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Insider is recognizing the most influential talent agents and managers for TikTok creators in 2023. In a rush, he asked a friend for talent manager recommendations; Prasuna Cheruku was the answer he got. Talent agents and managers play a critical role in helping creators turn social-media success into sustainable careers in entertainment. For the fourth year, Insider is recognizing the most influential managers and agents who are helping TikTokers build their careers. Here are the 20 most influential TikTok talent-management firms and agencies in North America, listed in alphabetical order:

Persons: Drew, Jeeezy, Jackson, Lil Uzi, Prasuna Cheruku, Cheruku, she's, that's, Danielle Pistotnik, TikTok, Brendan Nahmias, they've, Alix Earle, Mylen Yamamoto Tansingco's, Kensington Organizations: Puma, Talent, WGA, SAG, Management, Hollywood, CAA, United Talent Agency Locations: Jackson, North America

☆ The 1975: Malaysia's LGBTQ community slams Matty Healy's onstage kiss
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Jessie Yeung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

But for many in Malaysia’s LGBTQ community, it was quite the opposite. Advocates say Islamic laws have increasingly used to target the Southeast Asian country’s LGBTQ community, with a rise in arrests and punishments ranging from caning to jailing. Participants in a Womens Day March asking for greater rights in gender equality and recognition of the LGBTQ community in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on March 12, 2023. Just last year, Rose had helped organize a Halloween party attended by many members of the LGBTQ community – which was raided by the police, who detained a number of participants, she said. That’s not to say international musicians can’t speak up about LGBTQ rights in Malaysia.

Persons: Matty Healy, Ross MacDonald, Healy’s, Healy, MacDonald, ”, Carmen Rose, “, he’s, Thilaga Sulathireh, Rose, Zahim Mohd, NurPhoto, Sulathireh, That’s, can’t, Talitha Tan, “ Malaysia’s, ” Rose, Selena Gomez Organizations: CNN, ” CNN, Sisters, Womens, Coldplay, Malaysian Islamic Locations: British, Malaysia, Kuala, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian, Indonesia, Taiwan, Jakarta, Taipei, ”, Rose, Asia

☆ After creators flocked to Instagram Threads, Meta's challenge is to keep them from fleeing
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

The one major app that's eluded him: Twitter. Threads skyrocketed out of the gate in large part because it was easy for existing Instagram users to create accounts on the new messaging service and connect with their established following. watch nowCurrently, Threads users are unable to search for topics or hashtags that represent hot topics. That could entice some people to use Twitter over Threads, said Tameka Bazile, who works in artist relations and marketing at Time. Like with Threads, creators will wait to see how Twitter works for their peers before "spending much more time making content there," Kaletsky said.

Persons: Jaap Arriens, Brian Moller, Prince, he's, Moller, It's, Elon, Mark Zuckerberg pounced, He's, Caspar Lee, There's, Lee, Adam Mosseri, Jack Whitehall, Musk, Thilina, Marcel Floruss, Floruss, Floruss isn't, Chas Lacaillade, Lacaillade, Tameka Bazile, Bazile, they've, Twitter hasn't, Brendan Gahan, Mekanism, Gahan, Sasha Kaletsky, Kaletsky, Jack Appleby, Appleby, Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Gary Vaynerchuk Organizations: Nurphoto, Getty, YouTube, Twitter, Meta, Instagram, Rocket, Ventures, LinkedIn

☆ A Netflix assistant launched a newsletter for young Hollywood because 'there is no blueprint' to break in, and she's enlisting help from workers at Disney, Showtime, and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

A Hollywood assistant role has long been a launching point for a career in entertainment. But "there is no blueprint" for how to get such a job, said Cathy Campo, a creative assistant at Netflix. Campo launched The Hollywood Assistant, a monthly newsletter aimed at industry hopefuls, to change that. In February, Campo launched The Hollywood Assistant, a free newsletter that recently released its sixth edition. It's difficult to make ends meet on those salaries in the costly cities where the entertainment industry is most heavily concentrated: Los Angeles and New York.

