Vol. 17, #852, December 2015 Dick Wien, Editor

Vol. 17, #852, December 2015
Dick Wien, Editor 212-975-5607 [email protected]
SPECIAL EDITION
A MESSAGE FROM LESLIE MOONVES
It’s my pleasure once again to introduce this year’s edition of the CBS Annual Diversity
Report.
You will see illustrated in these pages examples of CBS’s strong commitment to diversity and
inclusion in all we do. We continue to benefit from great energy and enthusiasm towards
advancing our diversity initiatives across all divisions of the Company. This is only right,
because making CBS a truly diverse and inclusive place is a core business priority for us. As
you review the many and varied examples of diversity activities in this report, I believe you will
see 2015 was another important year in advancing our efforts. However, despite how far we have come, our
resolve must be stronger than ever to continue to do even better in the future.
This past year, our Diversity Council, which is made up of diversity champions who are employees from all corners
of CBS, hosted receptions to share and discuss our progress on both the East and West coasts. At these
gatherings we saw and heard great stories of progress fom employees across our many business units about the
initiatives that they feel are the most compelling as they move the diversity discussion forward. (I encourage you to
go to CBS’s Diversity site, where you can see some of these stories on video for yourself). Like all who attended, I
found these meetings both moving and enlightening, and I look forward to more of such events in the future. More
recently, our CBS Sourcing team hosted the 7th annual Supplier Diversity Outreach Event in Los Angeles, bringing together minority-owned entrepreneurs that seek to do business with CBS and other industry firms as we continue our efforts to grow the diversity of our supplier base. This year’s event featured Earvin “Magic” Johnson,
leader of our newest vendor, Sodexho/Magic, whose enterprise will begin providing cafeteria food service at CBS’s
Television City complex. Needless to say, Magic was quite inspiring, and it was gratifying to hear him speak to the
assembled group about CBS’s longstanding leadership in the area of supplier diversity.
These are just two examples of what’s going on throughout our Company. There are many more. Here, in this
annual Special Edition of CBS UPDATE, you will find selected examples of the outreach, networking, mentoring
and education programs launched and built upon across our Company in 2015. While by no means an all-inclusive
listing of our efforts, I couldn’t be prouder of how representative it is of the scope and seriousness of our commitment to furthering diversity and inclusion in everything we do, and I look forward to building on our progress in the
year ahead.
In closing, I want to thank Josie Thomas, our corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, who
throughout the year has done excellent work driving and coordinating so many of our efforts. Coupled with her
leadership, we are succeeding because so many of us are taking our role in building on diversity and inclusion at
CBS seriously. Only with a continual focus and the determination of all employees will we achieve the highest
levels of diversity representation in our workforce and diversity maturity in our workplace.
Leslie Moonves,
President and CEO, CBS Corporation
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CBS DIVERSITY COUNCIL EXPANDS INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL OUTREACH
In continuing its efforts to strengthen the dialogue
across the Corporation around the topics of diversity
and inclusion, in October, the CBS Corporation
Diversity Council held special receptions in Los
Angeles and New York highlighting diversity initiatives
from across the company. Both gatherings were keynoted by CBS President and CEO Leslie Moonves. Noted
Josie Thomas, EVP and Chief Diversity Officer of
CBS Corporation: “The Diversity Council Receptions
in New York and Los Angeles not only provided
employees with an opportunity to hear about diversity
initiatives across the Company but these gatherings
also provided all of us with a terrific opportunity to network across
divisions.” For information on the new CBS Diversity Council High
School Partnerships in New York and Los Angeles (see page 6).
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CBS HOLDS ANNUAL SUPPLIER DIVERSITY
NETWORKING EVENT AT CBS STUDIO CENTER
CBS President and CEO Leslie
Moonves with Earvin “Magic”
Johnson, Chairman and CEO of
Magic Johnson Enterprises
Earvin “Magic” Johnson with members of
the CBS Strategic Sourcing team (from l-r)
Vienna Whaley, Anne Chin, Donna Osiri,
Tom Hogan, Mike Smyklo, Natalie
Robinson and Mina Ghabriall
Josie Thomas, EVP and
CBS Chief Diversity Officer
(l) and Internal Supplier
Diversity Recognition
Award recipient Natalie
Robinson, CBS Director of
Supplier Diversity and
Strategic Sourcing
On Nov. 18, CBS Corporation hosted its annual Supplier
Diversity Outreach Event at CBS Studio Center in Studio City, CA. Opening remarks were provided by Leslie Moonves, President and CEO of CBS Corporation and Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Chairman and CEO of
Magic Johnson Enterprises. In recognizing the importance of the CBS Supplier Diversity Initiative, Moonves said: “We long
ago recognized that cultivating a diverse supply base contributes to our bottom line, ultimately adding value to our shareholders. We can do well, and do good, all at the same time.”
