Dodd Announces Two Senior Appointments to MPAA

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) President Chris Dodd has announced two senior appointments.

Cybele Daley has been named senior VP, government affairs, succeeding Michael O'Leary, who was named senior EVP global policy and external affairs in September. Daley will report to O'Leary.

Daley comes from D.C. government relations firm Van Scoyoc Associates, where her clients included MPAA.

In addition, Dodd has named Anna Soellner VP, corporate communications, reporting to Laura Nichols, executive VP, global communications. Soellner comes from the Center for American Progress, where she had been VP for communications.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.