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CAA Raising $150M-$200M Venture Fund With Draper; ICM Talking To Qualcomm Among Others - 4 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 03 Dec 2007 08:45 PM PST

Creative Artists Agency, the biggest talent agency in Hollywood, is raising a $150 million-$200 million venture capital fund to invest in startups in the digital/entertainment sector, paidContent.org has learned. For…

Agents 2.0: Reinventing The Hollywood Schmoozer - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 18 Nov 2007 02:47 PM PST

A very long and good cover story in the latest issue of LA Weekly, on the new breed of talent agents repping online talent...it primarily profiles the agents within UTA…

UTA & SpotRunner Incubate New Video Venture 60Frames; Pittman’s Firm Invests - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 10 Jul 2007 09:00 PM PST

60Frames, a new LA-based company incubated out of talent agency UTA and online-based TV ad startup SpotRunner, has received $3.5 million in its first round of funding. The round was…

Talent Agency’s Talent Fishing Deal With Veoh; Eisner At Work - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 17 Jan 2007 08:40 PM PST

This is unusual for the talent agency land, which usually prefers to be in the background: Veoh, the online video sharing site backed by Michael Eisner’s new fund, has tied…