete ghmisbehavior, image, future ghendorsements |
| FSN | ||
| "BDSSP" | Philadelphia Inquirer's Stephen A. Smith | Sponsors' reactions, impact on ghthe NBA |
| MSNBC | ||
| "MSNBC Live" | Sponsors' reactions | |
| "Lester Holt Live" | Vail Daily's Randy Wyrick | Consensual encounter, Teen ghChoice Awards, role of race, ghsponsors' reactions |
| "Buchanan & Press" | Attorney Rob Becker | Sponsors' reactions, consensual ghencounter |
| "Countdown" | Attorney Mickey Sherman | Role of race, new witness ghcoming forward, sponsors' ghreactions |
| "The Abrams Report" | Vail Daily's Randy Wyrick Levine Comm.'s Michael Levine Panel of three attorneys |
New witness coming forward, ghconsensual encounter, ghsponsors' reactions, cameras ghin courtroom |
| "Scarborough Country" | Attorney Debbie Schlussel Actress Kathryn Joosten |
Athlete misbehavior |
| NBC | ||
| "Today" | Sports Business Group's David Carter Detroit Free Press' Mitch Albom |
Sponsors' reactions, image, ghimpact on Lakers and NBA, ghCuban's comments |
| OTHERS | ||
| "Inside Edition" | Teen Choice Awards | |
| "ET" | Attorney Marcia Clark | New witness coming forward, ghBryant's marriage, sponsors' ghreactions |
NOTES: Syracuse Univ. professor of communications Robert Thompson said that the O.J. Simpson trial was a "'dress rehearsal' for the kind of coverage" Bryant's trial will receive. Thompson: "The 24-hour news channels have now figured out how they're going to grip a nation" (PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, 8/5).