The event featured an expo and targeted networking meetings between more than 30 minority-and women-owned suppliers
and representatives from CBS and other corporations including Disney, NBC/Comcast, Nielsen, TBWA and American
Airlines. In addition, Kevin Frazier, co-host of ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, conducted a live interview with “Magic”
Johnson.
During the event, the CBS Diverse Supplier Recognition Award was presented by CBS Executive Vice President and Chief
Diversity Officer Josie Thomas to Vision Media Management, a Hispanic-owned media fulfillment company which caters to
the Entertainment industry. Thomas also presented the CBS Internal Advocate Recognition Award to Natalie Robinson, CBS
Director of Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Diversity. The event was managed and coordinated by Robinson and Sandra
Reed-Funnell, from CBS Studio Center. Tom Hogan, Chief Procurement Officer, CBS Strategic Sourcing, emceed the event.
For more information on CBS Supplier Diversity and CBS Diversity, please visit www.cbsdiversity.com.
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COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL OUT-
CBS DIVERSITY: INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS
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The CBS Diversity Institute, now in its 12th year, has six components
designed to provide program participants with access to the decision-making
process in network television both in front of and behind the camera. The
components are: the CBS Diversity Writers Mentoring Program; the CBS Diversity Writers Fellowship Program (in
partnership with the NAACP); the CBS Diversity Directing Initiative; the CBS Diversity Daytime Casting Initiative; the
CBS Diversity Actors Career Workshops; and the CBS Diversity Comedy Showcases.
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CBS Diversity Employee Resource Groups: Provides a platform for employee ideas and projects to foster interdepart-
mental networking, diversity and inclusion. They were launched out of CBS President and CEO Leslie Moonves’
employee “Town Hall” meetings in 2009.
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RAD (Respect, Appreciation and Development): The founding multicultural employee group which focuses on
professional development, community outreach and speakers series.
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The Women's Networking Group: Focuses on leadership, mentorship and empowerment for women.
ANGLE: The affinity group for LGBT employees and allies fosters networking, development and educational
opportunities.
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The CBS Veteran Network: Provides support for military veterans in the company and their families. The leadership
plays an active role in Veteran's initiatives across various government, business, and not-for-profit entities.
In addition:
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CBS Television Stations and CBS News have numerous programs to foster diversity including the CBS Television
Stations News Apprenticeships Program and the CBS News Development Program.
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CBS Supplier Diversity provides opportunities for qualified women, veteran, small, disadvantaged and minority-owned
businesses to compete for CBS requirements and measures the utilization of those vendors.
More detailed information can be found at the CBS Diversity website at www.cbsdiversity.com
OUTREACH
l In January, CBS Diversity hosted its 10th annual
Diversity Sketch Comedy Showcase at the El Portal
Theatre in North Hollywood with five sold-out
performances over three days. The showcase, part of
the CBS Diversity Institute, is produced by CBS
Casting Senior Vice President Fern Orenstein, who has
produced diversity showcases since 2002.
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Sketch Comedy Showcase
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DIVERSITY COUNCIL CHOOSES NEW YORK CITY AND LOS ANGELES HIGH SCHOOLS
FOR PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE.
In keeping with the CBS Diversity Council’s
mission, this year the Council chose a high
school partnership Initiative as a special
Community Outreach effort. North
Hollywood High School in Los Angeles and
the High School for Environmental
Studies in New York City were selected for
the program, which provides Council member
visits to the schools to address the students
CBS Diversity Council members mentoring students at New York’s High
School for Environmental Studies in New York (l) and North Hollywood
High School in Los Angeles.
and introduce them to the media industry.
Council members also mentor and guide stu-
dents on the possible paths to achieving goals through college and other higher education options. In October, the initiative
officially launched with Council members visiting both schools, with follow-up visits in November and December.
On both coasts the initiative is off to a great start. Says Jessica Arkin, College/School Counselor, High School for Environmental
Studies: “You have helped inspire our young people to reach for their dreams. We are delighted that CBS elected to form a
partnership with us and we thank you again for helping us prepare our students for college, career and citizenship.”
The Diversity Council looks forward to the continued partnership with these schools.
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CBS Writers Mentoring Program participants
including CBS Entertainment Chairman Nina
Tassler (c) with CBS staffers Janie Goossen,
Coordinator, Entertainment Diversity (far left);
Jeanne Mau, VP, Current Programming (3rd from
left); Whitney Davis, Manager of Entertainment
Diversity (2rd from right); and Tiffany Smith-Anoa’I,
SVP Entertainment Diversity and Communications
(far right).
l In January, the CBS Writers Mentoring Program,
a component of CBS Diversity Institute, held a reception for the 11th group of emerging diverse writers at
the CBS Broadcast center building in Studio City.
