LOS ANGELES - January 22, 2007 - Cindy Teele has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Legal, at CBS Television Distribution, it was announced today by Bruce Pottash, Executive Vice President of Legal and Business Affairs, CTD.

Previously, Teele had been Vice President, Legal. Teele works on all legal matters pertaining to the operations of CTD, including having primary legal responsibility for "Dr. Phil." 

Teele first joined the company in 1991 as a senior attorney for Paramount Domestic Television, quickly rising to Director and then Vice President in September 1994. During her tenure, she has overseen legal work for the Paramount Stations Group and basic cable distribution as well as production legal work for "Hard Copy," "Entertainment Tonight," "The Arsenio Hall Show," "Sightings" and "Life Moments."

Prior to joining Paramount, Teele was an associate attorney in litigation at Lillick McHose and Charles (1986-1987) and Wyman Bautzer Kuchel & Silbert (1987-1991). She holds a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brown University. 

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. CTD is a unit of CBS Corp.

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