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CBS' Top Spokesman: Professional Slacker

Hamilton Nolan · 06/11/08 01:28PM

If you ever find yourself needing an official corporate quote from CBS, the man who'll give it to you is Gil Schwartz, the Tiffany Network's top flack. And no matter how you feel about their news anchor, you have to give CBS credit: they're the only major media company to have a top PR person who writes books under a pseudonym about how much corporate America sucks. Schwartz's pen name is "Stanley Bing," and he's been writing for decades (currently, for Fortune) about all the business world's bullshit. Bing's real identity was outed more than 20 years ago, but—more bonus points—the network didn't fire him. They gave him a promotion! So how is CBS' Executive Vice President of Communications spending his time these days? By advising the world on how to slack off at their jobs:

Gil Schwartz

cityfile · 02/03/08 09:32PM

Schwartz wears two hats. By day, he's the executive vice president of communications for CBS. As the humorist "Stanley Bing," he writes a column for Fortune and has authored a number of bestselling books.