LOS ANGELES - June 27, 2007 - John Cora and Kym Frank have been named Vice Presidents of Research of CBS Television Distribution, it was announced today by Dawn Abel, Senior Vice President of Research at CTD.

 

Cora will oversee all research functions, including for international, cable, first-run and off-network programming, in the Los Angeles office, while Frank, based in Short Hills, N.J., will manage East Coast research efforts, primarily for first-run and off-network programming.  

 

Cora joins CTD from the NFL Network, where he was Research Director since 2005. Previously, he had been Director of Research at CBS Television Network from 2003 to 2005 and has held various research positions at ABC Cable Networks Group, 20^th Television and Paramount Television. He earned a degree in Strategic Management from California State University, Chico, in 1996. 

 

A 10-year veteran of King World Productions, Frank had been Research Director, overseeing research for first-run talk show Rachael Ray. She first joined King World in 1997 as a Research Analyst, working her way up through the ranks to Research Director in 2006. She earned a degree in communications from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996 and a Master's degree in speech from Montclair State University in 1998.

 

CBS Television Distribution is the preeminent company in worldwide television syndication. Comprised of the assets of King World Productions, CBS Paramount Domestic Television, CBS Paramount International Television and CBS Home Entertainment, CTD produces or distributes 11 first-run series and holds the largest internationally distributed television library at 70,000 hours strong. Among CTD's critically-acclaimed programs are the #1 syndicated series Wheel of Fortune; the #2 rated game show Jeopardy!; the top two talk shows The Oprah Winfrey Show and Dr. Phil; the highest-rated freshman show Rachael Ray; the top three newsmagazines Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition and The Insider; the top two court shows Judge Judy and Judge Joe Brown; long-running talk show Montel Williams; popular off-network product, including the CSI and Star Trek franchises, Frasier, Everybody Loves Raymond and Medium; and international formats such as America's Next Top Model. CTD is a unit of CBS Corp.

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