Exclusive: Jeff Tobler, Array’s Chief Marketing Officer, is joining Expedia Group as Head of Global Media Relations. He will be responsible for leading communications strategy for the Expedia Brands, including Expedia, Vrbo and Hotels.com.
“We are thrilled to welcome Jeff to the Expedia Group team,” said Lauri Metrose, SVP, Expedia, Communications, Social Media and Influencers. “I have had the pleasure of knowing Jeff for a long time and I could not be more excited to have him join the team. His extensive experience and innovative approach to media relations will greatly enhance our already exceptional communications team as we embark on a dynamic year ahead at Expedia Group. We are excited for him to bring his talents to our organization and help us continue to tell impactful stories.”
For the last two years, Tobler was responsible for marketing, press, social media, brand partnerships and promotions strategy for Ava DuVernay’s award-winning narrative change collective.
“We are thrilled to welcome Jeff to the Expedia Group team,” said Lauri Metrose, SVP, Expedia, Communications, Social Media and Influencers. “I have had the pleasure of knowing Jeff for a long time and I could not be more excited to have him join the team. His extensive experience and innovative approach to media relations will greatly enhance our already exceptional communications team as we embark on a dynamic year ahead at Expedia Group. We are excited for him to bring his talents to our organization and help us continue to tell impactful stories.”
For the last two years, Tobler was responsible for marketing, press, social media, brand partnerships and promotions strategy for Ava DuVernay’s award-winning narrative change collective.
- 2/1/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Kristen Hall is returning to CBS Studios as EVP of communications. She succeeds in the top studio PR job Lauri Metrose who left in June after two decades. Hall, who is coming from Amazon Studios, was considered the lead contender for the job as she has a long history at CBS Studios, including a stint as Metrose’s #2.
In her new role, which reports to Chris Ender, EVP of communications for CBS, and works closely with David Stapf, president of CBS Studios, and his creative and business teams, Hall will oversee all publicity and communications strategies for the studio. She will lead the CBS Studios communications team that supports a portfolio of more than 60 series in production across broadcast, cable and streaming, the bulk of them for the studio’s lead buyers CBS and Paramount+.
Hall returns to CBS Studios after four years at Amazon Studios/Prime Video, where she...
In her new role, which reports to Chris Ender, EVP of communications for CBS, and works closely with David Stapf, president of CBS Studios, and his creative and business teams, Hall will oversee all publicity and communications strategies for the studio. She will lead the CBS Studios communications team that supports a portfolio of more than 60 series in production across broadcast, cable and streaming, the bulk of them for the studio’s lead buyers CBS and Paramount+.
Hall returns to CBS Studios after four years at Amazon Studios/Prime Video, where she...
- 10/20/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Kristen Hall is exiting Amazon and returning to CBS Studios in the role of executive vice president of communications.
Hall had previously been at CBS Studios for 14 years before departing to join Amazon in 2018. She returns in the role previously held by Lauri Metrose, who left CBS Studios in June 2022. In her new role, Hall will report to Chris Ender, executive vice president of communications for CBS. She will also work closely with David Stapf, president of CBS Studios. She will lead all publicity and communications strategies for the studio.
“Having Kristen return ‘home’ to head our communications operation is a four-year dream come true,” said Stapf. “The experience she gained during those years only enhances her superior skills in leading our world-class publicity team. Kristen’s rare combination of creativity, passion and smarts makes her beloved by the press and creative community. Everyone, from producers, executives and talent was...
Hall had previously been at CBS Studios for 14 years before departing to join Amazon in 2018. She returns in the role previously held by Lauri Metrose, who left CBS Studios in June 2022. In her new role, Hall will report to Chris Ender, executive vice president of communications for CBS. She will also work closely with David Stapf, president of CBS Studios. She will lead all publicity and communications strategies for the studio.
“Having Kristen return ‘home’ to head our communications operation is a four-year dream come true,” said Stapf. “The experience she gained during those years only enhances her superior skills in leading our world-class publicity team. Kristen’s rare combination of creativity, passion and smarts makes her beloved by the press and creative community. Everyone, from producers, executives and talent was...
- 10/20/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Longtime CBS communications executive Lauri Metrose has been named head of global PR and social media for travel giant Expedia.
