APA Ramps Up Touring Division With Six Promotions (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comThania Garcia Following CAA’s $750 million acquisition of ICM Partners last July, APA has been tactically making changes to its own leadership teams.
The music industry’s rapid growth in touring has led the agency to readjust focus — upping fresh agents in top positions and encouraging seasoned execs with illustrious rosters to take up roles as mentors to lead their live entertainment division to new heights. “As APA grows, so do the needs of our clients,” says Becca Wilson, one of the six new promotees in APA’s touring division. “The entrepreneurial spirit at APA has fostered an environment that gives young talent the opportunity to blossom and further their careers.
I can confidently say this is not a place where agents get lost in the shuffle,” Wilson tells Variety. APA has also upped Jon Moss and Griffin Perkiel to agents, and Paul O’Loughlin, Max Rosenfield and Nina Swint to coordinators in the music department — all in an effort to move and shake the budding agency’s reach in artist and talent development.
The six move in just as APA has hired a slate of senior music agents who have elevated APA’s widening roster; Mitch Blackman, Mike Hayes and Chris Smith from ICM, Steve Kaul from CAA and Jeremy Holgersen from UTA, as well as Josh Lanham and Sam Sauerhaft, who came over to handle comedy touring from ICM and from management, respectively.
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