STAMFORD Conn. April 14 2005 – Ed Kaufman Executive Vice President and General Counsel for World Wrestling Entertainment announced that Joan Aceste has been hired as Senior Vice President Legal Affairs.  Aceste’s responsibilities will include overseeing the intellectual property group providing legal and business affairs support for WWE’s 24/7™ SVOD Service merchandising licensing talent contracts copyright and trademark issues rights and fair use issues.

Prior to joining WWE® Aceste was Senior Vice President Legal and Business Affairs for Comedy Central a position she held for more than 10 years.  Her responsibilities included legal and business affairs functions for all programming deals including all original productions acquisitions on-air promotions and talent agreements and providing legal advice with respect to copyright and trademark issues rights and fair use issues merchandising licensing and implementing procedures for quick turnaround of short form agreements. She successfully led the team in the renegotiation of the South Park agreement and served as the point person for the network’s AFTRA negotiations.

Aceste has also served as Senior Counsel Law and Business Affairs for MTV Networks and Senior Vice President Legal and Business Affairs for Lightyear Entertainment L.P.

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: WWE) is an integrated media and entertainment company headquartered in Stamford Conn. with offices in New York City Los Angeles Toronto and London.  Additional information on the company can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com. 

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