MPAA Chief To Depart In April
The Motion Picture Association of America said Friday that Chairman and CEO Dan Glickman would formally leave the group in April to lead the refugee advocacy organization Refugees International. MPAA President and Chief Operating Officer Bob Pisano will take over Glickman's job until the group finds a new chief.
A former U.S. House member from Kansas and Clinton administration Agriculture secretary, Glickman has held the MPAA's top job since 2004. He succeeded the legendary Jack Valenti, who guided the MPAA for nearly 40 years. During his tenure, Glickman worked to help secure passage of measures that increased resources and enforcement for intellectual property protection and banned camcording in movie theaters throughout the United States and around the world, the group said. "We have fought vigorously on behalf of the 2.4 million Americans and other workers throughout the world whose jobs are based on a vibrant film and television business," Glickman said in a statement.
"Throughout his tenure at the MPAA, Dan served as an incredibly skillful and dedicated advocate for the issues that are most important to the film and television industries - global market access, copyright protection and ensuring an overall healthy future for our collective businesses," Jim Gianopulos, Chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment, said.
When Glickman first announced his departure in October, some of the names of possible successors that were mentioned included Pisano as well as House Foreign Affairs Chairman Howard Berman, D-Calif., and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, R-Calif.
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