KMR SVP Jed Abrahams Resigns After Agency Suspends Franchise With SAG-AFTRA
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: The fallout from KMR Talent’s growing problems with client payment that culminated with the agency on Friday suspending its SAG-AFTRA franchise, continues.
One of KMR’s top agents, Jed Abrahams, today resigned from his post as SVP and head of the agency’s New York office. He announced his departure in an email to colleagues, clients and friends, a copy of which was obtained by Deadline. “My beloved NY colleagues and I stand together in our profound disappointment and melancholy,” he wrote in the email. “It has been demoralizing as we powerlessly watched the unfolding of recent events and the consequent challenges now confronting so many we treasure.” KMR owner and President Mark Measures on Friday sent a letter to SAG-AFTRA, informing them of the decision to inactive the agency’s franchise.
The move, which would not allow any guild member to work with KMR agents during the suspension, is said to have come as a surprise to many reps at the agency.
In his email, Abrahams noted that “as per Mark Measures, KMR remains open” amid swirling speculation on social media over the weekend that the agency’s suspension of operations may be permanent.
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