Finance and Entertainment fought for the headlines on NewsonWomen.com in November with some amazing appointments in each industry taking place. Liz Smith was our lone CEO appointment (OSI Restaurant Partners - you've probably eaten at one their restaurants, maybe Outback Steakhouse?). Lisa Erspamer (pictured) becoming Chief Creative Officer of the Oprah Winfrey Network is also a big deal given the significant changes expected in what television will become and how tv programming will be delivered, and because of Oprah's November announcement that she will be ending her show on ABC at the end of her contract. More major companies appointing women to big jobs in November included Walgreens, Lockheed Martin, US Airways, Jamba Juice Company, Jones Lang LaSalle, Engine Alliance, Nationwide Bank, Vivendi Entertainment, Dreamworks Animation, Conde Nast, Hasbro Studios, Charles River Associates, TIAA-CREF, Baird, DaVita, and the Gates Foundation. Headlining government appointments this month was Amy Gutmann, President of University of Pennsylvania, who was made Chair of the Presidential Commission Studying Bioethical Issues. Of course for me the biggest news of November was NewsonWomen.com winning "Blog of the Year" from the Women in Business Stevie Awards! What was your favorite news story?
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