Lauri Metrose To Depart As Head Of Communications For CBS Studios After More Than Two Decades At CBS
deadline.comLauri 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, Chris Ender and David Stapf who changed my life when they took a chance on me.”CBS head of communications Ender and CBS Studios President Stapf broke with exit quote tradition to highlight Metrose’s accomplishments in a lengthy statement:Nearly 18 years ago, we stunned the CBS HR department with a request to promote a network publicity manager straight to Vice President and head of our new Studios comms department.
Lauri has surpassed our expectations in every part of the role. She has led with courage and vision, planned with great ambition and fiercely championed the Studio’s series and creative talent.Lauri has been a major player in CSI and NCIS’ rise to global franchises, the successful re-launch of the new Star Trek television universe and with shaping CBS Studios’ brand as an industry leader.
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