Tassler, Josephson Join B&C's "Women of Hollywood"
CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler and WME
agent Nancy Josephson have been named speakers at B&C's
inaugural
"Keynotes & Cocktails: Women of Hollywood." They join previously
announcedspeaker Anne Sweeney, co-chair, Disney Media Networks and president,
Disney/AB
C Television Group.
The event is a one-of-a-kind, off-the-record, intimate
networking gathering of the women of the TV industry. It will be held
July 15
from 3-6 p.m. at The Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. Cocktails and
appetizers
will be served.
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