Metrose will serve as senior VP for Expedia Brands, overseeing public relations and social media for the well-trafficked digital travel service that is owned by Barry Diller’s Iac.
“Lauri is one of the most respected PR and social media executives in the media industry, well known as a world-class storyteller,” said Jon Gieselman, president of Expedia Brands.
Metrose had been with CBS and Paramount Television since 1998. Most recently she served as executive VP of communications for CBS Studios. She was promoted to head PR for the production arm in 2005. She has steered global PR and marketing campaigns for all CBS Studios productions, from “NCIS,” “The Good Wife” and “Blue Bloods” to “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” and daytime programming such as “The Young and the Restless” and “The Price is Right.
Metrose will serve as senior VP for Expedia Brands, overseeing public relations and social media for the well-trafficked digital travel service that is owned by Barry Diller’s Iac.
“Lauri is one of the most respected PR and social media executives in the media industry, well known as a world-class storyteller,” said Jon Gieselman, president of Expedia Brands.
Metrose had been with CBS and Paramount Television since 1998. Most recently she served as executive VP of communications for CBS Studios. She was promoted to head PR for the production arm in 2005. She has steered global PR and marketing campaigns for all CBS Studios productions, from “NCIS,” “The Good Wife” and “Blue Bloods” to “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” and daytime programming such as “The Young and the Restless” and “The Price is Right.
- 6/8/2022
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Lauri Metrose, who is leaving her post as head of communications for CBS Studios later this month after more than two decades at CBS, will be joining Expedia Group as SVP of Global PR for the travel web site. She will lead the Expedia Brands global consumer PR and social media teams.
“We’re at a moment where there is such an opportunity to grow Expedia Group, especially since we’re all longing to travel again,” Metrose said. “I’m thrilled to join a company whose leadership has such a clear and cohesive vision, and I’m excited to dig in and explore how we leverage the power of Expedia Group’s diverse portfolio of global brands to win in the travel category.”
Additionally, Expedia Group has announced the appointment of Katrina Lane, Ph.D., as SVP of Global Customer Engagement & Loyalty/Credit Card for Expedia Brands.
“We are elated...
“We’re at a moment where there is such an opportunity to grow Expedia Group, especially since we’re all longing to travel again,” Metrose said. “I’m thrilled to join a company whose leadership has such a clear and cohesive vision, and I’m excited to dig in and explore how we leverage the power of Expedia Group’s diverse portfolio of global brands to win in the travel category.”
Additionally, Expedia Group has announced the appointment of Katrina Lane, Ph.D., as SVP of Global Customer Engagement & Loyalty/Credit Card for Expedia Brands.
“We are elated...
- 6/8/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell reportedly had her pay cut by more than half, according to a new report from the New York Post.
According the Post, O’Donnell was re-signed as an anchor in April of this year, with 3.8 million annual salary. That is less than half of her previous 8 million contract, amid decreased ratings. The report also states that O’Donnell clashed with Neeraj Khemlani, the co-president of CBS News, who was looking to replace O’Donnell. CBS did not specify the exact money agreed to in O’Donnell’s contract, but denied that Khemlani had any problems with O’Donnell.
“Wrong again,” a CBS spokesperson said in a statement to TheWrap. “Neeraj led the effort to retain and re-sign about a dozen of our biggest anchors and correspondents over the last year including Norah O’Donnell and Gayle King – and recruited a few new ones like Nate Burleson and Robert Costa.
According the Post, O’Donnell was re-signed as an anchor in April of this year, with 3.8 million annual salary. That is less than half of her previous 8 million contract, amid decreased ratings. The report also states that O’Donnell clashed with Neeraj Khemlani, the co-president of CBS News, who was looking to replace O’Donnell. CBS did not specify the exact money agreed to in O’Donnell’s contract, but denied that Khemlani had any problems with O’Donnell.
“Wrong again,” a CBS spokesperson said in a statement to TheWrap. “Neeraj led the effort to retain and re-sign about a dozen of our biggest anchors and correspondents over the last year including Norah O’Donnell and Gayle King – and recruited a few new ones like Nate Burleson and Robert Costa.
