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MPAA's CEO plans to resign in January?

According to industry sources, MPAA's president of 38 years, 82-year-old Jack Valenti plans to leave his $1M-a-year job in January.

He has already hinted that he wants to find a successor for his post and according to people familiar with the issue, best candidate at the moment would be a Republican congressman, 60-year-old W.J. "Billy" Tauzin (R-La.).



Valenti would most likely continue as a chairman of the movie industry's most powerful lobbying organization and would also continue to oversee the movie ratings system.

Source: sunspot.net

Written by: Petteri Pyyny @ 14 Nov 2003 15:14

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• Dela

  Well, at least he has a sense of humour :-) everyone should listen to the EFF vs. Jack Valenti mp3 :-) its like an hour and 20 minutes long but it's good!
  

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  14.11.2003 16:03 #1

• tinfoil

  Tauzin.. gawd, I think he'd be even worse than Valenti.
  

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  14.11.2003 16:52 #2

• VCDHelp!

  Leaving his job to the youngsters, huh? LOL
  

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  15.11.2003 05:48 #3

• Toiletman

  No wonder these MPAA and the like are so annoying and cranky. They're run by old people....
  

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  15.11.2003 19:07 #4

• GrayArea

  Uh... A congressman? Doesn't that set up an automatic conflict of intrest between the movie industry and the public? Congressmen are ELECTED by the PUBLIC to represent the PUBLIC if I'm thinking correctly...
  

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  16.11.2003 14:16 #5