{"id":560114,"date":"2023-03-06T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/caa-break-away-primary-talent-exits-to-go-indie\/"},"modified":"2023-03-06T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T14:30:00","slug":"caa-break-away-primary-talent-exits-to-go-indie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/caa-break-away-primary-talent-exits-to-go-indie\/","title":{"rendered":"#CAA Break Away: Primary Talent Exits to Go Indie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a350ee77204d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a350ee77204d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/caa-break-away-primary-talent-exits-to-go-indie\/#CAA_Break_Away_Primary_Talent_Exits_to_Go_Indie\" >CAA Break Away: Primary Talent Exits to Go Indie<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CAA_Break_Away_Primary_Talent_Exits_to_Go_Indie\"><\/span>CAA Break Away: Primary Talent Exits to Go Indie<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    After closing a deal valued at $750 million to acquire its rival ICM Partners last June, the pieces of Creative Artists Agency\u2019s me<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>rger are shaking out for Hollywood\u2019s representation landscape. In the latest move, an ICM-owned talent agency is now breaking away after making a buyout offer to the Century City-based giant. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Primary Talent International, the U.K.-based music agency founded in 1990 and acquired by ICM just before the shuttering of major events and productions in March 2020, is exiting CAA and reestablishing itself under independent ownership, the firm said March 6. Nearly 460 clients, including The 1975, The Cure, Lana Del Rey, Noel Gallagher, Ziggy Marley, Mitski and Patti Smith will be staying with the newly independent Primary and leaving the CAA fold. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Primary Talent had been run as an indie agency until it was sn<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed up by ICM with an eye toward bolstering ICM\u2019s international touring business. That deal was unveiled right as the pandemic disrupted the touring industry, which is finally starting to recover. (On Feb. 28, the publicly traded Endeavor, owner of agencies WME and IMG, pointed to demand for live entertainment, music and comedy tours as having driven revenue at its representation business for its most recent quarter.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Under ICM ownership the past three years, the London-based Primary Talent, led by CEO Matt Bates, operated under its own banner (as opposed to being absorbed by ICM Music) and had kept its own operations and website. The agency kept running independently even after CAA\u2019s leaders, Bryan Lourd, Richard Lovett and Kevin Huvane, closed its deal for ICM after going through a monthslong antitrust regulatory review by the Department of Justice. Since the merger closed, and even before the ink was dry on the deal, some ICM agents had decamped to boutique firms or exited to work at management firms. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Bates will keep leading Primary Talent in its new era and ICM founding partner Rick Levy will serve as senior advisor. The firm won\u2019t take on any outside financing as it sets a new course. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    As part of the move, agents Laetitia Descouens, Sally Dunstone, Martje Kremers and Ed Sellers will be elevated to partner at the indie firm, which will have 35 employees at launch. (The combined CAA-ICM now has some 3,500 staffers.) Ben Winchester will be joining the board of Primary and former ICM agent Simon Clarkson, who led electronic music representation at the agency, will be moving to the indie firm. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cThe pandemic changed the landscape of the music touring business, and we felt it was beneficial to return to our roots as the UK\u2019s largest independent music talent agency,\u201d stated CEO Bates. \u201cIn this new incarnation, Primary will be even better positioned to support the evolving careers of our artists and guide them wherever needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n!function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return;\nn = f.fbq = function() {n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);};\nif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n;\nn.loaded = !0;\nn.version = '2.0';\nn.queue = [];\nt = b.createElement(e);\nt.async = !0;\nt.src = v;\ns = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '352999048212581');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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