Raftery’s decision to depart comes days after her longtime boss and mentor, CBS’ EVP and Chief Communications Officer Dana McClintock, in the summer after 27 years. They are among a number of CBS veterans who have opted to leave following the completion of the CBS-Viacom merger in December.
Before that, she was based in Los Angeles, where she served as VP, CBS Entertainment, overseeing the CBS Daytime publicity group, while also serving as lead publicist for“I have been fortunate to work across so many of our businesses – sports, entertainment, syndication, news and corporate – and I am extremely proud to have been a part of something very special for so many years,” Raftery wrote. “I will always cherish my time and memories here.
Unfortunately , the list of all of the colleagues and reporters I would like to thank is too long for this note, but I want you to know that I’ll carry the things I’ve learned from all of you with me forever.