Media Notes
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Giants-Eagles Game Propels
Fox To Sunday Night Win
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Fox, which drew 27.8 million viewers between 7:00-8:00pm ET for the end of Giants-Eagles,
“pushed its way to a Sunday night win in both key measures.” The performance
topped the “return of ABC’s dramas and premieres of NBC’s post-football
lineup even though ABC won at 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. by a handy margin” (HOLLYWOOD
REPORTER, 1/9).
GAME OVER: The ’07 Las Vegas All-American Classic, a college
football all-star game scheduled for January 15, has been canceled. The event
was to air on NFL Network. In a statement posted on the game’s Web site,
Game Dir Darry Alton said that “sponsorships and financing fell through”
(USA TODAY, 1/9).
TEAMWORK: SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL’s Eric Fisher reports
the MLBPA and MLBAM, which are appealing their legal defeat in a lawsuit brought
by the parent company of CDM Fantasy Sports over the use of player names and stats,
“recently gained the support” of the NFLPA, NFL Ventures, NBA Properties,
NHL Properties, WNBA Enterprises, NASCAR and the PGA Tour through a series of
amicus briefs. The entities “made a joint filing” led by N.Y.-based
attorney Jeffrey Mishkin, a former NBA CLO. The NFLPA “filed its own amicus
brief, as did the Licensing Industry Merchandisers Association” (SPORTSBUSINESS
JOURNAL, 1/8 issue).
GONE FISHIN’: The Sharks “have shut down their message
board because of ‘repeated inappropriate abuse of the system.’”
Sharks Exec VP/Business Operations Malcolm Bordelon said that he made the decision
“to address the growing presence of porn links from spammers, as well as
the foul and inflammatory language of some of the regular posters.” The
“two main problems are the lack of password-protected registration, and
all of the moderation resting with one team employee” (MERCEXTRA.com,
1/8).
HORSE SENSE: The NTRA presented ’06 Media Eclipse Awards
to NBC (National TV –- live racing) for its coverage of the May 20 Preakness
Stakes and to Philadelphia Daily News writer Dick Jerardi (writing –- news/commentary)
for his coverage of Barbaro’s injury in the Preakness and its aftermath
(THE DAILY).
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