Paramount Taps Abel as Research Chief

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Dawn Abel has been named senior vice president of research at Paramount Worldwide Television Distribution.

Abel takes the slot formerly held by former executive VP of Research Mike Mellon, who left Paramount in November to become ABC’s senior VP of research.

In her new position, Abel will be responsible for overseeing all quantitative and qualitative research for Paramount Domestic Television, Paramount International Television and Paramount Television Productions.

After joining Paramount in 1985, Abel was promoted to executive director in 1992 and VP of research in 1993. From 1994-1998, she was VP of programming, and from 1998-2000, she was VP of sales development and special projects. She departed Paramount in 2000 to become head of research for Carsey-Werner-Mandabach, returning to Paramount in 2003.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.