Paradigm Permanently Lays Off 180 Staffers

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorJust days after President Donald Trump and dozens of officials close to him tested positive for coronavirus, Governor Gavin Newsom revealed on Wednesday that two staffers in his office have been infected.Those infected were an intern and a staffer at one of the state’s agencies. He promised to “Both individuals not working directly our office but in the governor’s office,” said Newsom, but in his extended staff in the capitol.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorUTA said Tuesday that it has hired music agents Jeffrey Hasson and Matt Meyer, who both had been at Paradigm. Hasson will join the leadership of the agency’s Nashville office, while Meyer will be based in Los Angeles.The latest moves in UTA Music’s ranks come less than two weeks after former WME Head of East Coast Music Samantha Kirby Yoh joined as co-head.

straight to your inboxManchester City defender Tosin Adarabioyo has joined Fulham in a permanent transfer on deadline day. Announced nearly an hour after the window closed, Adarabioyo has put pen to paper on a three-year deal at Craven Cottage, with Fulham holding the option for a further 12 months.

straight to your inbox Tosin Adarabioyo is set to complete a permanent move away from Manchester City on deadline day, with West Ham and Fulham interested. The deal would have to be completed before the 11pm deadline given it is between Premier League clubs but there is confidence that it can be sorted in time.

Disney is announcing some major decisions.

FarmVille will be closing down permanently this December.FarmVille, which had grown to become a popular Facebook game over the years, will be inaccessible after December 31.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVVeteran youth talent agent Wendi Green, who spent the last nine years at Paradigm, is segueing to management. She has joined Atlas Artists, a subsidiary of Charles Roven’s Atlas Entertainment, as a talent manager to boost the company’s representation in the youth space.

permanent makeup. But if she had been, she would probably be nodding to the seamless work of cosmetic artist Dominique Bossavy.

straight to your inboxManchester City striker Nabil Touaizi has joined Espanyol in a permanent transfer. The 19-year-old has joined the La Liga Segunda division side on a four-year deal, returning to Spain after nearly three years at City.

After the Coronavirus crisis devastated the music touring business and left creators with an uncertain future, former Paradigm agents Patrick McAuliff and Phil Egenthal and ex-William Morris Endeavor agent C. J.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorC.J. Strock, formerly of William Morris Endeavor, joins Patrick McAuliff and Phil Egenthal, formerly of Paradigm Talent Agency to form Mint Talent Group, the new company announced early Tuesday.

Dave McNary Film ReporterParadigm has permanently laid off 180 of its 600 employees, six months after those agency staffers were temporarily laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Paradigm chairman and CEO Sam Gores announced the move in a memo to staff.“With disappointment and sadness, today we have informed the temporarily laid off employees whom we have not been able to reinstate that they will be transitioned to permanent layoff,” Gores said on Thursday.“As you know, over the last six

The Los Angeles Times previously reported back in March that approximately 250 staffers were furloughed.“With disappointment and sadness, today we have informed the temporarily laid off employees whom we have not been able to reinstate that they will be transitioned to permanent layoff,” Gores said in part in a note obtained by TheWrap.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmBREAKING: Ouch. Paradigm held a conference call this morning where its head of HR told the agency that upwards of 180 employees — mostly operation and administrative, we’re told — had gone from temporarily laid off to permanently exited from the company.

A3 Artists Agency has added another four former Paradigm Talent Agency execs to its ranks, including Valarie Phillips as partner and co-head of its motion pictures literary division. The Hollywood talent and literary agency has also hired Martin Spencer as an agent in the film literary division, and boarded Antoni Kaczmarek and Kasey Muraszko as agents in its TV literary department.

If Kim Kardashian is going to make a statement by leaving social media, Piers Morgan would prefer she left for good.

Cat Deeley is back in the UK after 14 years living in LA and she has moved into a wonderful family home.The former children's presenter has carved out a career in the States hosting So You Think You Can Dance, but decided it was time to bring her two sons Milo, four and James, two, she shares with husband Patrick Kielty, back to London.

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