Studios such as Disney and Paramount are apoplectic about the billions of dollars in revenue being lost to rampant online piracy. Indeed, for an industry steeped in imagery, Hollywood can't seem to get its own image right. "The studios had come to the conclusion that they were losing ground in making their case-they were watching the Internet community doing a better job," Dodd says. Personable, brash, and bit star-struck himself, Dodd, who left Congress in January, has taken over the lobbying arm of the six largest studios at a time when the industry is desperate to regain its credibility and a foothold in the capital.
"This thing was sort of lying fallow."Īfter a yearlong search, Hollywood has found its man in Washington.
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"I want to bring some zip back into this place," Dodd says of his new perch as chairman of the nearly forgotten Motion Picture Association of America. The move ensured Dodd a crowd packed with high-level players. He picked up the phone and called his buddy, Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels, who delivered comedian Seth Meyers as the star attraction for Dodd's party-a coup since Meyers was also headlining the big White House Correspondents' Dinner the next night.
But Christopher Dodd, former senator and expansive Irish-American pol, was undaunted by the social competition. A more cautious fellow would have never risked throwing himself a coming-out party on the weekend of Washington's hottest annual press and political dinner.
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