Ten writers were accepted into the program, which
encourages diversity by providing an avenue for talented but often marginalized individuals to start or further
their writing career in television. In its first 10 years, a
total of 70 emerging diverse writers have graduated
from the CBS Writers Mentoring Program. Thirty-seven
careers of writers of color have been launched: nine are
Latino, 11 are African-American, 16 are Asian-American
and one is Native American. In addition, six are LGBT.
l In 2015, CBS
Entertainment Diversity
sponsored numerous
outreach events. These
included exclusive screenings of CSI: CYBER,
MADAM SECRETARY,
CODE BLACK and
SUPERGIRL for taste-makers from the various partnering coalition groups, such as The National Hispanic
Media Coalition, Asian Pacific American Media
Coalition, GLAAD, NAACP, The
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OUTREACH ACROSS OUR TV STATIONS
All CBS television and radio broadcast properties in Philadelphia supported the 2015 NAACP
National Convention in the City of Brotherly Love in July. Employees staffed the CBS booths at
both the convention and the Diversity Job Fair and promoted the Job Fair on air. The stations aired
$37,000 in public service time in support of the event as well as met with students and convention attendees about career
opportunities at the CBS stations locally.
Among Many Other initiatives: WCCO-TV Minneapolis-St. Paul was the host station for the 2015 NABJ TV Student
Projects. Throughout the course of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Convention, students received
hands-on television experience while participating in NABJ-produced newscasts at WCCO-TV; WCCO also hosted a rooftop
reception for CBS Television and a networking event for students and mentors of the Asian American Journalists Association.
... WFOR-TV/WBFS-TV Miami/Ft. Lauderdale served as media sponsors for The National Urban League Annual Conference’s
Career and Networking Fair during the organization’s conference in late July. The station also provided PSAs and extensive
news coverage of the conference. ... In February, WBBM-TV Chicago teamed up with The Chicago Urban League, The
Business Leadership Council and a local radio station to host the final Chicago mayoral debate, which focused on key issues
affecting the African American community. KCBS-TV Los Angeles Anchor Pat Harvey and 94.7 The Wave’s Pat Prescott co
emceed the 10th Annual “Taste of Soul Festival,” which celebrates local African American culture; KCBS-TV/KCAL-TV Los
Angeles aired “Hola L.A.,” a talk show with a Latina twist in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Actors Luis Guzman from
CODE BLACK and Danny Trejo were special guests on the show. ... KYW-TV Philadelphia marked Black History Month 2015
with a series of vignettes highlighting historical footage of groundbreaking moments as seen through the lens of Eyewitness
News. ... WTOG-TV Tampa aired a half-hour original program which pieced together a unique 450-year-long thread of continuous
African American history that occurred in Florida. During September and October the station aired four “Hispanic College Quiz”
specials, an English speaking program designed to encourage an appreciation of Latino and Spanish cultures. ...
In recognition of Black History Month, KTVT-TV and KTXA-TV Dallas-Fort Worth aired a special presentation of The Black
Academy of Arts and Letters’ 31st Annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement Concert. The special incorporated music,
narration, and dance in a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement. ... KPIX-TV/KBCW-TV San
Francisco teamed up with Cine+Mas, the city’s prestigious Latino film festival in September, to co-host a special Hispanic
Heritage Month kick-off reception. ... KCNC-TV Denver partnered with the Denver Museum of Nature & Science for Girls &
Science for a “Science Clubhouse,” a one-day event that encouraged girls to step into and explore careers in STEAM (science,
technology, engineering, the arts, and math). ... KTVT and KTXA hosted the stations’ 12th annual Stephanie’s Day, a free event
for special needs children and their families in Dallas, Texas.
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Human Rights Campaign, PFLAG National and
Americans Indians in Film and Television. The screenings encouraged word of mouth promotion for CBS programming among diverse demographics. ... Also in 2015
CBS Entertainment Diversity continued its “CBS On Tour”
program which takes CBS Executives out of the office
and on to college campuses, with the goal of exposing
students to the vast career opportunities in the
Entertainment Industry both in front of and behind the
camera. As part of “CBS On Tour,” executives spoke with
students from St. Johns University, CalArts, Cal State
Fullerton, USC, UCLA, Pace University and Kansas
State University. This program continues to increase
the number of candidates who apply for CBS internships
and jobs. ... This spring, CBS Entertainment Diversity
formed a partnership with the Young Storytellers
Foundation, a non-profit organization that develops
literacy through the art of storytelling. For several weeks
10 CBS employees as well as members of the CBS
Diversity Council were paired with 5th grade students
from Rio Vista Elementary School in North Hollywood
to develop original short-form screenplays.
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l In May, more than 100
actors from Alliance for
Inclusion in the Arts,
Asian American Film Lab,
Hispanic Organization of
Latino Actors, SAGAFTRA and other organizations attended CBS
Diversity’s annual NYC
CBS SVP, Casting
Actor Workshop at CBS
Fern Orenstein at the
NYC Actor Workshop
headquarters in New York.
Coordinated by CBS Vice
President Diversity Barbara Matos and conducted by
CBS Senior Vice President of Casting Fern Orenstein,
the workshops are designed to aid actors in honing necessary skills to land television auditions and roles.
Orenstein, working one-on-one with actors, marked her
ninth New York session critiquing headshots and providing practical tips and career advice.
