Ari Emanuel

  • Ari Emanuel: He Might Be the New King of the World

    Michael Ovitz should officially hand over the keys of the kingdom to a fast-talking, trash-mouthed, steam-rolling successor to his Hollywood dominion. It is a rare moment in time and space that allows Ariel Zev Emanuel to hold the kind of power that even Ovitz could only dream about, chronicled today on the front page of…

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    Sharon Waxman

  • Ari Emanuel: Hollywood’s Next Don

    Rahm’s younger brother is vying to become the next industry strongman — but does he have the muscle?

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    Kim Masters

  • WME Entertainment Will Be Announced on Monday

    The William Morris-Endeavor merger, producing the new company named WME Entertainment, will be announced on Monday, according to an individual close to the situation. The William Morris board met on Tuesday afternoon this week to consider the merger; by Friday night the deal was done. The merger of the two talent agencies will create a new force…

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  • It’s Official: Wiatt and Wirtschafter Fess Up to Their Staff

    Now it’s official. William Morris head honchos Jim Wiatt and Dave Wirtschafter held a staff meeting on Thursday morning to acknowledge that it was true: all the smoke about a merger was because they’d been rubbing sticks together with Endeavor. It’s about time. “They said they were sorry they had not been more communicative, and…

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  • William Morris Merging With Endeavor? A Fact-Free Report

    William Morris is merging with Endeavor? I don’t think so. Hollywood’s agency row was on fire all afternoon with the publication of a remarkably fact-free story in The New York Times recycling the rumor that Endeavor was going to merge with the William Morris Agency. At least, that’s what the headline said. The story was…

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