Telepictures Ups Publicity Exec

Laura Danford Mandel, director of publicity for Telepictures Productions, has been named VP, publicity.

Mandel oversees publicity strategy and consumer and trade publicity for first-run series including Ellen DeGeneres, Judge Mathis, Extra, and network shows The Bachelor, Bachelorette, and Gilligan's Island.

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