Lifetime Entertainment Services Elevates Linda Rein to Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Lifetime Entertainment Services Elevates Linda Rein to Senior Vice President and General Counsel

NEW YORK, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Lifetime Entertainment Services has promoted Linda Rein, whose more than 25 years in entertainment law has encompassed the television, movie, music and theatre industries, to the position of Senior Vice President and General Counsel, it was announced today by Pat Langer, Executive Vice President, Legal, Business Affairs and Human Resources.

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Based in New York, Rein will oversee all legal matters for Lifetime Entertainment Services.

"Linda's skills as a seasoned contracts negotiator and business executive, along with her specialization in intellectual property and entertainment law, gives her the breadth of experience needed to take on the challenges and responsibilities of this new role," said Langer.

Rein joined Lifetime as Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs, in January 2001. Prior to that she was Associate General Counsel at Columbia House from 1999-2000, and Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs at BMG Classics from 1995-1998 where, in both positions, her duties included negotiating and drafting talent, production, licensing and marketing agreements, supervising litigation and contract administration and responsibility for trademark and copyright matters.

Before that, she was Senior Associate at Grubman Indursky & Schindler from 1988-1994.

Rein graduated from Brooklyn Law School with a Juris Doctor and from Barnard College with a Bachelor of Arts in English.

LIFETIME is the leader in women's television and one of the top-rated basic cable television networks. A diverse, multi-media company, LIFETIME is committed to offering the highest quality entertainment and information programming, and advocating a wide range of issues affecting women and their families. LIFETIME Television, LMN, Lifetime Real Women, Lifetime Home Entertainment, and Lifetime Online (www.lifetimetv.com) are part of LIFETIME Entertainment Services, a 50/50 joint venture of The Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company

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Source: Lifetime Networks

CONTACT: Gary Morgenstein, +1-212-424-7162, morgenstein@lifetimetv.com

Web site: http://www.lifetimetv.com/

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