Minneapolis-based Fallon McElligott has ended its
relationship with McDonald's Corp. after one year (AD AGE,
2/3)....Disney's "D3: The Mighty Ducks" was the top ranked
video in total sales and rentals from January 20-26 (N.Y.
TIMES, 2/3)...."Jerry Maguire" placed second at the box
office this weekend, earning $5.6M, raising its total to
$117M (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 2/3)....Coca-Cola Co., "helped by
better-than-expected" growth in international volume,
reported an 18% rise in fourth-quarter profits compared with
last year (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 2/3)....In Tampa, Bill
Chastain, on Warner Bros. signing Albert Belle: "Why
couldn't Warner Bros. pick guys like Fred McGriff, Paul
Molitor, Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Mo Vaughn or Ken
Griffey Jr.? There are countless more worthy major-
leaguers" (TAMPA TRIBUNE, 2/1)....Piston Grant Long, on
McDonald's using Dennis Rodman in ads: "I lost a lot of
respect for McDonald's when he started doing commercials for
them. I mean, what kind of message are they sending?
McDonald's has made a lot of money off kids. Why would they
have a guy like Dennis Rodman as their poster boy? They're
telling kids, 'You want to be famous? Then all you gotta do
is act stupid and break the rules'" (SALT LAKE TRIB., 2/2).