EMMA BOWEN FOUNDATION
WCBS-TV’s Dana Tyler and the CBS Emma
Bowen interns
As a founding sponsor of the Emma L. Bowen Foundation
for Minority Interest in Media, CBS has been mentoring
Emma Bowen students throughout the company since
1989. In 2014, CBS sponsored 16 Emma Bowen
Scholars in Boston, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Miami,
Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San
Francisco, Seattle and Studio City, CA.
Each year, all interns in the Emma Bowen program travel to
New York to attend their annual conference, during which
CBS hosts an event for all CBS Emma Bowen interns at the
company headquarters At the 2015 gathering, WCBS-TV
NY anchor Dana Tyler spoke about her career path and
the television industry, and gave general advice about pursuing careers. Currently, two CBS executives sit on the
Emma Bowen Board of Directors: Chairman Tony
Ambrosio who is Senior Executive Vice President, Chief
Administrative Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer,
Iona College academic advisor Brother Jason Ford,
with Iona students and Marty Daly (far right).
l In November, Marty Daly, Senior Vice President
and Director CBS News & Late Night Sales, CBS TV
Network, hosted nine students from Iona College, along
with their academic advisor, Jason Ford, at THE LATE
SHOW With STEPHEN COLBERT for an amazing
first-hand experience of a live show taping. The students, all graduates of All Hallows HS in the South
Bronx, were invited onto the set after the show and took
a photo at Colbert’s desk. Noted, Daly, “This visit to the
Late Show proves, once again, that ‘it is in giving that
CBS Corporation, and Peter Dunn, President of CBS
Television Stations.
we truly receive.” Daly is Board Chair at All Hallows
High School, which he attended as well as Iona College.
His outreach and mentoring are part of his continued
dedication to both schools and their students.
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EYE ON: CBS ALL WOMEN SHOWS
JON BATISTE JOINS “THE LATE SHOW”
CBS Sports made
Musician, educator and
television history
humanitarian from New
with WE NEED TO
Orleans Jon Batiste has
TALK when it
joined THE LATE SHOW
launched in 2014 on
with STEPHEN COLBERT
CBS Sports
as the broadcast’s band-
Network as the first
leader. Among his many
nationally televised
accomplishments, Batiste is
all-female sports show.
The show, which airs
Tuesdays at 8:00 PM, ET
one of ARTINFO’s “30 Under
Jon Batiste
30” most influential people in
the art world, a Movado
throughout the fall, is
Future Legend Award recipient and one of the youngest
comprised of members of
Steinway Performing Artists of all time.
CBS Sports’ deep roster
Participants at the WE
NEED TO TALK panel
discussion
of talented female journalists, including Lesley
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Visser, Allie LaForce,
Tracy Wolfson, Dana Jacobson and Amy Trask, combined
with some of the most prominent women in the sports world,
including Swin Cash, Laila Ali, Dara Torres, Summer
Sanders, Katrina Adams, Lisa Leslie and Andrea Kremer.
In 2015, the show was honored by The Gracies in the
Outstanding On-Air Talent: Sports Program category.. .... In
connection with the CBS Sports Women’s Leadership
Speaker Series, the creators/producers/directors of WE
NEED TO TALK participated in a panel discussion of their rise
in their respective careers and how the WNTT show came
about. More than 125 female employees attended the presentation representing all areas of CBS.
The “Behind the Scenes Tour”
And... CBS’s
Daytime
Emmy Awardnominated talk
show THE
TALK, broadcast weekdays
(2:00 PM, ET/1:00 PM, PT/CT), continues to showcase one of
daytime television's most diverse panels. The daily one-hour
l In connection with coverage of the NCAA Division I
Men’s Basketball Championship, CBS Sports hosted a
“Behind The Scenes Tour” for the Boys and Girls Club of
Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Stadium. The students were
able to tour the CBS production trucks, watch the Final
Four teams open practice sessions and were able to
meet and speak with CBS Sports Chairman Sean
McManus, David Berson, President, CBS Sports and
other division executives.
series features well-known news and entertainment
personalities Sheryl Underwood, Sara Gilbert, Sharon
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Osbourne, Aisha Tyler and Julie Chen discussing current
events, pop culture, contemporary issues, family, celebrity and
the trending topics of the day.
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CBS SUPPORTS “STEPHANIE’S DAY”
CBS LAUNCHES “MY SUPERGIRL.COM
In June,
With a nod to CBS’s
KCBS-
freshman series
TV/KCAL-TV
SUPERGIRL, the Network
Los Angeles’
launched a site enabling
hosted its 5th
those with a strong and
annual
inspiring “Supergirl” in
Stephanie’s
their lives to celebrate her
Day, a
publicly.
resource fair
that provides
families with children impacted by autism and other spe-
awarded annually, as well as to raise awareness for
writing and publishing as a potential profession.
cial needs.The event was started 16 years ago by General
Manager, Steve Mauldin, whose daughter Stephanie was
diagnosed with autism when she was very young. ... On
Saturday, June 6, KTVT and KTXA Dallas hosted the stations’ 12th annual “Stephanie’s Day.” Children were entertained with musical performances, clowns, face painting,
games and music therapy while parents and caregivers
accessed helpful information on therapy options and
healthcare.
