CNN’s Laura Coates Jumps to CAA After UTA Exit (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comBrian Steinberg Senior TV Editor CNN anchor Laura Coates has moved to CAA for representation, a move that could signal a new era of influence for the talent-agency giant at the Warner Bros.
Discovery-backed news outlet. In a broad overhaul of CNN’s schedule, Coates was recently named to anchor a new 11 p.m. hour at CNN, “Laura Coates Live,” where she will follow Abby Philip, who will hold forth at 10.
CAA also represents Erin Burnett, who anchors CNN’s 7 p.m. hour. All told, CAA will represent two of five of the anchors who appear during CNN’s schedule between 7 p.m.
to midnight., which usually represent some of the network’s most-watched hours. In years past, that distinction was held by rival agency UTA, which represents Anderson Cooper, Jake Tapper, Don Lemon and Alisyn Camerota.
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