- 6/2/2022
- by Andi Ortiz and Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Lauri Metrose To Depart As Head Of Communications For CBS Studios After More Than Two Decades At CBS
Lauri Metrose is exiting her post as EVP, Communications at CBS Studios for a new opportunity outside of the entertainment industry. Metrose, who will leave at the end of June, has spent virtually her entire career to date at CBS, going from a rising star junior publicist to one of the most accomplished and respected TV communications executives in town. Search for her replacement is expected to begin this week.
“This is a bittersweet decision, and my heart is filled with gratitude for every person I’ve had the pleasure to work with at the Studio—especially my team—as well as all the amazingly creative partners and producers I’ve had the opportunity to collaborate with,” Metrose wrote in her note to staff today, noting that she felt it was “time for a change,”
The memo (you can read it in full below) included “a special thanks to my friends and mentors,...
“This is a bittersweet decision, and my heart is filled with gratitude for every person I’ve had the pleasure to work with at the Studio—especially my team—as well as all the amazingly creative partners and producers I’ve had the opportunity to collaborate with,” Metrose wrote in her note to staff today, noting that she felt it was “time for a change,”
The memo (you can read it in full below) included “a special thanks to my friends and mentors,...
- 5/31/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Editors note: The Star Trek: Picard Podcast is a weekly series of in-depth and informed discussions with the stars and creative team behind CBS All Access’ series on the ideas, strategies and geopoetics behind the 10-episode first season of the Patrick Stewart-led sci-fi drama. The podcast is sponsored by CBS All Access and hosted by Deadline’s Senior Editor Dominic Patten.
“He has no idea where he is at, because he has no idea what the future now might hold for him,” Sir Patrick Stewart says of where the former Enterprise captain is at the end of the Star Trek: Picard Season 1 finale, which just dropped on CBS All Access. “Which is what I think makes the matter of Season 2 so exciting,” he adds on our podcast today of where things could go for Picard and his crew next.
With the 10-episode first season behind them, with thoughts for friends lost, some verse from the poet Horace, mortality and this time of coronavirus, listen here to Sir Patrick and Picard Ep Akiva Goldsman on “Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2”:
No extended recaps, but helmed by Oscar winner Goldsman, the conclusion of the two-part Picard finale finds Jean-Luc revitalized and heading into the galaxy with Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Michelle Hurd, Isa Briones, Santiago Cabrera and Evan Evagora at the very end. How the 94-year old Starfleet Admiral got there in the Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman penned ender is, of course, as Picard and William Shakespeare say “such stuff as dreams are made on.”
Or as Sir Patrick says on this last podcast of the first season: “I decided, if ever there was a time to live, it was right now.”
As I said, take as listen, and then please join me in thanking the whole Picard team and everyone at CBS Studios, especially, Lauri Metrose, Jennifer Verti and Bonnie Kim. Also, a massive thanks to Sir Patrick, Akiva, Alex Kurtzman, Jeri Ryan, Jonathan Frakes, Jason Zimmerman, Kristen Beyer, Michael Chabon, Jonathan Del Arco, and Hanelle Culpepper for joining us on the podcast these past 10 weeks. And a big shout out to our amazing producer David Janove for all his great work.
Thanks for listening.
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“He has no idea where he is at, because he has no idea what the future now might hold for him,” Sir Patrick Stewart says of where the former Enterprise captain is at the end of the Star Trek: Picard Season 1 finale, which just dropped on CBS All Access. “Which is what I think makes the matter of Season 2 so exciting,” he adds on our podcast today of where things could go for Picard and his crew next.
With the 10-episode first season behind them, with thoughts for friends lost, some verse from the poet Horace, mortality and this time of coronavirus, listen here to Sir Patrick and Picard Ep Akiva Goldsman on “Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2”:
No extended recaps, but helmed by Oscar winner Goldsman, the conclusion of the two-part Picard finale finds Jean-Luc revitalized and heading into the galaxy with Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Michelle Hurd, Isa Briones, Santiago Cabrera and Evan Evagora at the very end. How the 94-year old Starfleet Admiral got there in the Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman penned ender is, of course, as Picard and William Shakespeare say “such stuff as dreams are made on.”
Or as Sir Patrick says on this last podcast of the first season: “I decided, if ever there was a time to live, it was right now.”
