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WME

Endeavor’s Ari Emanuel and CAA’s Bryan Lourd.

The Best-Laid Plans of Ari and Bryan

Amid the labor strikes and diminishing Hollywood economics, Ari Emanuel’s Endeavor may go private and Bryan Lourd’s CAA is dealing with twin scandals—a series of events that have forced the super-agent arch-rivals to press pause on their coronations.
Matthew Belloni • October 27, 2023
Matthew Belloni • November 4, 2022
Why Ari Emanuel Banned Amy Pascal
Hollywood movie producer Amy Pascal.
Emanuel may be the C.E.O. of a public company, but he isn’t above putting the chill on an executive when they refer talent to Bryan Lourd.
Matthew Belloni • October 17, 2022
Mark Shapiro on Endeavor’s Ultimate Fight
Endeavor president Mark Shapiro.
The president of the multi-tentacled entertainment giant discusses the future of live sports, talent representation, all those acquisitions, the streaming economy, UFC, CAA, the company’s post-I.P.O. dip, Ari’s vision, and much more.
Matthew Belloni • September 26, 2022
The Talent Agency Hunger Games
While CAA’s Bryan Lourd is embracing his role as King of Hollywood after absorbing ICM, and WME is installing new leaders, the pressures of a changing industry have forced the sharks to audition for their own jobs.
Morgan Wallen
Matthew Belloni • November 8, 2021
Morgan Wallen, WME & What Happens When a “Canceled” Client Still Makes Millions
WME kind-of, sort-of dropped Morgan Wallen after the country music star got caught saying the n-word. Now Wallen’s WME representative is leaving to start his own agency—with Wallen as his marquee client, of course.
Ari Emanuel in 2010
William D. Cohan • June 23, 2021
Ari-Adjusted EBITDA vs. Wall Street
Emanuel deserves credit for building WME into a talent agency powerhouse, but I’ve long been skeptical about his talents as a C.E.O.