Persons: Cathy Campo, Campo, she's, —, Matthew Belloni, Nick Lachey, She's, Emma Weiss, Jonathan Groff, Alyssa Tumale, Drew Barrymore, Brown, Jimmy Fallon, Michelle Greene, Don Rutledge, Natalie Lifson, Buchwald, Allison Leffingwell, Rutledge, Puck, Reed Alexander Organizations: Netflix, Hollywood, Brown University grad, NBCUniversal, CBS, Disney Entertainment, CAA, Chautauqua Ordway, Campo, Universal, Showtime, Media, Universal Filmed Entertainment Locations: Stillwater, Hollywood, Los Angeles and New York

☆ Who is Elon Musk dating now? The answer isn't clear
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

It's not clear who, if anyone, Elon Musk is dating at the moment. Before Bassett, Musk dated Grimes for almost three years and before that, actress Amber Heard. But what about Elon Musk? Before Bassett, Elon Musk dated Grimes, an avant garde pop singer, whom he dated for almost three years and had two kids with. Felt nothing then," Heard told Hughes about the Musk relationship, according to Hughes' notes.

Persons: It's, Elon Musk, Natasha Bassett, Bassett, Musk, Grimes, Amber Heard, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Elon, Dixie Locke, Elvis Presley's, Baz Luhrmann's, Elvis, Shanahan, didn't, Maye Musk, Heard, Johnny Depp, Depp, Heard's, Dawn Hughes, Hughes, Talula Riley, Justine Wilson Organizations: Hollywood Life Locations: Australian, Los Angeles, Cannes, American

[1/2] Cars are shown lined up at the valet parking area outside the Creative Artists Agency building in Los Angeles, California, September 24, 2012. REUTERS/Jonathan AlcornJuly 14 (Reuters) - Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is in advanced talks to sell a majority stake to French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault in a deal that could value the Hollywood talent agency at over $7 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter. CAA did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and spokespeople for Pinault and for TPG declined to comment. In 2021, CAA announced a deal to buy major Hollywood rival ICM Partners. Bloomberg first reported the talks between Pinault and CAA.

Persons: Jonathan Alcorn, Francois, Henri Pinault, Pinault, Kering, Salma Hayek, Tom Hanks, Zendaya, Steven Spielberg, Ariana Grande, Beyonce, Gursimran Kaur, Jyoti Narayan, Rishabh, Muralikumar Anantharaman, John Stonestreet Organizations: Creative Artists Agency, REUTERS, Hollywood, Gucci, TPG, CAA, ICM Partners, Bloomberg, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles , California, Los Angeles, Pinault, Bengaluru

☆ Inside the buzzy newsletter a Netflix assistant launched to create a ‘blueprint’ for breaking into Hollywood — featuring tea from workers at Disney, CBS, and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

David Torres-Fuentes was 4 years old when he decided to become a clown. David Torres-Fuentes, 23, works as a professional clown and entertainer in Nashville. David Torres-Fuentes decided he wanted to become a professional clown when he was 4 years old. David Torres-Fuentes was born in Mexico and moved with his family to Nashville when he was 6. David Torres-Fuentes hopes to continue performing as a professional clown into retirement.

Persons: David Torres, Fuentes, David, Lucas Mullikin, Jacquelyn, they're, Torres, Roth, they've Organizations: CNBC, Nashville Public Library, Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Nashville Locations: Nashville, Mexico, U.S, Scotland

☆ Read the pitch decks from these creator economy startups that helped raise millions of dollars
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Here are the pitch decks that 24 startups used in Series A, Seed, and pre-Seed rounds. The phrase "creator economy" skyrocketed as a buzzword in 2021 as creators, VCs, and entrepreneurs rushed to cash in on a booming industry. So, how do creator economy startups land those investments? They broke down the pitch decks they used to secure millions of dollars in funding. Read the pitch decks that helped 24 creator-focused startups to fundraise millions of dollars:

Persons: —, Alexis Ohanian's Seven, Tony Tran, Tran, Jessica Wolf, who've Organizations: United Talent, Intelligence Locations: Skye

☆ How the writers' strike is crushing Hollywood's next generation, as job-seekers face 'skyrocketing' debt, crumbling hope, and endless hours 'just doom-scrolling LinkedIn'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Hollywood development and production have mostly ground to a halt amid the film and TV writers' strike. Young workers hoping to break into entertainment say the strike has made a competitive job market even tougher. Sears, who is currently unemployed, graduated this year with a master's degree in entertainment industry management from Carnegie Mellon University. Now, she's attempting what feels like a herculean feat: getting her career off the ground in the midst of a months-long Hollywood writers' strike, the first labor stoppage to grind the industry to a halt in 15 years. Contact this reporter to share your experience during the writers' strike.

