Endeavor Group Holdings CEO Ari Emanuel dismissed the recently announced acquisition of ICM Partners by CAA as “the type of merger we did 10 years ago.”During an appearance at an online conference hosted by investment bank UBS, Emanuel said his company competes with CAA primarily in film, TV and music. “When we saw where the world was heading” in 2009, he recalled, Endeavor pulled off a stunning takeover of the much larger William Morris Agency, creating WME.
Since then, Emanuel said, the company has fortified its ranks “significantly” with a number of smaller representation deals, bringing aboard boutiques like the Harry Walker Agency as well as sports and comedy holdings.Asked by moderator and UBS media analyst John Hodulik if he
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