ABC has "terminated" the health benefits of 2,000
locked out NABET employees. The benefits are being picked
up by NABET's parent union, the Communications Workers of
America (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 11/25)....Montreal-based
Transcontinental Publications Inc. has acquired NJ-based
Preview Sports Publications. A source said that
Transcontinental, which publishes The Hockey News and had
sales of $60M in '97, would "probably" buy more U.S.
publishing companies in '99 (MEDIA CENTRAL, 11/25)....Pat
Summerall will host the taped Sun Microsystems Par 3
championship at 1:00pm on Thursday, his first golf event for
Fox (USA TODAY, 11/25)....The MLS Rapids will have all 32
games broadcast on Spanish radio KMXA-AM in '99 (Rapids).
...The 15.1 rating for the Patriots-Dolphins game pushed the
"MNF" season rating to within 5% of last year's 13.9 (USA
TODAY, 11/25)....The NFL on Fox, the Salvation Army and the
Cowboys took out a full-page ad in USA TODAY promoting Randy
Travis' halftime performance during tomorrow's Cowboys-
Vikings game (THE DAILY)....The Rolling Stones will appear
on ESPN2's "X in Concert" tomorrow, in a special episode of
the alternative sports-themed series (ESPN2).
