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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Campaign Finance Changes and Hollywood Power

    Since the Supreme Court’s Citizen’s United decision in 2010, money is increasingly coming from individual donors. That means donation bundlers in Hollywood aren’t the big fish that they used to be. Does that mean Hollywood heavyweights are losing power in the political sphere?

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 4, 2015 • 1 min read

    Since the Supreme Court’s Citizen’s United decision in 2010, money is increasingly coming from individual donors. That means donation bundlers in Hollywood aren’t the big fish that they used to be. Does that mean Hollywood heavyweights are losing power in the political sphere?

    The full episode

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    Hollywood and Campaign Finance, Growing Up in Scientology, TV Roundup
    1. 0:00Who's Minding the Campaign Finance Store?
    2. 9:08Campaign Finance Changes and Hollywood PowerYou’re reading this
    3. 17:06TV Roundup: Pirating the Fight of the Century, 'Game of Thrones'
    4. 26:15Growing Up Scientology
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jessica Levinson

      Professor, Loyola Law School

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    The full episode

    2 of 4
    Hollywood and Campaign Finance, Growing Up in Scientology, TV Roundup
    1. 0:00Who's Minding the Campaign Finance Store?
    2. 9:08Campaign Finance Changes and Hollywood PowerYou’re reading this
    3. 17:06TV Roundup: Pirating the Fight of the Century, 'Game of Thrones'
    4. 26:15Growing Up Scientology
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