Media Center At USC's Wallis Annenberg Hall Named For Julie Chen, Leslie Moonves
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The state-of-the-art Media Center of USC's new Wallis Annenberg Hall will be named Wednesday for alumna Julie Chen, Leslie Moonves and CBS, USC officials said.
Wallis Annenberg Hall's hub of digital media production and education – featuring a 20,000-square foot, two-story Media Center fully converging audio, video and text production for delivery on all platforms – will officially be named The Julie Chen/Leslie Moonves and CBS Media Center, thanks to a joint gift to USC Annenberg.
Chen, who graduated from USC Annenberg in 1991 with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism and English, serves as the host of CBS shows "The Talk" and "Big Brother." Moonves, president and CEO of CBS Corp., is a member of the USC School of Cinematic Arts' Board of Councilors and a past member of USC Annenberg's Board of Councilors. CBS Corp. is the parent company of CBSLA.com.
"This is a best-in-class, next-generation newsroom that our family and CBS are proud to be a part of," Moonves said in a statement. "USC Annenberg has developed a leading-edge, fully converged environment for the creators and journalists of tomorrow and we're thrilled to support its future success."
