Contacted by Deadline, Levinson declined to comment on her firms new role with the AMPTP.

But, as they say, desperate times call for desperate measures especially for the AMPTP.

The Levinson Group describes itself as a strategic communications and issues management firm with global reach.

Writers strike talks set to resume

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Holding down offices in Washington D.C., NYC and London.

Death threats and a thwarted potential mass shooting followed in the divisions of the 2016 election.

The AMPTPs hiring of the Levinson Group was first reported by THR.

WGA West building in Hollywood

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