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🎥 Tune-in to AvA LIVE today at 12:30pm PT as we announce April’s Assistants of the Month!
Plus hear from MrBeast’s OG manager, the brains behind Dear Media, the man who has launched reality TV’s biggest shows, and a Partner @ UTA who has an incredible story about signing Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg as teenagers.
📝 Spirit saved by TikTok? Live Nation coughed up $450 million for their recent trial. Disney shares their 3 new pillars going forward. Spotify debuts new verification system against AI, and more.
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Before we begin…. SHE IS THE MOMENTTTTT:
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🎙️ Blair Kohan - Partner, Board Member & Motion Picture Agent at United Talent Agency (Reps Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Paul Rudd, Adam Scott, Julia Garner, and more)
🎙️ Clay Newbill - Executive Producer & Showrunner of Shark Tank ABC (Produced Real World, Road Rules, Making the Band, The Bachelor/Bachelorette & more).
🎙️ Michael Bosstick - Founder & CEO of Dear Media (Built a media empire & hosts The Bossticks with his wife Lauryn Bosstick)
🎙️ Reed Duchscher - Founder & CEO at Night (Signed MrBeast in 2018 and now reps Kai Cenat among many others)
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⭐ Spirit Airlines Saved by TikTok?
In one of the wildest stories you’ll see today, a 22 year old voice actor Hunter Peterson launched a now-viral TikTok turned crowdfunding campaign to buy Spirit Airlines. Yes that Spirit Airlines that went bankrupt and abruptly canceled all flights effective immediately.
They’ve raised an absurd $437M of the $1.75B they are aiming for via 512,347 pledgers. Maybe the internet can do some good after all..
Also…
⭐ The box office is on pace for $4B this summer, shaping up to be “one of the best of all time”
⭐ Spencer Pratt dropped a weird AI campaign ad trolling Newsom and Karen Bass.
Can’t we just have some normal candidates and precedented times plzzzz
⭐ Live Nation racked up $450 million in legal charges from their recent trial, but managed to still grow revenues by 12% to $3.79 billion
FYI: Live Nation as a whole brings in about $50 million per day on average, so the legal fees amounted to roughly 9 days of operating
⭐ Spotify introduces a new verification badge that confirms if an artist’s project was made by AI
⭐ Disney is going Immersive Interactive Mode?
CEO Josh D’Amaro said on Wednesday that Disney+ will become Disney’s main fan hub, tying together streaming, sports, games, shopping and parks.
“we are focused on making the platform more engaging, more personalized”
This comes right after Netflix announced TikTok style videos in its app 👀
The time spent war is in full swing everyone is battling Youtube
⭐ Primary Wave raised $2.23 billion in its latest fund to continue buying music rights, coming off the back of their acquisition of Kobalt earlier this year
⭐ Electronic Arts partnered with VISA for a multi-year in game integration to ‘EA Sports FC’ and ‘College Football’
⭐ Disney managed to increase revenues by 7% in a tough market under the guidance of their new CEO, who also shared the 3 pillars of the company’s new strategy
Investing in IP and creativity that breaks through, builds connections, and endures
Reaching more consumers in more seamless, engaging ways around the world
Using advanced technologies to power our storytelling
⭐ Additional Quarterly Earnings:
Paramount Skydance’s revenue rose by 2%, yet their most profitable sector, TV, was down 6%
Universal Music Group posted a revenue increase of 8.1%, with their acquisition of Downtown making a notable difference across the board
YouTube Music & Premium tallied their ‘largest quarterly increase in the total number of non-trial subscribers’ since launching
Our new job board features 180+ early career roles in Entertainment, including:
💼 Executive Assistant - Disney - Apply Here
💼 Communications Assistant - CAA - Apply Here
💼 Editorial Assistant - Condé Nast - Apply Here
💼 Coordinator, Brand Solutions - Sony Pictures - Apply Here
💼 Creator Partnerships Coordinator - Tubi - Apply Here
💼 Assistant to Digital Agent - Gersh - Apply Here
💼 Thumbnail Designer - MrBeast - Apply Here
💼 Strategic Partnerships - NBCUniversal - Apply Here
💼 Ticketing Operations Assistant - UTA - Apply Here
💼 Service Desk Manager - AEG - Apply Here
💼 Content Strategy & Acquisitions - AMC - Apply Here
💼 People Acquisition Coordinator - Madison Square Garden - Apply Here
💼 Digital Marketing Manager (Hip-Hop & R&B) - BMG - Apply Here
💼 Audience Development Manager (Temp) - Universal Music - Apply Here
💼 Video Producer - Hearst - Apply Here
💼 Account Coordinator (Brand) - Create Music Group- Apply Here
💼 Comedy Touring Rotational Assistant - WME - Apply Here
💼 Marketing Manager (Trading Cards) - Complex NTWRK - Apply Here
🎒 Brand Marketing Intern - STARZ - Apply Here
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