Persons: Young, Delaney Sears, — there's, Sears, they've, —, Joanna Sucherman, Sucherman, Trevor Romero, Romero, Dan Green, grads, Green, Nabha, She's, Purohit, they'd, execs, he's, haven't, Kody Proctor, Proctor, he'd, We've, Reed Alexander Organizations: Hollywood, Carnegie Mellon University, Writers Guild of America, SAG, WGA, Disney, Warner Bros, JLS Media, Fox, United Talent Agency, Young Entertainment, Carnegie Mellon's Heinz College of Information Systems, Public, Savannah College of Art, Alliance, Television Producers, Paramount Pictures, Melrose, Paramount, University of Southern, North Dakota, Carnegie, E, Victoria Cheyenne Locations: California, Angeles, LA, Chicago, Fremantle, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Georgia, Elm, Mumbai, India, University of Southern California, North, North Hollywood, Victoria, Bolivia

☆ How influencer couples use relationships to reach new followers and build content strategies as partners, according to a talent manager
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Nhari Djan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

A talent manager explains how he strategizes with influencer couples. Toteda and Cushion are the type of influencer couple Duncan and Ingenuity Live are looking to work with more. This is not dissimilar to how they would deal with an individual influencer, but there is a difference in application. Duncan thinks more influencer couples should collaborate with other couples, as well. "A lot of couples aren't looking to other couples that maybe have a small crossover of the same audience," Duncan said.

Persons: TikTok, influencers Monet McMichael, Jalen Noble, McMichael, Noble, Jeff Duncan, Nick Toteda, Anthony, Toteda, Duncan, it's, There's, Liza Koshy, David Dobrik, Nick Viall Locations: London

☆ A talent manager who works with influencer couples explains how creators use relationships to reach new followers — and the type of couple he'll never work with
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Nhari Djan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

☆ Brands like Sony and Chipotle want to make Hollywood-style content for film and TV, and these advertising pioneers have built a startup to get their messages out
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

That belief has taken him from famed ad agency Wieden + Kennedy to talent agency CAA, where he set up its first marketing consultancy. The firm pitches itself as part management consultancy, part brand entertainment production company, and part consumer brand accelerator. "If a great sports movie happens to come from Nike, it's still great entertainment," Goodman said. "If a great sports movie happens to come from Nike, it's still great entertainment," Goodman said. One thing Goodman and Kaplan are not trying to do is compete with brands' ad agency budgets.

Persons: Jae Goodman, John Kaplan, It's, Gibson, Kennedy, Goodman, Chipotle, Stephanie Perdue, Jay, Kaplan, —, Michael Kassan's, Anheuser, it's, Superconnector, it'll Organizations: Superconnector Studios, Sony, CAA, Observatory, Entertainment, Hollywood, HBO Max, Netflix, Procter & Gamble, Imagine Entertainment, Delirio Studios, MTV Documentary, Paramount, HBO, Apple, Management, Sony Pictures Television, McKinsey, Accenture —, Anheuser Busch, InBev, Gibson, Nike, Talent Locations: LA

☆ From right-wing backlash to Apple's TV play — these 3 big questions will dominate conversations at the Cannes Lions.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Lauren Johnson | Claire Atkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

This year's Cannes Lions ad festival is taking place as advertisers are reeling from major shifts. The Cannes Lions organizers said that none of the three execs have been confirmed as speakers. Generative AI must boost creativity without stealing jobsThe rapid rise of generative AI took the advertising and media worlds by storm. Attendees will also have the opportunity to hobnob with the company that kicked off the generative AI storm last November. Simon Cook, Cannes Lions CEO, told Insider that top executives from ChatGPT developer OpenAI like chief operating officer Brad Lightcap will attend the festival.

Persons: Twitter's Elon Musk, Linda Yaccarino, Oliver Schusser, Michael Kassan, he's, execs, Bud Light, influencer Dylan Mulvaney, Bud, Busch, Fura, Leslie Klein, Sir Martin Sorrell, David Droga, Nick Law, Simon Cook, Brad Lightcap, Huge's, Elon Musk, Ben Hovaness, They've, Jon Williams, Akram Chetibi, Craig Atkinson Organizations: Cannes Lions, Apple, Twitter, Netflix, Hollywood, UTA, Target, Bud Light, Anheuser, Busch, Accenture, Cannes, Apple News, Carlton Hotel, Omnicom Media, Amazon Web Locations: Cannes

☆ Middle Eastern investors are pouring money into US media, sports, and entertainment — here are the 9 most active players and their key leaders
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Lucia Moses | Claire Atkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Investors in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates are pouring money into Western media and entertainment. Sovereign funds and other entities in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE are pouring millions into US media and entertainment, and they're finding plenty of takers. The channels for money from Saudi Arabia and other parts of the Middle East are complex. Insider broke down the key entities — their owners, leaders, and high-profile investments and joint ventures — in the top three Middle Eastern nations pouring money into US entertainment and media. It describes itself as the largest media company in the Middle East and North Africa and runs one of the largest TV news channels, Al Arabiya.

