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...commissioner of women's pro golf has worn many hats--salesman, marketing exec, cheerleader in chief--but until Carolyn Bivens, 52, took over in September, the LPGA's CEO had never worn heels. Its first female commish says the sport is stronger than ever: "Previous commissioners had to focus on the question, Is there a viable market for a women's golf league? That question has been forever answered." With Sorenstam still dominant and Wie whacking her way up, TV ratings are soaring, galleries are record breaking and corporate sponsors are clamoring to get in. So what's left...
...Sunday, 10/9. Exec board only...
With basketball's popularity surging in China, Heidi Ueberroth, 40, is taking the game beyond Beijing. As the NBA's top global marketing and media exec, she recently brokered deals to broadcast games for the first time in four inland regions, including Chongqing (pop. 32 million) and Inner Mongolia (pop. 24 million). She also struck a deal with China Mobile, which will offer NBA highlights to 231 million cell-phone subscribers, and added eight new marketing partners in China, like video-game giant EA Sports and computer maker Tong Fang. This season Chinese fans will be able to watch...
PAUL NEWMAN, 80 An Oscar-winning actor, race-car driver and food-company exec, he lives at top speed...
...investors who put up a reported $70 million with which they last year bought Newsworld International (NWI), an international news channel, from Vivendi. The fact that nearly all of them are also big Democratic contributors (including Sun Microsystems co-founder Bill Joy, MTV creator and former America Online exec Bob Pittman and Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein's financier husband Richard Blum) has raised questions about whether they are investing in Gore's business plan--or doing him a favor. "There may be a mixture of motives," concedes Orville Schell, dean of the journalism school at the University of California, Berkeley...