Almost nine months to the day after the surprise Deadline scoop that CAA would acquire ICM Partners, the deal finally got government approval and closed. This creates a mega agency in the biggest linkup in the space since the Wma-Endeavor merger. Sources close to the situation said the Department of Justice finally approved the deal late last night or this morning, and it closed. It is valued around 750 million, and a combined enterprise value around 5 billion. The merged company’s leadership is expected to address staff at a town hall Thursday, with the newly combined departments set to begin their integration process with get-togethers on July 11, we hear.
First, though, comes the pain.
Around 105 positions will be eliminated, all from ICM, and coming from all areas. There will be 425 ICM agents and staffers from the agency joining CAA, meaning around 80 will be retained by CAA. These conversations will happen quickly.
First, though, comes the pain.
Around 105 positions will be eliminated, all from ICM, and coming from all areas. There will be 425 ICM agents and staffers from the agency joining CAA, meaning around 80 will be retained by CAA. These conversations will happen quickly.
- 6/28/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva and Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
The steady trickle of agents leaving ICM Partners over the past nine months has grown into a stream in the last week, with dozens of reps making inquiries to other agencies and management companies as they mull their future ahead of the pending Department of Justice ruling on ICM’s proposed acquisition by CAA.
With the merger decision expected in the next couple of weeks, the prospect of ICM staff moving to CAA has become real, and so have the invites to join the combined agency after months of hints and winks. While no hiring/layoff decisions can be made while the regulatory approval process is ongoing, by now everyone knows where they stand. Staff reductions are an inevitable byproduct of any merger, and with the proceedings dragging on for so long, a number of ICM agents already left for other jobs ahead of the deal close — either because they...
With the merger decision expected in the next couple of weeks, the prospect of ICM staff moving to CAA has become real, and so have the invites to join the combined agency after months of hints and winks. While no hiring/layoff decisions can be made while the regulatory approval process is ongoing, by now everyone knows where they stand. Staff reductions are an inevitable byproduct of any merger, and with the proceedings dragging on for so long, a number of ICM agents already left for other jobs ahead of the deal close — either because they...
- 6/17/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Agent Josh Rahm is set to join Verve sources tell Deadline. The former ICM Partners agent will join Verve’s Talent Department which has nearly quadrupled in size in recent months following the news former WME agent Sean Grumman would head up the department. Rahm joins former ICM Partners colleague, talent agent Jr Ringer as well, both bringing a roster of up and coming clientele, including Charlotte Hope, Keean Johnson, Evin Ahmad, Ruairi O’Connor, Tadanobu Asano Ludi Lin and Jorge Lendeborg Jr with more announcements to come.
“I’m proud to be joining the team at Verve and to work with likeminded colleagues who believe in artist first representation. The energy and creativity within the walls here is palpable and I’m thrilled to be a part of further building out the talent business at Verve,” said Rahm.
Prior to ICM, Rahm spent a decade at CAA, working within the talent and lit departments,...
“I’m proud to be joining the team at Verve and to work with likeminded colleagues who believe in artist first representation. The energy and creativity within the walls here is palpable and I’m thrilled to be a part of further building out the talent business at Verve,” said Rahm.
Prior to ICM, Rahm spent a decade at CAA, working within the talent and lit departments,...
- 3/14/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The start of a new year is often associated with personnel changes and job switches. That is the case with three ICM Partners agents, Jr Ringer, Kevin Hussey & Brett Pacis, who are leaving but staying in the representation business with new gigs.
I hear talent agent Jr Ringer is joining Verve’s talent team led by Sean Grumman. Fellow talent agency Hussey is in negotiations to join management firm Range Media Partners, sources said. Corporate representation agent Pacis is believed to be headed to UTA. Deadline will do followups when Ringer, Hussey and Pacis officially land at their new places with details about the clients they would be bringing with them.
The moves come as CAA is awaiting regulatory approval for its proposed acquisition of ICM. Mergers always bring about uncertainty and high levels of anxiety, with some not willing to wait and see where they fall in the...
I hear talent agent Jr Ringer is joining Verve’s talent team led by Sean Grumman. Fellow talent agency Hussey is in negotiations to join management firm Range Media Partners, sources said. Corporate representation agent Pacis is believed to be headed to UTA. Deadline will do followups when Ringer, Hussey and Pacis officially land at their new places with details about the clients they would be bringing with them.
The moves come as CAA is awaiting regulatory approval for its proposed acquisition of ICM. Mergers always bring about uncertainty and high levels of anxiety, with some not willing to wait and see where they fall in the...
- 1/4/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated, with details and statement from ICM Partners: A long-in-the-works exposé in the Los Angeles Times by reporter Wendy Lee is up on the paper’s website. The crux of the story is to question the agency’s commitment to diversity and whether a toxic male culture and discrimination continues, despite public pledges to the contrary.