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l In June, Barbara Matos, Vice President, Diversity,
CBS Corporation and NALIP (National Association of
Latino Independent Producers) Board of Trustee
member served as Co-Chair of the 2015 NALIP Media
Summit in Los Angeles. Also participating in the Summit
were Tiffany Smith-Anoa’i, Senior Vice President,
Entertainment Diversity and Communications, CBS
Entertainment and Jeanne Mau-Honeycutt, Vice
President, Entertainment Diversity.. … Matos was also a
featured panelist on “Managing Your Career Before It
Manages You” for the Hollywood Creative Forum EAST in New York City.
l In July, Simon & Schuster attended the NAACP
convention in Philadelphia, where S&S HR staff made a
presentation for attendees about careers in book
publishing and to recruit potential full-time employees
and interns. ... Simon & Schuster employees also visited the school they have adopted -- New York City’s
H.S. for Media and Communications -- to re-introduce
the Simon & Schuster scholarship which is now being
In photo (l-r): Julian Kim, Filmmaker; Maggie Liu,
Associate, Corporate Development, CBS
Corporation; John Woo, Cofounder/President Woo
Art International and Executive Director, Asian
CineVision; Barbara Matos, CBS VP Diversity;
Crystal Johns, Director, Talent Development and
Diversity, CBS News; Peter Lee, Filmmaker; and
Josie Thomas, EVP and Chief Diversity Officer, CBS
Corporation.
l In celebration of Asian-Pacific American Heritage
Month (May), the CBS Diversity Employee
Resource Group (RAD), together with Asian
CineVision, hosted an exclusive preview screening of
the Asian American International Film Festival’s
short program. The writer and the director of one of
the featured films joined the group for a Q&A session,
and John Woo, the Executive Director of Asian
CineVision, moderated the Q & A. The Asian American
International Film Festival, now in its 38th year, is the
first and longest-running festival to showcase cinema
by, for and or about Asian Pacific Americans.
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SIMON & SCHUSTER TO PUBLISH
BESTSELLING AUTHOR ISABEL ALLENDE
Simon & Schuster imprint Atria Books
will publish one new book and release
four backlist titles from New York Times
bestselling author Isabel Allende.
Allende’s books have been translated
into more than 35 languages and have
Isabel Allende
sold more than 65 million copies worldwide. Allende’s new novel, THE
JAPANESE LOVER, a tender, multi-generational love
story that explores issues of race and identity, will be published this fall. As part of the agreement, Allende’s classic
works including THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS will be
available in ebook for the first time.
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l In celebration of Black
History Month, CBS Sports
Network screened their film
“Forward Progress: The
Integration of SEC Football,”
the story of Nate Northington, the first
black football player in the SEC who
played for the University of
Kentucky (UK) in 1965. ...
Throughout Black History Month
(February), Smithsonian Channel
and partners previewed screenings of its special,
LEGEND OF LEAD BELLY, the story of one of the
most influential music artists of the 20th century.
l For the fourth
year, CBS
Entertainment
Diversity led CBS
efforts in GLAAD’s
annual #SpiritDay
campaign, which
encourages millions
of Americans to
take a stand against bullying by wearing purple in
support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
youth. This year CBS participants included talent from
CBS News, CBS Primetime, CBS Daytime and affiliate networks SHOWTIME and The CW.
l A CBS News
team attended the
Native American
Journalists
Association
(NAJA) annual
conference in
Washington D.C.,
and participated in
the Asian
CBS News’ Director of Talent
Development and Diversity
American
Crystal Johns (r) participated in
the Native American Journalists
Journalists
Association (NAJA) annual conferAssociation
ence in DC.
(AAJA) 2015 Trivia
Bowl in NYC. ... South African Model United Nations
students visited the CBS News Broadcast Center this
spring for a talk with CBS THIS MORNING co-anchor
Gayle King and correspondent Vladimir Duthiers.
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
The CNET en Español Special Event
l In celebration of Hispanic Heritage
month (and its own second anniversary), CNET en Español invited the
collective CBS Interactive family to a
special event on Thursday, Sept. 17. At
the gathering in the CBSi board room in San Francisco a
list of the “Top 20 Latinos in Technology” was announced
on a conference call with 1,000 VIPs within the Hispanic
community. The announcement was also live streamed
by nearly 5,000 people, and the event was covered in
every major medium.... In October, a CBS Interactive
THIS…IS NOW - “Negotiations 101” seminar featured
their first speaker series event on the topic of
negotiation.
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EYE ON: VETERANS
On Nov. 10, 2015 the CBS Veterans
Network had the honor of ringing the closing
bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Our
veterans, CBS employees and special
guests, were on the podium to ring the closing bell. Guests supporting various veteran
initiatives at CBS watched from the floor.
