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Typing in to you 24 hours into my first vacation in a year down in Puerto Vallarta. Oh wait there’s a category 4 hurricane coming. There’s a metaphor here about how it feels to work in Entertainment when you finally get a moment to relax and your inbox isn’t insane and then a hurricane (request from your boss) rolls in.
Sooo we took a BIG swing hosting our first live show in LA at the Wiltern trying to sell 750 tix. AND YOU ALL DELIVERED HOLY HELL. We have 100 tix left for our live show and networking event on the 18th. Thank you all for the huge amount of support.
Our next surprise guest is… Thai Randolph, Founder & CEO of NILE & Co.!
She most recently served as Co-Founder, board member and CEO of HARTBEAT where she led the deal that merged Kevin Hart’s two entertainment companies, raising $100M in what was one of the biggest ever fund raises led by a Black woman in the U.S.
Other panelists include:
⭐ Andrew Miller, Scripted TV Agent at CAA
⭐ Antonio Hairston, VP of Recruiting at WME
⭐ Colin Lewis, Global Tour Promoter at Live Nation
⭐ Ron Laffitte, Founder & President of Laffitte Management Group
⭐ Sasha Rincón Camacho, VP of Tour Marketing at Live Nation
⭐ Terra Potts, CMO & COO at Proximity Media
2 more big announcements next week..
Disney+ is co-broadcasting the Super Bowl with ABC and ESPN for the first time in 20 years…
The streamer also is hosting New Years Rockin Eve for the first time ever, the Golden State Valkyries become the first women’s sports team with an annual revenue over $100 million, A+E Global Media and Lifetime make a major bet on vertical microdramas, Walmart buys a pair of advertising companies, and Alex Warren hosts the Kids’ Choice Awards for the show’s first time on CBS.
🎉 In NYC?? Our friends at Ghost Rocket are celebrating their 15th anniversary on Wednesday October 14th with an exclusive industry party featuring live music from breakthrough artists and an open bar. Come connect with fellow industry friends & the creative community! RSVP HERE
AvA Job Board
💼 Looking for open Entertainment jobs? Today we highlight jobs from Skydance, Gagosian, UTA & Morning Brew. Scroll to the bottom of this email, or visit our Job Board, which now has 220+ early career Entertainment roles.
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My biggest problem with people trying to work with creators is treating them (us) like an asset. So many funds, companies, studios, streamers are entering the space that way vs. seeing creators as partners. When Live Nation announced they were funding a company in the creator space I wasn’t all in. So I had the co-founders of the company Alexis and Scott Fisher on AvA LIVE to see if they could change my mind.
Not to ~glaze~ but hearing this from an exec in the space was pretty refreshing:
I genuinely don't think exclusivity, or owning someone, or a blanket approach is beneficial to the teams or their creators.
Alexis Fisher, Co-Founder of Creator Nation
and Scott… we are aligned:
We've been hearing it's a bubble for 15 years. I remember literally managing a YouTuber back in the day and people telling me, ‘That's not a real thing. It's a bubble.’ And the bubble continues to grow. At a certain point, it's all just going to become entertainment.
Scott Fisher, Co-Founder of Creator Nation
Go watch the full episode. It would mean a lot to subscribe to our channel thankssss.
🪄 Disney+ and ABC join ESPN as the broadcasters for Super Bowl 61… marking the first time in two decades for both platforms to stream the big game.
Disney+ will also be co-hosting ‘New Years Rockin’ Eve,’ as CEO Josh D’Amaro sets a big declaration of intent wanting Disney+ to be the digital centerpiece of the company.
🏀 The Golden State Valkyries became the first women’s sports team to cross $100 million in annual revenue in just their 2nd year of existence.
📽️ A+E Global Media & Lifetime make a major bet on vertical microdramas by announcing over 200 new shows and calling them ‘the most dynamic and exciting areas of growth in entertainment.‘
🛒 Walmart is quietly entering the streaming ads business (as quietly as an $800 billion company can) Two years after buying Vizio ($2.3B) and two months after closing on adtech firm Vibe.co (reportedly $1.4B), Walmart Connect is now pitching itself as a streaming ad business. It struck partnerships with Spotify, Yahoo, and Warner Bros. Discovery, and Vizio is producing full TV shows built around Walmart products.
Translation: there’s a new buyer for branded content
🎤 Alex Warren is set to host the Kids Choice Awards for their first time ever on CBS.
Every week we drop our favorite podcast and book recs. This week, both at once?
Comedian Taylor Tomlinson joined Overheard Book Club. Can you guess her favorite book? Spoiler: it’s Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus, which she bought as an adult.
Honorable mentions include A Wrinkle in Time, which made her want to be a writer before she became a comedian, and Amy Poehler’s Yes Please (iconic).
Another amazing conversation facilitated by the team at Central Talent Booking.
Xbox created a whole new division focused on TV and Film adaptations. It is titled ‘XP’ for ‘Experience Points’ and will be led by Kayleen Walters, the current Head of the Minecraft studio Mojang.
Netflix and their Marketing & Publicity VP Pam Levine have parted ways after less than 2 years with no specified reason. Probably some tea there but I digress.
NBCUniversal promoted Chris Wayland to their new President of Local, succeeding Valari Staab as she is set to retire after 15 years with the company.
Let’s end on a weird one:
Warner Bros. Discovery’s President of International has left the company to pursue politics in Austria.
Our new job board features 220+ early career roles in Entertainment, including:
💼 Executive Assistant (Design)- Skydance - Apply Here
💼 Coordinator, Social Content - Creator Nation - Apply Here
💼 Entertainment Coordinator - NBCUniversal - Apply Here
💼 Social Content Producer - Creator Nation - Apply Here
💼 Assistant to Director + Sales - Gagosian - Apply Here
💼 Markets Creator - Morning Brew - Apply Here
💼 Marketing & Communications - Creator Nation - Apply Here
💼 Talent - Night - Apply Here
💼 Events - Starz - Apply Here
💼 Sample Clearance - Sony Publishing - Apply Here
💼 Speakers Coordinator - CAA - Apply Here
💼 Marketing - Legends Global - Apply Here
💼 Participations Manager - Lionsgate - Apply Here
💼 Global Operations - UTA - Apply Here
💼 Legal Assistant - Live Nation - Apply Here
💼 Scripted Programming - AMC - Apply Here
💼 Business Development - Disney - Apply Here
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