A tabloid scandal surrounding expertise agent Casey Wasserman is starting to have penalties for his company as information experiences point out that famous person Billie Eilish has left Wasserman Music for rival company William Morris Endeavor (WME).
In line with a Billboard report, Eilish and her brother, Finneas O’Connell, have signed with WME for touring and stay occasions worldwide.
Eilish and O’Connell had already been represented by WME for movie and TV.
“Whereas grateful to their former stay reserving brokers at Wasserman, Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell have opted to have movie, TV, and music dealt with by the identical company, WME, shifting ahead,” a consultant for the 2 artists informed Billboard.
The transfer comes following an August 1 report within the Every day Mail that described Casey Wasserman as a “serial cheater”. The Mail mentioned it had 11 unnamed sources for the report, “together with a few of [Wasserman’s] mistresses.”
The article described Wasserman as “the person behind such music greats as Coldplay and Ed Sheeran – and introduced Billie Eilish into his roster by buying music company Paradigm in 2021.”
In line with a report at Selection, citing three “top-level sources,” Eilish and her workforce have been “horrified” at being included within the article.
Two of those sources mentioned Eilish had “minimal private data” of Wasserman, as she was represented by Tom Windish, an agent who had begun working with the Ocean Eyes singer at Paradigm previous to Wasserman’s acquisition of its North American and UK companies in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
Sources additional informed Selection that Eilish wished to depart Wasserman instantly after the Every day Mail story broke, however the matter was sophisticated by her involvement within the Paris Olympics closing ceremony.
Casey Wasserman, grandson of the legendary expertise agent Lew Wasserman, additionally has a connection to the Olympics – he’s chairman of LA28, the committee organizing the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
A number of sources inside LA28 have been “vexed by the optics” of the Every day Mail report, Selection reported. A number of Wasserman workers are reportedly concerned in LA28, however a supply contained in the non-profit informed Selection that it gained’t be conducting an inside investigation over the Mail’s report.
Wasserman Music represents quite a few outstanding artists together with BLACKPINK, Blur, Calvin Harris, Coldplay, Drake and Kendrick Lamar.
At WME, Eilish might be becoming a member of a roster that features Adele, Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake, The Killers, Shakira and Snoop Dogg.Music Enterprise Worldwide