Among many other initiatives taken
in support of veterans in 2015:
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In September, a CBS Team participated
in the Westchester Triathlon to support the
CBS Veterans Network and raise funds for
The CBS Veterans Network ringing the closing bell at the New York
Stock Exchange.
the Wounded Warrior Project. More than
$10,200 was collected for the Project, bringing the two-year total more than $18,800.
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Michelle Martin, Vice President Human Resources Specialty
Services, was part of “The Flipping the Switch Orientation:
Readiness Boot Camp for College Bound Veterans,” a pioneering
program at John Jay College of Criminal Justice that guides
veterans through their prospective academic journeys and informs
them on what to expect from and how to maximize their college
experience. John Jay is the most racially and ethnically diverse
senior college within CUNY, with more than 15,000 students representing more than 130 countries. It is ranked #3 as Best for Vets
among universities and colleges in the country according to
The CBS triathlon team in support of Wounded
Warriors.
Military Times, and has the largest veteran enrollment of all colleges on the East Coast as well as a high percentage of women
veterans.
And... On Nov. 10, the CBS Veteran’s Network held a breakfast for New York area employees at CBS HQ in New York. Rich
Jones, Executive Vice President/General Tax Counsel/Chief
Veteran Officer and Josh Brackett, Vice President, Strategy
Program Director, Veterans Initiatives, welcomed the veterans,
thanking them for their service to their country and CBS.
For more information on CBS Veteran’s initiatives, please see
CBS’s Michelle Martin (2nd from left) and the
“The Flipping the Switch Orientation: Readiness
Boot Camp for College Bound Veterans.”
the upcoming CBS UPDATE SPECIAL VETERANS 2015
edition.
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ANDRE FERNANDEZ NAMED PRESIDENT, CBS RADIO
In April, Andre J. Fernandez was named President of CBS RADIO, overseeing the direction and management of the division, which includes 117 stations in 26 major markets as well as a growing
collection of digital assets. He was most recently President and Chief Operating Officer of Journal
Communications, where he was responsible for operational oversight of Journal’s broadcast and publishing segments, as well as a number of corporate functions. He also served as the company’s Chief
Andre
Fernandez Financial Officer from 2008 through 2014.
“Andre is a terrific executive who
brings a wealth of experience to
this role – operations, financial
management, programming and
digital distribution, among many
other attributes. He has had great
success working in large and
mid-sized markets, which has
primed him to lead our major
market operations. I’m confident
Andre’s many qualities will make
him a superb manager and help
build upon an incredible foundation at CBS RADIO.”
-- Leslie Moonves. CBS President
and CEO
Prior to Journal, Fernandez held a variety of financial leadership roles at the
General Electric Company. Following GE/NBC’s acquisition of the Telemundo
Communications Group in 2001, he was named Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of Telemundo, where he helped steer the company to its
best financial performance in history. During his tenure, Fernandez also led the
acquisitions of Telemundo-RTI Studios and Tepuy International, and helped
create the Yahoo!Telemundo digital joint venture. Before joining General Electric,
Fernandez was FP&A and Treasury Manager for the United Technologies
Corporation in both the U.S. and Brazil.
Andre, who is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese, currently serves on the
board of the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) among other positions.
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Deborah Barak, who has led business
l 2015 marked a historic year for
employees of CBS ANGLE, the
Company’s LGBT and allied employee resource group. With marriage
equality now the law of the land, ANGLE employees
spent the year discussing how the changes affected them
in their personal and work life. ANGLE also organized a
series of small networking events for employees to connect with each other in New York, Los Angeles and San
Francisco.
l On June 23, as part of
CBS’s continued support of
Komen’s Race for the
Cure of breast cancer, and
the Company’s ongoing
commitment to highlighting
important health-related topics, a panel discussion on
“Busting Breast Cancer
Myths” was hosted at Black
Rock’s Studio 19.
affairs for Entertainment at both the CBS
Television Network and CBS Television
Studios since 2004, was promoted in
October to President of Business
Operations. In her new position, Barak
expands her purview to include CBS
Deborah
Barak
News, as well as CBS Entertainment and CBS
Television Studios. She runs the Business Affairs departments for each division and continues to represent CBS
on the board that oversees The CW.
l Sanjay Guman, the 2015 Simon & Schuster Book
Scholarship winner began his first semester at SUNY
Purchase. He was invited to Schuster’s Rockefeller
Center office to meet and thank CEO Carolyn Reidy and
other executives.
Photo (l-r): CBS News’
Maria Mercader, Josie
Thomas, Komen NYC CEO
Linda Tantawi and Dr.
Donna-Marie Manasseh.
