Networking

Cable World, Jan 7, 2002

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Caption: 1 BRIGHT LIGHTS

Pictured backstage before the taping of CMT Crossroads in Nashville, Tenn., are (l.-r.): Chris Parr, VP-music and talent, CMT; Kid Rock; Kaye Zusmann, VP-program development and production, CMT; and Hank Williams Jr. CMT Crossroads teams up country music stars with music stars from other genres--pop, rock, R&B--to play together and swap stories.

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Caption: 2 TWISTER

After a tornado touched down in Austin and destroyed some of the tour's equipment, Time Warner Cable and Animal Planet declared "the show must go on" when Animal Planet Rescue Expo came to town. Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald from Animal Planet's series, Emergency Vets, stayed on-site to meet and greet Austin residents and teach them how to protect their pets during natural disasters. Pictured (l.-r.): Ross Newsome, general sales manager, Time Warner Cable; Roger Heaney, director of public affairs, TWC; Candace O'Neil, marketing manager, Discovery Networks; Fitzgerald; Michelle Oiedrick, ad sales manager, TWC; Bonita Lynch, publicity assistant, Animal Planet; and Genia Edelman, regional director, Discovery Networks.

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Caption: 3 FIREDOG

Court TV's marketing manager, Samantha Miller, dressed as the FONY mascot, "Hot Dog," hugs kids who participated in the Court TV FDNY Kids Fingerprinting Oay at fire stations in New York City in conjunction with Court IV's Forensics Week. The initiative, also sponsored by the KlaasKids Foundation, gave parents the opportunity to obtain free digitally produced forensic quality prints as well as a child's photo for their personal safekeeping.

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Caption: 4 TEE OFF

Pictured at the annual celebrity-amateur Detour Golf Tournament in Phoenix at the Grayhawk Golf Club are (l.-r.): Mike Armstrong, account director of affiliate sales and marketing, MTV Networks; Justin Miller, account executive, Grubb & Ellis; Clay Walker, country music artist; John Bowen, VP and general manager, Cox Communications, Tulsa; Oave Bialis, VP and general manager, Cox Communications, Oklahoma City.