WASHINGTON -- A number of entertainment industry lobbying outfits made moves Thursday to beef up their efforts to influence policy in Washington, with Viacom, NAB and the Digital Music Assn. announcing hires and promotions.
Perhaps the biggest coup, however, went to boutique firm the Fritts Group, which lured away former MPAA lobbyist Ken Inouye from electronic games trade group the Entertainment Software Assn. Inouye, son of Sen. Dan Inouye, D-Hawaii, gives the organization run by former National Association of Broadcasters president and CEO Edward Fritts a well-respected Democrat to add to its GOP bona fides.
Meanwhile, DiMA netted as its top lobbyist Greg Barnes, senior counsel to House Judiciary Committee chairman John Conyers, D-Mich. Barnes will join DiMA on Feb. 1 to become the association's legislative counsel and director of government affairs.
DiMA is one of the music industry's traditional opponents as it has battled over the way royalties are divvied up for music delivered over the Internet and on other digital platforms.
Perhaps the biggest coup, however, went to boutique firm the Fritts Group, which lured away former MPAA lobbyist Ken Inouye from electronic games trade group the Entertainment Software Assn. Inouye, son of Sen. Dan Inouye, D-Hawaii, gives the organization run by former National Association of Broadcasters president and CEO Edward Fritts a well-respected Democrat to add to its GOP bona fides.
Meanwhile, DiMA netted as its top lobbyist Greg Barnes, senior counsel to House Judiciary Committee chairman John Conyers, D-Mich. Barnes will join DiMA on Feb. 1 to become the association's legislative counsel and director of government affairs.
DiMA is one of the music industry's traditional opponents as it has battled over the way royalties are divvied up for music delivered over the Internet and on other digital platforms.
- 1/18/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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