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Verve Adds to Agency’s Leadership Team
Verve, the literary and talent agency, is adding to its leadership ranks. The Los Angeles-based representation firm has hired executive Jennifer Jones as its general counsel/head of business affairs and promoted partner Liz Parker to managing partner, the agency said Thursday. Jones arrives from Condé Nast, where she worked for three years as head of […]
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Michelle Visage Signs With Verve (Exclusive)
RuPaul’s Drag Race host Michelle Visage has signed with Verve. The TV personality, radio/podcast host, recording artist and author travels between Los Angeles and London as a judge on the American hit VH1 reality series and its international spinoffs like RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, where she appears alongside RuPaul, Graham Norton and Alan Carr. Her […]
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Author Jennifer Weiner Signs With Verve (Exclusive)
Jennifer Weiner, the author of the Good in Bed novel being produced by Mindy Kaling for Max, has signed with Verve for film and TV representation. The bestselling author, backed by Verve, will look to future screen adaptations of her library titles as they find new audiences. In all, she has written 21 books, with 11 […]
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Bill Weinstein Joins Paradigm Talent Agency Following Verve Exit
After leaving Verve last month, Bill Weinstein and Devon Schiff are joining Paradigm in the literary content department, the agency has announced. “In this business, whether collaborating or going head-to-head, there is no denying the creativity, intelligence and passion that Bill and Devon bring to their work. This relentless advocacy on behalf of clients is […]
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Bill Weinstein Sues Verve Over His Exit In Lawsuit Seeking Reinstatement as CEO
Bill Weinstein has sued Verve talent agency stemming from his exit after a little more than a year as chief executive, accusing the firm’s leadership of conspiring to oust him in a move to sell the company without cutting him in on the deal. Weinstein, in a lawsuit filed on Thursday in Los Angeles Superior […]
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Bill Weinstein to Start New Company With Several Verve Agents
Days after it was announced that Bill Weinstein would be leaving Verve, the agency that he helped found and where he served as CEO, The Hollywood Reporter is now hearing that the agent will be starting his own outfit with several Verve agents following him. Agents Devon Schiff, Matthew Doyle and Jake Dillman are set […]
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Agency Shake-Up: Bill Weinstein Out as Verve CEO
Literary agency Verve has parted ways with CEO Bill Weinstein. “We thank Bill as a co-founder and for his 14 years of service and wish him nothing but success in his future,” Verve leadership said in a statement Monday. No reason was given by the agency, although the decision “was made after thoughtful deliberation by […]
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Verve to Relocate Its Los Angeles Headquarters
Verve, the talent and literary agency, is on the move in Los Angeles. The Bill Weinstein-run representation firm has inked a deal to move its main headquarters from 6310 San Vicente Blvd eastward toward the Hollywood Media District at the BA/SE creative campus on 6555 Barton and 959 Seward. The new location is in a […]
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Flush With Private Equity Cash, Gersh Makes Overture to Verve
On May 1, the Gersh agency took on an equity partner for the first time since its founding in 1949, selling a 45 percent stake to a New York-based financier, Crestview Partners, for an undisclosed sum. Now it’s figuring out what to do with that cash. Up first? Trying to buy a rival. The Beverly […]
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Verve Aims for Commercial Endorsements With New Hire
In its next move to broaden its focus, Verve, the talent and literary agency, is expanding into the endorsements arena as it looks for ways to grow its representation business. The agency, led by newly promoted CEO Bill Weinstein, said on Monday it hired ICM, Gersh and CAA veteran Max Nagler to oversee partnerships, and […]
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Verve Exec Bill Weinstein Named CEO
Verve, the talent and literary agency, has appointed a new CEO as it expands its representation ambitions. Bill Weinstein was named to the top job by the Los Angeles-based agency’s 11 partners, the firm said on Jan. 18. “I am incredibly grateful and humbled to be selected for this position by my fellow Partners and […]
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Thomas Sadoski Signs With Verve
Thomas Sadoski has signed with Verve. The veteran actor is best known for playing Don Keefer in HBO’s The Newsroom and film roles in the John Wick franchise and in Jean-Marc Vallee’s Wild, where he appeared opposite Reese Witherspoon. Sadoski also starred in the CBS sitcom Life in Pieces. He will next be seen in […]
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