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What you should know about Hollywood's controversial new financier latimes.com/entertainment-…
In 2013 Cohen’s once-powerful firm, SAC Capital Advisors, pleaded guilty to a criminal indictment and paid a record $1.8-billion settlement.

Now, Cohen’s name has been thrust into the Hollywood limelight. Here's why ⬇️ latimes.com/entertainment-…
Cohen’s venture fund, Point72 Ventures, is helping to bankroll a new L.A.-based firm, Range Media Partners.

The company will be run by a cadre of agents from the big three agencies, CAA, WME and UTA, and aims to upend the representation business latimes.com/entertainment-…
Range’s business model: to create companies around celebrities in the mold of Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, whereby Range Media would own 1/3, the celebrity another third & a third-party investor raising $5-7M per star would take the remaining third latimes.com/entertainment-…
Range Media represents a major shift in the talent business that hasn’t seen a significant shakeup since 1995 — when Ari Emanuel and 3 of his fellow ICM agents defected from ICM in a midnight raid to launch Endeavor latimes.com/entertainment-…
Cohen, who did not respond to requests for comment, is said to be injecting upwards of $25 million for a 30% stake in the new firm, according to @thr
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The launch comes amid a wide range of blows in the talent business.

More on that here: latimes.com/entertainment-…
And the pandemic's forced TV and film production shutdowns while live shows have been canceled or postponed.

Talent agencies including WME, CAA, UTA and ICM Partners have experienced layoffs, furloughs, hour reductions or salary cuts latimes.com/projects/calif…
In a 20-page pitch deck to investors reviewed by The Times, Range Media Partners heralded itself as “the next revolution in media.”

Read on for more about the company and Cohen, as he takes on Hollywood. 🖊️: @StacyPerman, @thewendylee latimes.com/entertainment-…
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