Persons: Jamal Khashoggi's, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, —, WME, Jimmy Finkelstein's, Abu Dhabi's, It's, Yasir Al, Rumayyan, Waleed bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim, Sam Barnett, Peter Smith —, Christina Wayne, SRMG, Mohammed bin Salman, Alrashid, Johnny Depp, Jeanne du Barry, Sharon Stone, Bruno Mars, Luca Guadanigno, Vince McMahon's, Turki Al, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Dayel, Mansoor bin Ebrahim Al, Mahmoud, Peter Chernin, Nasser Al, Germain, BeIN, Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad, Khalifa Al, Vincent, Asghar Farhadi's Oscar, Nart Bouran, JAF, Jeff Zucker, Graydon Carter's, it's, Semafor, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Sheikh Mansour, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber Organizations: United, Sovereign, Saudi, Washington Post, Saudi Crown, Endeavor, UFC, IMI, Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corporation, Public Investment Fund, Saudi Aramco, Newcastle United, English football, PGA, MBC, Shahid, Netflix, Vice Media, Variety, MBC Group's, Antenna Group, Cineflex Studios, NBCUniversal International, Amazon, AMC, Saudi Research, Media, Publicly, Red Sea, Cannes, Penske Media Corporation, Bloomberg Media, Vince McMahon's WWE, country's General Entertainment Authority, Development, Cultural Development Fund, George Washington University, American University . Qatar Qatar Investment, Qatar Investment Authority, Providence, BeIN Media, Paris Saint, Miramax, Paramount, Doha Film, Doha Film Institute, H.E, Hollywood Reporter, United Arab Emirates Abu, Investment Authority, UAE, Abu, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Hollywood, Dubai Studio, Dubai Media City, National Geographic, BBC News, International Media Investments International Media Investments, National, CNN, Sky News Arabia, Reuters, JAF Communications, Grid, RedBird Capital Partners, Punchbowl News, New York Times, Manchester City, The, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Locations: Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, UAE, Saudi, East, North Africa, Al Arabiya, Netherlands, Greece, Dubai, Jeddah, SRMG, Riyadh, Doha, Europe, Americas, ViacomCBS, Qatari, Thani, Abu Dhabi

☆ WME signs author and speaker Ed Mylett, whose top business podcast adds to the agency's growing audio roster alongside clients like Malcolm Gladwell and Jay Shetty
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Hollywood talent agency WME has signed Ed Mylett, an author, public speaker, and entrepreneur. His podcast, "The Ed Mylett Show," has landed guests including Tony Robbins, Barbara Corcoran, and more. "I need the best people to help manage the growth of 'The Ed Mylett Show' podcast," Mylett told Insider via email. Among business podcasts, "The Ed Mylett Show" currently sits at No. His podcast, "The Ed Mylett Show," has seen a bevy of other guests including Barbara Corcoran, Martin Luther King III, David Goggins, and Tony Robbins.

Persons: WME, Ed Mylett, Tony Robbins, Barbara Corcoran, Vervante, He's, Mylett, Michael B, Jordan, Dwayne Johnson, Miley Cyrus, Dan Fogelman, Jay Shetty's, Stephen Dubner's, Malcolm Gladwell's, he's, Maria Shriver, Matthew McConaughey, Martin Luther King III, David Goggins Organizations: Hollywood, Wiley, Apple, Spotify, CAA, UTA, WME, Pushkin Industries, YouTube, Forbes

Hong Kong CNN —The head of Japan’s biggest music agency has apologized over allegations of years-long sexual abuse committed by its founder, the late entertainment mogul Johnny Kitagawa. “We sincerely apologize for the great deal of trouble caused by our founder Johnny Kitagawa’s alleged sexual abuse of individuals,” said Julie Fujishima, the company’s president and CEO. “On the other hand, Johnny Kitagawa, who is the party concerned, cannot speak on the accusations.”Fujishima also warned of the risk of “slander, due to speculation,” suggesting skepticism over some claims. They spoke about alleged sexual assault committed by Johnny Kitagawa, who died in 2019. A Tokyo High Court partially overturned the earlier decision in 2003, ruling the published sexual abuse claims were not libelous.

