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CAA
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CAA’s Bryan Lourd urges US execs to ‘bother to understand’ creative process
CAA chairman Bryan Lourd has urged US studio executives to “bother to understand” the creative…
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Gucci owner Artémis buys US agency CAA from investment firm TPG
Gucci owner François Henri-Pinault’s Artémis has acquired a majority stake in Creative Artists Agency (CAA)….
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Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros. Discovery & others make abortion promise as Roe v. Wade overturned
Disney, Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) are among a number of US-based media giants to…
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Korea’s JTBC Studios acquires ‘Mare Of Easttown’ prodco Wiip
The studio division of South Korean pay TV broadcaster JTBC has acquired Wiip, the independent production…
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EOne’s chief strategy officer Peter Micelli to depart
Entertainment One’s (eOne) chief strategy officer Peter Micelli is leaving the transatlantic producer and distributor,…
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Wheelhouse hires CAA’s Eric Wattenberg as chief content officer
Longtime CAA agent Eric Wattenberg has joined Brent Montgomery’s media, marketing and investment company Wheelhouse…
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CAA agent Scott Lonker boards Jimmy Kimmel prodco
CAA agent Scott Lonker has been named president of Jimmy Kimmel and Brent Montgomery’s Kimmelot…
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Top CAA television agent switches to eOne
Mark Gordon’s first major hire since becoming president of Entertainment One (eOne) is that of…
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Bill Clinton heads to Hollywood with President pitch
Former US President Bill Clinton is in Hollywood this week pitching a book he’s co-authored…
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Vice plans scripted push after $450m investment
North American millennial content giant Vice Media has received US$450 million from investment firm TPG,…
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China’s CMC buys into CAA
Chinese media investment giant CMC Capital Partners has bought a minority stake in the CAA…
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CAA to shop American Supergroup
US talent agency CAA is to represent a new singing competition format in which an…
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ProSieben MCN hires ex-Buzzfeed exec
ProSiebeSat.1 Group-owned multichannel network Collective Studio 71 has hired the former head of partnerships at…
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AMC labels Darabont’s Walking Dead claims ‘baseless’
AMC Networks has dubbed legal claims from former Walking Dead showrunner Frank Darabont over unpaid…
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Comic books firm IDW moves into TV with V-Wars
Comic book publisher IDW has created a new TV division and agreed a deal with…
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YouTube channel operator gets cash injection from CAA-backed bank
Base79, the UK-based digital company that operates a swathe of YouTube channels, has received a…
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Discovery US orders Memory Games special
Discovery’s Science Channel in the US has ordered a special about the USA Memory Championship….