As I said, take as listen, and then please join me in thanking the whole Picard team and everyone at CBS Studios, especially, Lauri Metrose, Jennifer Verti and Bonnie Kim. Also, a massive thanks to Sir Patrick, Akiva, Alex Kurtzman, Jeri Ryan, Jonathan Frakes, Jason Zimmerman, Kristen Beyer, Michael Chabon, Jonathan Del Arco, and Hanelle Culpepper for joining us on the podcast these past 10 weeks. And a big shout out to our amazing producer David Janove for all his great work.
Thanks for listening.
Subscribe to the Star Trek Picard Podcast: Apple Podcasts, Spotify...
- 3/26/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Emmy: The final frontier. These are the voyages of the awards campaign trail, and CBS All Access will seek out new voters this month at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills.
The streamer and CBS Television Studios have launched a new “For Your Consideration” exhibit at the Paley Center for “Star Trek: Discovery,” with a specific focus on below-the-line crafts categories. The multimedia activation “Star Trek: Discovery: Fight for the Future: The Exhibit” opens May 8 at the museum.
The “Discovery” exhibit is timed, of course, to the Emmy race — but fans who aren’t affiliated with the TV Academy can visit as well.
The exhibit takes up two floors of the Paley Center and features a virtual reality experience, as well as installations featuring production and concept art, as well as models, props, costumes, full prosthetic makeup busts, and set pieces including the U.S.S. Discovery captain’s chair.
The streamer and CBS Television Studios have launched a new “For Your Consideration” exhibit at the Paley Center for “Star Trek: Discovery,” with a specific focus on below-the-line crafts categories. The multimedia activation “Star Trek: Discovery: Fight for the Future: The Exhibit” opens May 8 at the museum.
The “Discovery” exhibit is timed, of course, to the Emmy race — but fans who aren’t affiliated with the TV Academy can visit as well.
The exhibit takes up two floors of the Paley Center and features a virtual reality experience, as well as installations featuring production and concept art, as well as models, props, costumes, full prosthetic makeup busts, and set pieces including the U.S.S. Discovery captain’s chair.
- 5/6/2019
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
CBS has promoted Phil Gonzales to senior vice president of communications at CBS Entertainment and Lauri Metrose to senior vice president of communications at CBS Television Studios, the network announced Monday. "Phil and Lauri are best-in-class campaign strategists, communicators and PR advisors," said senior vice president of communications Chris Ender, to whom they both report. Metrose has been vice president of communications at CBS Television Studios since 2005, overseeing consumer publicity, strategic business communications, promotions, talent and producer relations. Her campaign have included "NCIS," "NCIS: Los Angeles," "Hawaii Five-o," and "Blue Bloods."...
- 11/16/2010
- The Wrap
CBS has promoted its top PR executives at the network and the studio. Phil Gonzales has been upped to Svp communications for CBS Entertainment and Lauri Metrose to Svp communications for CBS Television Studios. They continue to report to Chris Ender, Svp communications, CBS. Metrose has been VP communications at CBS Television Studios since 2005 where she has led campaigns for such series as NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Hawaii Five-0 and Blue Bloods and also spearheaded the successful Emmy campaign for The Good Wife his year. Gonzales, who joined CBS Entertainment in 2004 as VP communications from Warner Bros. TV, has overseen the network's publicity campaigns for the three CSI series, How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, Criminal Minds and The Mentalist as well as CBS' freshman class this fall led by Hawaii Five-0 and Mike & Molly.
- 11/15/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Metrose made publicity chief for Par Net TV
Lauri Metrose has been named vp communications at Paramount Network Television, where she'll oversee publicity for the studio's primetime programming division. Metrose will work closely with Paramount Network TV president David Stapf and executive vp Maria Crenna in overseeing PR strategies and campaigns for the division. She reports to John Wentworth, Paramount Television'sexecutive vp communications. Metrose has spent the past four years as manager publicity at CBS Entertainment, working on such series as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Without a Trace, The King of Queens, Judging Amy and The Amazing Race. Metrose began her career at Paramount in 1998, working as a junior publicist on NBC's Frasier and CBS' Nash Bridges, among other shows.
- 1/9/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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