Dan Glickman, Hollywood's top lobbyist, will step down from his post at the Motion Picture Association of America when his contract ends in September 2010, Politico reported Monday. Glickman, a former congressman and Clinton administration agriculture secretary, has served as chairman and CEO of the MPAA for the past five years. He succeeded the iconic Jack Valenti, who held the position for nearly 40 years.
"My guess is that I'll end up in the nonprofit or academic world," Glickman told Politico. Speculation about who will be named to the powerful post has already begun. Among those mentioned in the article: House Foreign Affairs Chairman Howard Berman, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Rep. Harold Ford Jr., Universal Music's Matt Gerson, Richard Bates of Disney, MPAA COO Bob Pisano and federal affairs chief Michael O'Leary. Read the full story here.
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