Instead, she's�calling those clients today and trying to take�them with�her to CAA. As a result, agencies who gave her clients�to manage are calling me spitting mad.�For instance, UTA reps Mosaic's TV biz and yet Blanchard today was phoning UTA clients to come with her to CAA. Before moving to�Jimmy Miller's Mosaic where she's been producing several projects,�Blanchard�had been a�TV lit agent and SVP at the old William Morris Agency and is now calling her former clients from there, too. Blanchard, who�wasn't supposed to start at CAA for another 3 weeks, already has 10�high level clients at the tenpercentery�including Amy Brenneman, Ed Redlich, Alexa Junge, Doug Petrie, and TV director Michael Dinner.�I've been hearing that�CAA wants�to widen its�writers / creators / showrunners list after what is well known to be several�"off" years packaging pilots and�down this year as well. Remember that movies are the glitz of the agency biz but TV is the cash cow. UPDATE: Ann Blanchard just told me: "I feel terrible about this reaction and of course want to make clear that I truly value my relationships with all the agencies. I'm in the process of calling�all the high-level agents I've worked with over the course of this weekend. ... Read More »
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Mosaic Manager Ann Blanchard Joining CAA
EXCLUSIVE (UPDATED BELOW): There's been no announcement yet. But Ann Blanchard is already being accused of breaking Hollywood protocol by not first informing those agents repping her Mosaic Media Group's TV management clients of�her change of employment.�Instead, she's�calling those clients today and trying to take�them with�her to CAA. As a result, agencies who gave her clients�to manage are calling me spitting mad.�For instance, UTA reps Mosaic's TV biz and yet Blanchard today was phoning UTA clients to come with her to CAA. Before moving to�Jimmy Miller's Mosaic where she's been producing several projects,�Blanchard�had been a�TV lit agent and SVP at the old William Morris Agency and is now calling her former clients from there, too. Blanchard, who�wasn't supposed to start at CAA for another 3 weeks, already has 10�high level clients at the tenpercentery�including Amy Brenneman, Ed Redlich, Alexa Junge, Doug Petrie, and TV director Michael Dinner.�I've been hearing that�CAA wants�to widen its�writers / creators / showrunners list after what is well known to be several�"off" years packaging pilots and�down this year as well. Remember that movies are the glitz of the agency biz but TV is the cash cow. UPDATE: Ann Blanchard just told me: "I feel terrible about this reaction and of course want to make clear that I truly value my relationships with all the agencies. I'm in the process of calling�all the high-level agents I've worked with over the course of this weekend. ... Read More »
Instead, she's�calling those clients today and trying to take�them with�her to CAA. As a result, agencies who gave her clients�to manage are calling me spitting mad.�For instance, UTA reps Mosaic's TV biz and yet Blanchard today was phoning UTA clients to come with her to CAA. Before moving to�Jimmy Miller's Mosaic where she's been producing several projects,�Blanchard�had been a�TV lit agent and SVP at the old William Morris Agency and is now calling her former clients from there, too. Blanchard, who�wasn't supposed to start at CAA for another 3 weeks, already has 10�high level clients at the tenpercentery�including Amy Brenneman, Ed Redlich, Alexa Junge, Doug Petrie, and TV director Michael Dinner.�I've been hearing that�CAA wants�to widen its�writers / creators / showrunners list after what is well known to be several�"off" years packaging pilots and�down this year as well. Remember that movies are the glitz of the agency biz but TV is the cash cow. UPDATE: Ann Blanchard just told me: "I feel terrible about this reaction and of course want to make clear that I truly value my relationships with all the agencies. I'm in the process of calling�all the high-level agents I've worked with over the course of this weekend. ... Read More »
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