According to the article, “more than 30 former and current ICM employees said in interviews that the company tolerated a hostile work environment, where women and people of color were subjected to harassment, bullying and other inappropriate conduct. Since 2017, nearly a dozen women reported allegations of mistreatment by male agents and managers company wide to ICM Partners’ human resources department or senior leaders, according to interviews with the women and those with direct knowledge of the incidents.”
The agency gave specific denials on most of the allegations made against numerous agents. Some of the...
According to the article, “more than 30 former and current ICM employees said in interviews that the company tolerated a hostile work environment, where women and people of color were subjected to harassment, bullying and other inappropriate conduct. Since 2017, nearly a dozen women reported allegations of mistreatment by male agents and managers company wide to ICM Partners’ human resources department or senior leaders, according to interviews with the women and those with direct knowledge of the incidents.”
The agency gave specific denials on most of the allegations made against numerous agents. Some of the...
- 5/5/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Agency responds to claims of inappropriate conduct, sexual harassment, bullying.
ICM Partners has become the subject of an LA Times exposé in which more than 30 current and former agency employees said the agency tolerated a hostile workplace culture.
The report cites sexual harassment, bullying and inappropriate behaviour towards women and people of colour, and would appear to contradict the ethos underpinning the ‘50/50 By 2020’ parity pledge pertaining to leadership roles announced several years ago.
One specific allegation claimed partner Steve Alexander exposed himself in a car to a female film finance executive. The article said the executive reported the matter...
ICM Partners has become the subject of an LA Times exposé in which more than 30 current and former agency employees said the agency tolerated a hostile workplace culture.
The report cites sexual harassment, bullying and inappropriate behaviour towards women and people of colour, and would appear to contradict the ethos underpinning the ‘50/50 By 2020’ parity pledge pertaining to leadership roles announced several years ago.
One specific allegation claimed partner Steve Alexander exposed himself in a car to a female film finance executive. The article said the executive reported the matter...
- 5/5/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
30-plus former and current staffers at top Hollywood agency speak out in L.A. Times exposé
Hollywood talent agency ICM Partners was the subject of a blistering L.A. Times exposé on Wednesday in which 30 former and current employees detailed accusations of sexual harassment and workplace misconduct particularly against female employees and people of color.
According to the individuals who spoke to the Times, ICM has tolerated what one former assistant called an “insane” environment in which some employees were harassed, bullied or subjected to other inappropriate behavior.
Some incidents involving top agents and managers have led to disciplinary action, compensation packages and nondisclosure agreements, the Times reported.
In one reported case, a female finance executive from outside ICM accused agency partner Steve Alexander of exposing himself to her in a car in 2016; Alexander, who was placed on leave, has denied the accusation. In another incident, a female actress client...
Hollywood talent agency ICM Partners was the subject of a blistering L.A. Times exposé on Wednesday in which 30 former and current employees detailed accusations of sexual harassment and workplace misconduct particularly against female employees and people of color.
According to the individuals who spoke to the Times, ICM has tolerated what one former assistant called an “insane” environment in which some employees were harassed, bullied or subjected to other inappropriate behavior.
Some incidents involving top agents and managers have led to disciplinary action, compensation packages and nondisclosure agreements, the Times reported.
In one reported case, a female finance executive from outside ICM accused agency partner Steve Alexander of exposing himself to her in a car in 2016; Alexander, who was placed on leave, has denied the accusation. In another incident, a female actress client...
- 5/5/2021
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Writer-director Mark Gill is set to bring the life of legendary Japanese photographer Masahisa Fukase to the big screen with Ravens (The Many Deaths of Masahisa Fukase). Filming is set to begin in Japan in the spring of 2022.
Ravens marks the sophomore feature for the Oscar and BAFTA-nominated Gill and will star Tadanobu Asano in the role of the iconic photographer. Asano can be seen in the forthcoming Mortal Kombat feature as Raiden. He also appeared in Marvel Studios’ Thor franchise as Hogun and in Japanese classics such as Ichi the Killer and The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi.
Ravens centers on the tragic love story between Fukase and his charismatic then-wife Yoko, who will be played by up and comer Kumi Takiuchi. The actress has also appeared in Berlinale’s Panorama-selected A Balance. In addition, Toby Kebbell joins the cast...
Ravens marks the sophomore feature for the Oscar and BAFTA-nominated Gill and will star Tadanobu Asano in the role of the iconic photographer. Asano can be seen in the forthcoming Mortal Kombat feature as Raiden. He also appeared in Marvel Studios’ Thor franchise as Hogun and in Japanese classics such as Ichi the Killer and The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi.
Ravens centers on the tragic love story between Fukase and his charismatic then-wife Yoko, who will be played by up and comer Kumi Takiuchi. The actress has also appeared in Berlinale’s Panorama-selected A Balance. In addition, Toby Kebbell joins the cast...
- 3/30/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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