“Mr. Obama is particularly well positioned to challenge Hollywood because of his special relationship with the media world's elites. They might be more likely to heed criticism coming from Mr. Obama than from any other president or member of Congress.”

American media executive and former television news reporter

Campbell Brown is an American media executive and former television news reporter and anchorwoman. She was born Alma Dale Campbell Brown and is known for her work at NBC and CNN, as well as later roles in media partnerships and advisory work. She co-anchored NBC’s Weekend Today from 2003 to 2007 and hosted CNN’s prime-time program Campbell Brown from 2008 to 2010. Brown was part of NBC’s Hurricane Katrina coverage, for which the team won an Emmy Award. She later served as head of global media partnerships at Meta and is a senior advisor to Tollbit.