☆ Once valued at nearly $6 billion, Vice files for bankruptcy
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Claire Atkinson | Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Vice filed for bankruptcy, wiping out equity holders who poured in hundreds of millions, including TPG and James Murdoch. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday in New York's Southern District Court. The company's filing listed assets and liabilities in the range of $500 million to $1 billion. Vice had run multiple sales processes with a range of different banks but never received an offer palatable to its owners. The bankruptcy filing reveals just how many companies and investors pinned their hopes on Smith's hype about the potential growth trajectory of the TV and online venture.

☆ Hollywood agency WME's newest film agent is a twentysomething talent Midas whose must-read comedy newsletter spotted rising stars and launched careers
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

High-powered Hollywood talent agency WME has scooped up a new film agent from outside the company. Daniel Cramer, a former producer at Sony Pictures, was named by Insider as a 2022 rising star of the entertainment business. He became known as a talent spotter with his Cramer Comedy Newsletter, a curated email for industry insiders. As a producer and newsletter writer, Cramer has been an under-the-radar power broker in Hollywood for several years. Do you work in the entertainment industry?

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Japanese-Brazilian singer-songwriter Kauan Okamoto alleged during a press conference that over the course of four years, beginning in 2012 when he was 15, he was repeatedly sexually assaulted by Kitagawa, who died age 87 in 2019. In 1999, Japanese magazine Shukan Bunshun published accounts of other young men and boys who claimed they were sexually abused by Kitagawa. They ‘knew it was my turn’Singer-songwriter Okamoto joined Kitagawa’s agency in February 2012 while he was in junior high school. Okamoto said Kitagawa would often invite these young recruits to spend the night in his apartment, and pick “favorites” among the boys. “He began massaging my feet,” Okamoto said, and alleged that Kitagawa touched his genitals and performed oral sex on him.

☆ Fact Check-Photo shows group of anti-Trump Republican demonstrators
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A photograph of a group of mostly Republican anti-Trump demonstrators at a 2021 campaign event is being miscaptioned by users online who claim that it shows hired actors dressed as white supremacists. The Lincoln Project group claimed responsibility for the demonstration, Reuters reported, saying it was intended to remind voters of the 2017 Charlottesville rally where a man who described himself as a neo-Nazi drove into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing one (here). The Lincoln Project political action committee was formed in 2019 by current and former Republicans opposed to former U.S. President Donald J. Trump, according to Ballotopedia (here). The photograph shows a demonstration by the Lincoln Project in October 2021. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

April 4 (Reuters) - Private equity firm TPG Inc (TPG.O) said on Tuesday it has agreed to buy a majority stake in Elite, a vendor of business management software for law firms, from information provider Thomson Reuters Corp (TRI.TO) at a valuation of $500 million. Thomson Reuters will keep a minority stake and board representation in Elite and continue to support it with its legal information products, the companies said. Paul Fischer, president of Thomson Reuters' legal professionals division, said that Elite will continue to share many of Thomson Reuters' clients as a standalone company. Elite offers software that helps law firms run their finance and accounting operations, including billing, invoicing and payments. TPG partner Tim Millikin said that the data and automation that Elite offers are in demand among legal professionals.

Talent agency Endeavor (EDR.N), which owns the mixed martial arts business, will tag-team with Vince McMahon’s WWE in deal valued at some $21 billion. The merger unveiled on Monday creates a new publicly traded company 51% owned by Endeavor and 49% by WWE shareholders. On paper, the WWE enterprise gets the sweeter valuation, at around 24 times last year’s EBITDA, whereas UFC is pegged at 19 times. Instead, in the grand tradition of wrestling, McMahon and Endeavor boss Ari Emanuel are trying to appeal to shareholders with a more unconventional thriller. Under terms of the deal, WWE is being valued on the basis of $106 per share, implying an enterprise valuation of $9.3 billion, according to the companies.

☆ WWE sells itself to UFC
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The deal values the newly combined company at over $21 billion: UFC is worth $12.1 billion and WWE is valued at $9.3 billion. Endeavor shareholders will own 51% of the newly combined company, while WWE shareholders are getting 49%. Endeavor, which also owns Hollywood’s biggest talent agency William Morris Endeavor, became the outright owner of the UFC in 2021. Following his departure, WWE disclosed multiple expenses that Vince McMahon hadn’t previously reported, totaling $19.6 million. The WWE made more than $1.29 billion in revenue in 2022 and its shares up more than 30% for the year.

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