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Chris Dodd's Call Agenda for Sony

Chris Dodd, head of the MPAA, may call Michael Lynton, CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, about two issues. First, Dodd wants to upgrade the screening room at the US Embassy in Japan and thinks SPE should support this given Nicole Seligman's relationship with the Ambassador. The estimated cost is $165k. Second, Dodd wants to explore changing MPAA membership rules to allow more individuals to contribute to the MPAA PAC, which currently can only draw $50k annually from a small number of executives. However, any changes would have legal and labor implications that would need to be considered. Keith Weaver, Executive VP of Government Affairs at SPE, wanted to give Lynton a heads up about these potential topics from

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Chris Dodd's Call Agenda for Sony

Chris Dodd, head of the MPAA, may call Michael Lynton, CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, about two issues. First, Dodd wants to upgrade the screening room at the US Embassy in Japan and thinks SPE should support this given Nicole Seligman's relationship with the Ambassador. The estimated cost is $165k. Second, Dodd wants to explore changing MPAA membership rules to allow more individuals to contribute to the MPAA PAC, which currently can only draw $50k annually from a small number of executives. However, any changes would have legal and labor implications that would need to be considered. Keith Weaver, Executive VP of Government Affairs at SPE, wanted to give Lynton a heads up about these potential topics from

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Date:July16,2014at[Link]MPDT
To:"Lynton,Michael"
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Cc:"Weil,Leah"
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HiMichael,

ChrisDoddmaycallyouaboutthefollowing:

1)[Link]:
DoddhasexpressedinterestinupgradingthescreeningroomsatkeyU.S.
EmbassiestherationalebeingthatkeyAmbassadorswillkeepU.S.
culturalintereststopofmind,astheyscreenAmericanmoviesforhigh
[Link](andbecause
ofNicoleslongstandingrelationshipwithAmbassadorKennedy),Dodd
[Link],youshouldknow:
thisisnotunusualandSPEsupportedarequestofthiskindmanyyears
agounderValenti,otherstudiosarebeingaskedtosupportotherU.S.
Embassies(althoughIdontknowifanyoneismovingforward),andthe
costimplicationisestimatedtobe$165k(aggregateof$$$/inkind)per
embassy/[Link],donationsofthiskindarepermissible.
Whiletherationalebehindthisisntnecessarilybad,Ivebeenmindfulof
budgetsensitivitiesandaccordinglyhaventencouragedtheelevationof
thisproposalinthepast.

2)MPAAmembershipexpansionforPACcontributionpurposes:
Forlegal/structuralreasons,theMPAAPACcanonlysolicitcontributions
fromseniorMPAexecsandthemembercompaniesThismeansthat
Doddfindshimselfroutinelyontheothersideofanenormousnumberof
fundraisingrequestswithroughly$[Link]
vettedyet,butIthinkhewantstofloataconceptthatwouldallowthe
membershiptochangeinsuchawaytoallowmoreindividualsto
contributetotheMPAPAC(e.g.,iftherewassomehighlevelproduceror
studioexecasamemberofsomesortthentheycouldcontribute
individually,etc.).Dependingontheapproach,thiswouldhaveFEC
implicationsandlaborrelationsimplicationsIthinkheunderstandsthat,
butreallywantstogaugereactionsfromboardintermsofexploring
viabilityofthis.

Perhapshewontcallorwillcallme/Leah,butIwantedyoutobeaware.

Regards,
KW

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