And... In December, the CBS Women’s Networking
Group is holding a Women’s Empowerment Luncheon in
New York at which employees will come together to
discuss the importance of leadership, mentorship and
networking in the development of women’s
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careers across all divisions. (Cont. on Page 14)
“OUR CBS EXPERIENCE” VIGNETTES
In 2015, CBS Diversity again partnered with the creative
team at EcoMedia to expand the 2014 concept of “My CBS
Journey” video vignettes to include the creation of “Our CBS
MILESTONES
CBS Television
Distribution and
INSIDE EDITION
celebrated
Deborah
Norville's 20th
Anniversary as
Anchor of Inside
Edition at
Carnegie Hall¹s
May Dining Room
on Tuesday,
March 3rd. In the
photo, (l-r): (From Left) Steve LoCascio, Executive VP
and CFO, CBS Global Distribution Group; INSIDE EDITION Anchor Deborah Norville; Armando Nuñez,
President and CEO, CBS Global Distribution Group;
and Joe DiSalvo, President of Sales, CBS Television
Distribution.
Experience” vignettes that highlight the external experience
of working with CBS. Located on the CBS Diversity site, the
goal of these vignettes is to show employees and
perspective employees the wide-range of outreach CBS is
involved with and the Company’s impact on those organizations and the communities it serves. “Our CBS Experience”
was launched in partnership with The Emma Bowen
Foundation, National Association of Latino Independent
Producers (NALIP) and Susan G. Komen® Greater New
York City. The plan is to continue to grow both “My CBS
Journey” and “Our CBS Experience” vignettes by featuring
more employees and organizations. To view the vignettes go
to www.cbsdiversity.com and click on “Our CBS Experience”
or “My CBS Journey.”
RECOGNITION AND HONORS:
A SELECTION RECEIVED IN 2015
,l CBS
Corporation has
been honored with
the CUNY/Lights!
Camera! Access!
2.0 ADA25 Award
which recognizes
leadership in
Josie Thomas, Loreen Arbus,
Tari Hartman Squire and
empowering people
Christopher Rosa. Photo Credit with disabilities to tell
Lois Silver; LS Productions
their stories, in their
authentic voices, across a range of media platforms.
Josie Thomas, Executive Vice President and Chief
Diversity Officer, CBS Corporation, accepted the award
which was presented by Loreen Arbus and Tari
Hartman Squire, producers of Lights! Camera! Access!
2.0 and Christopher Rosa, University Assistant Dean
for Student Affairs, CUNY. Thomas also served as a
speaker for the Lights! Camera! Access! 2.0 Think Tank
held in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Americans
with Disabilities Act. The Think Tank, held at CUNY
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, explored the leading-edge accessible technology, authentic disability
narratives, best practices in advertising, TV, movies, and
other media, to frame “Call-to-Action” Summits in both
New York and Los Angeles.
l Josie Thomas, CBS’s EVP and
Chief Diversity Officer, was named
to the Black Enterprise list of Top
Executives in Corporate Diversity for
the second consecutive year. ... Also
in 2015, Thomas was honored by
The Network Journal magazine with
a 25 Black Women in Business
Award, and received a 2015 Most Powerful & Influential
Woman Award from the National Diversity Council at
their Tri-State Diversity & Leadership Conference.
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CBS GETS PERFECT SCORE IN NATIONAL
CORPORATE EQUALITY INDEX)
CBS’s DAVID POLTRACK INDUCTED INTO
IRTS HALL OF MENTORSHIP
For the second
David Poltrack, CBS’s Chief Research
straight year, in
Officer and President, CBS VISION, was
November CBS
inducted into the 2015 IRTS Hall Of
Corporation stood out as a leader in the fight for basic
Mentorship in November. The honor
fairness, receiving a perfect score of 100 percent on the
-- the IRTS’s highest -- recognizes
2015 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). Administered by
industry leaders who have also been
the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the CEI is a
extraordinary mentors in keeping with the
national benchmarking survey and report on corporate
organization's focus on education, access
policies and practices related to LGBT workplace equality.
and diversity in building future media
David
Poltrack
leaders. Jo Ann Ross, President, Network Sales, presented
(RECOGNITION & HONORS, continued from Page 14)
l SHOWTIME freshman series THE AFFAIR and The
CW’s JANE THE VIRGIN were recognized by the
Hollywood Foreign Press Association in major Golden
Globe Award categories. THE AFFAIR won for Best
Television Series, Drama and Best Performance by an
Actress in a Television Series (Ruth Wilson). JANE THE
VIRGIN’s Gina Rodriguez won for Best Actress in a TV
Series -- Comedy. ... SHOWTIME’s “L Word Mississippi:
Hate the Sin” won the GLAAD Media Award for
Outstanding Documentary. MASTERS OF SEX and
SHAMELESS received nods for Outstanding Drama
Series. ... Don Cheadle (HOUSE OF LIES) tied for the
NAMIC Vision Award for Best Performance – Comedy
and MASTERS OF SEX won for Drama Series.
l Simon and
Schuster’s Executive Vice
President and General
Counsel Hazel-Ann
Mayers was honored with
the 2015 Townsend Harris
Medal from her alma
mater, City College of New
Hazel-Ann Mayers (c) with
Dr. Lisa S. Coico, President
of City College of New York, York. The medal recogand Edward Plotkin,
nized her exemplary conPresident of the CCNY
tributions in her chosen
Alumni Association.
