Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmThe upstart management company that Deadline revealed on August 23 would be launched by Pete Micelli with principal backing from hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen, now has a name — Range Media Partners — additional new backing through Microsoft CMO Mich Matthews-Spradlin and Grubhub founder/CEO Matt Maloney.
The company will launch with three more dealmakers who’ll become part owners along with the other agents transitioning to the manager side of the street.Sandra Kang from CAA Global Brands Group, CAA Foundation’s Rachel Kropa, and manager Byron Wetzel (a New York-based manager who has run Wetzel Entertainment Group and whose management clients include Michael Shannon) will round out the lineup of.
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