Valenti looking for a successor

Jack Valenti, who has run the Motion Picture Assn. of America since 1966, says he has no plans to retire but has nonetheless started conversations with the studios that employ him about finding a successor.

“I told them that I didn’t have a date in mind on which I was going to leave but I think it’s wise -- every corporate chieftain wants to have some kind of plan in place for succession,” Valenti, 80, told the Washington Post.

He declined to name anyone who was under consideration for the position, which involves lobbying in Washington on behalf of the seven major movie studios.