"Maria was a friend to all," said Laurie Orlando, CBS News SVP of Talent. "It's nearly impossible to be someone EVERYONE loves, but Maria was. She always had a warm hug, a word of advice or support and a big smile for everyone in her life. She was a bright light and will be sorely missed."
It seems Elliott who joined the network from NBC in 2016 had recently met with Laurie Orlando, the networks head of talent, who told him she wanted him to take on a bigger role at CBS News. Then Josh announced his departure without warning, said the insider. Executives at CBS were stunned.according to a source, Josh was called to a meeting with CBS News heads including [president] David Rhodes and fired. He was escorted out of the building by security. The source added, Meanwhile, Laurie Orlando, who seems to be responsible for much of this mess, is missing. Nobody has seen her. This
The New York Post reported that Elliot allegedly met with Laurie Orlando head of talent at CBS and she said she envisioned him taking on a bigger role with the TV network. He was allegedly escorted out of the building Monday morning after a meeting with CBS News President David Rhodes.
Date: Feb 13, 2017
Category: Entertainment
Source: Google
Contrite Olbermann excited about 'fresh start' in return to ESPN
On why this deal came about, Olbermann cited a litany of high-level ESPN executives including Skipper, Norby Williamson (Olbermann's old SportsCenter producer), Marie Donoghue, First Take impresario Jamie Horowitz, Traug Keller, John Kosnar, Laurie Orlando, Conner Schell and ESPN editorial consultan
Date: Jul 17, 2013
Category: Entertainment
Source: Google
Former ref Javie joins ESPN team; Belmont, NBA draw strong ratings
to contact ESPN a number of months ago, pitching the network on a similar position. The network liked the idea and last week Laurie Orlando, ESPN's senior vice president of talent planning and development, reached out to Javie to do a segment on SportsCenter on the officiating of Heat-Celtics series.