Starz has named former Sony Pictures TV publicity executive Lauren Townsend as EVP Communications. She replaces Theano Apostolou, who has served in the position for Starz since 2013. Apostolou announced in December that she was leaving the premium cabler but would stay on until a successor was named.

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EXCLUSIVE: After seven years guiding Starz's communications ship, Theano Apostolou is leaving the premium cabler, I've learned. The EVP made the official announcement to her staff today at Starz's Beverly Hills HQ.

A big part of Starz's rise to the nation’s second-most-subscribed premium cabler, Apostolou will stay on …