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The Motion Picture Association paid Chris Dodd $2.4 million in severance payments in 2018, while its latest financial results also reflected the sale of most of the ownership stake in its Washington, D.C. headquarters. Dodd, who left the organization at the end of 2017, was paid $2,400,842 along with $11,000…

The Motion Picture Association recently moved into a redesigned headquarters, just a couple blocks from the White House, and on Monday night the trade organization debuted the signature feature of their glassy new space: a 118-seat theater. The occasion was a screening of Motherless Brooklyn, the new Edward Norton…

Three days after being arrested by District of Columbia police for the alleged sexual assault and attempt to blackmail a woman he met on an online dating site, the general counsel of the Motion Picture Association of America has been axed from the Hollywood lobbyist organization. "This is to inform you that Steve Fabri…

The Motion Picture Association of America has appointed Emily Lenzner as EVP for Global Communications and Public Affairs. She will report to MPAA Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin and oversee the trade group's communications team in the U.S. and internationally. Lenzner will start August 1 and be based at the MPAA’s…

With film and TV production booming in New York, the state has implemented a diversity job training development fund aimed at the entertainment industry, calling it the first of its kind in the U.S.  Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said he fund will initially provide $1.05 million per year. It was passed as part of a…

As an official member of the MPAA, Netflix “will benefit from Chinese access, if they wish to go into the market,” MPAA chief Charles Rivkin told Deadline today. Rivkin was addressing ongoing discussions surrounding a new film agreement with the Middle Kingdom, saying the contract “is being reexamined” and that the…

MPAA CEO and chairman Charles Rivkin today continued to tubthump the huge 2018 box office year, sharing lessons he learned in his first year at the job and that “our industry and our partnership is in for the long game.” “Success depends on evolution and growth, so you must adapt and deliver what consumers wants,&#8221…

MPAA communications executives Chris Ortman and Adria Marquez have been promoted to senior vice president and vice president, respectively. In an email to all employees of the organization, global communications EVP Matt Bennett called the uppings “well-deserved.” Ortman is chief spokesperson for the film lobbying…

Fewer appeals have been filed in recent years over ratings decisions rendered by the MPAA, according to a new report by the trade organization marking the 50th anniversary of the ratings system. Introduced on November 1, 1968 by Jack Valenti in the wake of films such as Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? causing a stir…

As the international trade wars continue to heat up, especially with China, Donald Trump is looking to Hollywood for advice. The White House said today that the president intends to appoint MPAA chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin to the U.S. Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. Rivkin has experience in…

MPAA chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin praised New Jersey’s passage last month of aggressive new film and TV production incentives, saying the new rules have unlocked interest from a range of major producers. In a statement today, Rivkin saluted New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy for signing the new law creating a tax credit…

In his first CinemaCom appearance since being anointed MPAA Chairman/CEO, Charles Rivkin spoke in bullish tones about the prospects for moviegoing, underscoring that its “heartbeat is strong.” This followed a similarly ebullient keynote by NATO CEO John Fithian this morning, both of which belied concerns that…