Photo: Kelly Irwin
field of endeavor. She is
one of the youngest recipients in the 82 year history of
the Medal.... In 2015, Mayers was named Executive Vice
President and General Counsel at Simon & Schuster,
reporting to President and CEO Carolyn Reidy. She
was previously Senior Vice President and Chief
Compliance Officer for CBS and a senior member of the
corporatelitigation team.
Poltrack with the award, saying: ”we recognize (Dave) for his
contributions to identifying, nurturing and inspiring our future
leaders. He is a terrific mentor to young talent in our industry,
teaching them the business, attracting new minds and being
the greatest advocate for his field.”
l CBS 3 TV Philadelphia News Anchor Ukee
Washington was inducted into the Pennsylvania
Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2015.
Washington’s longtime noon co-anchor and a 2014 Hall
of Fame inductee Pat Ciarrocchi (at right) presented
him with the award.
l Alliance for
Women in
Media Gracie
Awards were
won by CBS
RADIO’s Loren
Raye -- co-host
Pat Carroll (WCBS-AM New York),
of
WODS-FM
second to the left in yellow and
Loren Raye (WODS-FM Boston),
Boston’s “The TJ
eighth from the left in black, accept
their Gracie Awards with the group. Show” -- for
Outstanding
Morning/Afternoon Drive Personality and WCBS-AM
New York’s Pat Carroll was honored for Outstanding
Investigative Program or Feature.
And.... MOM’s Allison Janney won a Primetime Emmy
for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
... In July, Simon & Schuster’s efforts to recruit diverse
staff were featured in the “How to Get a Job” column in
Cosmopolitan magazine.
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CBS DIVERSITY PSAs
An important part of CBS’s commitment to diversity is the multiple award-winning CBS Cares public service
campaigns. In 2015, the value of airtime for CBS Cares Diversity PSAs has been nearly $4 million.
CBS Cares is currently celebrating Native American Heritage Month with a PSA featuring John Herrington, a
member of the Chickasaw Nation and the first Native American NASA astronaut to fly in space. CBS Cares also continues to
create and air PSAs honoring Black History Month, Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, and Hispanic Heritage
Month. CBS Cares again honored Veterans Day this year with messages featuring Medal of Honor recipient, Paul “Bud”
Bucha. CBS Cares also continues to support Operation Gratitude with messages urging viewers to fund a care package for
our military serving overseas. CBS Cares annually honors the fallen on Memorial Day with PSAs featuring Steve Kroft. CBS
Cares marks Martin Luther King, Jr. Day every year with PSAs featuring Congressman John Lewis, who marched with Dr.
King. CBS Cares also continues to honor the victims of the Nazi Holocaust on International Holocaust Remembrance Day –
these messages feature Scott Pelley and include footage of the liberation of Buchenwald. Special PSAs celebrating Women’s
History Month were produced by CBS Cares in 2015, featuring a wide array of Primetime talent, including Tea Leoni, Mayim
Bialik, Kirsten Vangsness, Bridget Moynihan, and CCH Pounder. CBS Cares continues to tackle the issue of the higher
stroke risk for African-Americans with PSAs featuring Aisha Tyler of THE TALK. CBS Cares continues to air a diversity and
tolerance message featuring Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, the first Korean-American female rabbi. To see CBS Cares PSAs go to
www.cbscares.com.
In honor of Asian Pacific
American Heritage Month
(May), THE TALK’s Julie Chen
celebrated Maya Lin, who was
selected to design the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial in
Washington, DC.
In recognition of National Hispanic
Heritage Month (Sept. 15 - Oct. 15),
NCIS: LOS ANGELES star Miguel
Ferrer honored his father, Jose
Ferrer, the first Hispanic actor who
received the Academy Award for
Best Actor.
In recognition of Black History
Month (February), CBS Cares PSA
featured NCIS: LOS ANGELES star
LL Cool J honoring tennis legend,
Arthur Ashe.
To celebrate Native American
Heritage Month (November), a
CBS Cares PSA featured
Commander John B. Herrington, a
Native American Astronaut who
took the Chickasaw Nation flag
into space on behalf of all Native
Americans.
And... CBS won an Alliance for Women in Media Gracie Award in the “Outstanding Public Service Announcement”
category for a CBS Cares Radio PSA to boost awareness of the soaring STD rates among seniors. CBS Cares initiated the
project with CBS Diversity, CBS Radio, CBS Casting and Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School.
UPDATE is published by CBS Communications Group.
Gil Schwartz, Chief Communications Officer
Richard Wien, Editor
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Josie Thomas, CBS Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer
Assistant Editors:
Barbara Matos, Vice President, CBS Diversity
Phoebe Gittelson, Corporate Communications
Associate