With an accompanying brag about transparency, the Obama transition office released its
transition donors today. This will be a monthly practice; the transition entity is required to report to the Federal Election Commission next year.
| Berman | Doug | Dewey, Cheetham & Howe | Cambridge | MA | 02140 | $500.00 |
Among the more interesting donors: Doug Berman, who produces Car Talk for NPR and also Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me, NPR's long-running comedy quiz show. Star Wars auteur George Lucas gave $,5000 as did Sony-BMG's Andrew Lack, a former president of NBC News. Mega-donors William Daley of JP Morgan Chase and Alan Solomont also kicked in the $5k maximum.
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