Who Got PPP Loans? List Shows Hollywood Talent Agencies, Law Firms, SAG-AFTRA And Kanye West’s Clothing Brand Among Recipients Of COVID-19 Relief
Ted Johnson Hollywood talent agencies, law firms and production companies were among the recipients of loans under the Paycheck Protection Program, the massive program put in place by Congress to try to carry businesses and their employees through the COVID-19 crisis.Among the recipients of seven-figure loans were talent agencies Agency for the Performing Arts and The Gersh Agency, as well as law firms including Glaser, Weil and Greenberg, Glusker, and accounting firm Green Hasson Janks.The list, disclosed by the Small Business Association on Monday, shows that a cross section of the entertainment industry drew on the funds as the mass shutdown halted production, closed movie theaters and Broadway and shuttered theme parks.