Laura Molen has been named senior VP and general sales manager for Paramount Advertiser Services, the in-house advertising sales unit of Paramount Worldwide Television Distribution. She will be responsible for all aspects of national syndication sales. Ms. Molen’s previous position was senior VP and national sales manager for the division. She joined Paramount in 1994 as an account executive and rose through the ranks, working in sales, strategic planning and operations and research. Before joining Paramount, she worked for E! Entertainment as an account executive in advertising sales. Before that she was with CNN Headline News as an account executive.