Layoffs at talent agency Paradigm have hit employees of every rank, multiple sources told Variety — including top agents in music and motion picture and TV literature — as fallout from coronavirus continues to mount.
More than 100 agency staffers were pink-slipped last Friday, individuals familiar with the company said, among them music reps Dave Kaplan and Mike Mori.
Kaplan works with acts like the Black Keys and Father John Misty, and Mori handles bands including The 1975. In the TV lit department, longtime dealmaker Debbee Klein has been laid off, as has motion picture lit’s Adam Kanter, book agent Sally Wilcox, and five junior agents in lit and content, a division that services indie films and digital creators.
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