Elizabeth Newman Joins Literate Management & Production Company As Partner
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Former Disney TV studio executive and CAA agent Elizabeth Newman has joined Literate as its first new partner since the television-focused boutique management and production company was launched in early 2018 by founding partners A.B.
Fischer and Dennis Kim. With her background in television, publishing and book adaptations, Newman will manage a curated roster of film & TV writer/showrunners and will expand Literate’s business in representing screen rights for intellectual property creators, rightsholders, and estates.
She also will work with authors, journalists, and playwrights transitioning to Hollywood. This marks a return to representation for Newman who started her entertainment career at CAA.
During her nearly 15-year tenure, she was a TV Literary & Media Rights agent, representing TV writer/creators, showrunners, producers, directors, and intellectual property, brokering major rights deals on behalf of bestselling authors such as Anne Rice and James Patterson.
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