Chairman and CEO, Motion Picture Association of America
Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, the movie studios' trade group; Former Secretary of Agriculture under Bill Clinton and five-term Congressman (D-KS)
PROFILE
Dan Glickman
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FROM Dan Glickman
The Business
Mr Hollywood Goes to Washington; Oscar Rollercoaster We talk to the head of the Motion Picture Association of America about what he hopes to accomplish with a cavalcade of producers, directors and moguls he's unleashing on the nation's capital this week--and we'll ask a seasoned Washington lobbyist what he thinks of their efforts. Plus, the sixth conversation in our series on the business of writing.
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