Tiffany Smith-Anoa'i Named Vice President, Diversity & Communications, CBS Television

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Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:45pm EDT

Tiffany Smith-Anoa'i Named Vice President, Diversity & Communications, CBS
Television

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tiffany
Smith-Anoa'i has been appointed Vice President, Diversity & Communications,
CBS Television, expanding her current role in the Communications department
and establishing a newly created executive position on the West Coast to build
diversity efforts across the Company.   

The announcement was made today by Josie Thomas, Senior Vice President,
Diversity, CBS Corporation, and Chris Ender, Senior Vice President,
Communications, CBS Television.

Smith-Anoa'i will report to and support Thomas on initiatives that foster and
celebrate diversity across the company, while continuing to report to Ender
for all her ongoing and developing CBS Communications duties.  She will also
work with CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler on new and existing
programs that recruit, nurture and hire diverse talent to work in front of and
behind the camera of CBS programming.  In addition, Smith-Anoa'i will serve as
a liaison to multicultural coalition groups and provide outreach to agencies,
guilds and other industry organizations that represent diverse talent.

Smith-Anoa'i segues to her new position after nine years in the Company's
Media Relations and Publicity department, most recently serving as Director,
Communications.  In addition to publicizing a wide range of entertainment
programming, she developed communication strategies for diversity programs and
managed the internship and mentoring program for the department.

"Expanding our diversity outreach and promoting a culture of inclusiveness
continues to be a top priority at CBS," said Thomas.  "The addition of Tiffany
brings another strong voice to our efforts within our company and in the
communities we serve, and an energetic, thoughtful and dedicated new executive
with the specific mandate to help us grow existing programs and develop new
plans that support a multicultural environment in all aspects of
Entertainment."

Smith-Anoa'i, who will be based at CBS's West Coast headquarters at CBS Studio
Center in Studio City, Calif., will also continue in her key role with the CBS
Communications department, working on entertainment programming while
communicating the Company's diversity activities both internally and
externally.  

"Tiffany is an incredibly gifted communicator who has already made a
significant contribution to the work of our department," said Ender. "Now she
will bring those talents to her expanded role as an important member of our
diversity effort, where the role of communications could not be more crucial.
As she combines her skills as a communicator with her understanding of the
entertainment process, I know Tiffany will be a great ambassador for CBS both
inside the company and with all our key constituents in the industry."

Prior to joining CBS, Smith-Anoa'i was a vice president for the public
relations firm Agnes Huff Communications.  She previously worked at Nike,
Inc., helping to launch the NIKETOWN stores in Los Angeles, New York and San
Francisco.  

Smith is a graduate of Howard University.  She is also actively involved with
Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.  

About CBS Corporation
CBS Corporation is a mass media company with constituent parts that reach back
to the beginnings of the broadcast industry, as well as newer businesses that
operate on the leading edge of the media industry. The Company, through its
many and varied operations, combines broad reach with well-positioned local
businesses, all of which provide it with an extensive distribution network by
which it serves audiences and advertisers in all 50 states and key
international markets. It has operations in virtually every field of media and
entertainment, including broadcast television (CBS and The CW - a joint
venture between CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment), cable
television (Showtime and CSTV Networks), local television (CBS Television
Stations), television production and syndication (CBS Paramount Network
Television and CBS Television Distribution), radio (CBS Radio), advertising on
out-of-home media (CBS Outdoor), publishing (Simon & Schuster), interactive
media (CBS Interactive), music (CBS Records), licensing and merchandising (CBS
Consumer Products), video/DVD (CBS Home Entertainment), in-store media (CBS
Outernet) and motion pictures (CBS Films). For more information, log on to
www.cbscorporation.com. 


SOURCE  CBS Corporation

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