The Town with Matthew Belloni
The Town with Matthew Belloni
The Ringer
Running a Major Talent Agency in 2025 With the New CEO of UTA
33 minutes Posted Jun 11, 2025 at 8:00 am.
Matt is joined by David Kramer, the new CEO of United Talent Agency, to discuss his new position, how the talent representation business has changed, industry challenges like the content slowdown, the transition from linear to streaming, labor unrest, AI, and the end of packaging. They also discuss whether private equity has been good or bad for the agency business and how the talent pay structure is changing
Matt finishes the show with an opening weekend box office prediction for ‘How to Train Your Dragon’
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Matt is joined by David Kramer, the new CEO of United Talent Agency, to discuss his new position, how the talent representation business has changed, industry challenges like the content slowdown, the transition from linear to streaming, labor unrest, AI, and the end of packaging. They also discuss whether private equity has been good or bad for the agency business and how the talent pay structure is changing (03:03). Matt finishes the show with an opening weekend box office prediction for ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ (26:47).
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Host: Matt Belloni Guest: David Kramer
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