Chris Dodd gets the MPAA job

The former Connecticut senator becomes chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, Hollywood's trade group. Dodd replaces Dan Glickman, who stepped down a year ago (MPAA executive Bob Pisano has been running the place in the interim). The selection process dragged out quite a while, perhaps because the MPAA isn't the same clubby organization of moguls that it was during the Jack Valenti years. From the Washington Post:

Todd Flournoy, a former MPAA government affairs executive and current entertainment lobbyist, said the process has been slowed by the fact that the major studios that make up the association are now each part of huge corporate entities (Disney, News Corp.) with their own distinct agendas and even more execs to weigh in on a decision. Which means the CEOs of the top six studios - the guys who actually do the hiring for the Washington job - now have bosses of their own, and that dynamic may have scared off some potential hires as well.