Media Notes
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Vikings Preseason Game Outpaces
Twins-White Sox Game In Ratings |
ESPN said it was the nation’s largest cable net with 92,285,000 HHs for the month
of September, taking the top spot from the Discovery Channel (92,283,000). The
last time ESPN was the largest network was May ’03 (ESPN)....Friday’s Ravens-Vikings
preseason game on Minneapolis’ KSTP-ABC generated a 12.8 rating locally, compared
to an 8.9 for FSN North’s coverage of Twins-White Sox. With one ratings point
equaling 16,655 HHs, the difference means 64,955 more HHs watched the Vikings
game (Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 8/29).
NIKE+IPOD REVIEW: In DC, Rob Pegoraro reviewed the Nike+iPod Sport Kit,
and wrote the option “isn’t likely to persuade somebody who has held off on buying
an iPod to get one now. But for a runner used to jogging with an iPod-provided
soundtrack, this is a fascinating, useful extra at minimal cost.” Pegoraro: “The
iPod is becoming the Lego of consumer electronics: The fun starts when you connect
other things to it” (WASHINGTON POST, 8/27).
PEOPLE & PERSONALITIES: In Toronto, William Houston reports Rogers Sportsnet
told Jim Van Horne last week that he would “lose his Friday and Saturday spots
as anchor of the dinner-hour newscast,” effective at the end of September. Van
Horne will now be “off the air completely, except for doing network voiceovers.”
Van Horne, “who is in his mid-50s, appears to be a casualty of Sportsnet’s pursuit
of a younger audience.” His contract runs through February ’07, but Houston writes,
“Don’t be surprised if Van Horne ... leaves before the deal is up” (Toronto
GLOBE & MAIL, 8/29)....The Seattle Times’ Bob Finnigan retired Sunday after
25 seasons as the paper’s Mariners beat writer (SEATTLE TIMES, 8/27).
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