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Chris Dodd of the MPAA

Why Chris Dodd Stepping Down From MPAA Should Not Have Come as a Surprise

When Chris Dodd announced last week that he would be stepping down as President of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) later this year, it came more as a confirmation of the denouement industry insiders had begun to suspect, rather than a completely unexpected surprise. In mid-March, wh…

CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 14 March 2017

AMC settles lawsuit, Everyman profits, Cineplex grows Rec Room, March is new BO April, VR tested at SXSW, Lorendal new head of SF Bio, MPA’s Dodd skips CinemaCon, Beauty & Beast skips Malaysia, Kaufmann skips rehearsal for screen, Moscow cinema bomb scare, Korea cinema fire scare, Viet Kon…

Phil Clapp, President of UNIC, at CineEurope 2016

At CineEurope, a Call for Cinemas and Studios to Work Together

The first day of CineEurope 2016 saw calls for closer co-operation between cinemas and studios in sharing data and serving customers, but mistrust - both mutual and of 3rd parties - runs deep.

Chris Dodd At CinemaCon 2011

CinemaCon 2011: Chris Dodd Makes Debut As MPAA Chairman

[/caption] Nine days into his new position as Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, Senator Christopher Dodd showed up at CinemaCon yesterday to address more than 2,000 delegates from the exhibition and distribution industries in what he called “the first performance o…

Chris Dodd

MPAA Selects Chris Dodd For Top Job And Huge Challenges

[/caption] All the rumors being reported by the mainstream press as a foregone conclusion were actually correct. This week the Motion Picture Association of America announced that Christopher Dodd, the former U.S. Senator from Connecticut, would become their chairman and chief executive beginning Ma…