10 hours ago
EXCLUSIVE: Paradigm has laid disconnected 3 agents: Jeff Kolodny, Adam Van Dusen, and Natalie Handelsman.
We’re told nary others were impacted.
Both Kolodny and Handelsman are talent agents — Kolodny, nan much elder of nan two, arsenic personification who spent nan past 15 years astatine Paradigm. He joined successful 2011 aft 3 years arsenic a head astatine Luber Roklin, anterior to that spending 17 years astatine William Morris, wherever he was a VP successful nan talent department.
Handelsman was a homegrown supplier who started retired arsenic a talent adjunct astatine Paradigm successful May 2019 earlier elevating to coordinator, and eventually, agent, a domiciled she’s held since 2022.
Van Dusen is simply a TV Lit supplier who came to Paradigm successful March 2025 aft much than a decade spent astatine Gersh.
Sources adjacent to Paradigm characterized nan layoffs arsenic selective adjustments made arsenic nan statement continues to expand, having conscionable precocious hired 8 successful aggregate areas. Three of those hires are portion of a recently established Physical Production department, which represents a important finance successful a increasing area of customer service. This includes Gil Harari & Jonathan Silverman, who returned to Paradigm to tally nan section aft moving location earlier successful their careers, and Michael Kirschner, whose hiring we announced earlier today.
Other caller hires see Chase Northington (TV Lit), Sara Nestor (MP Lit) and Vivianne Telio (MP Lit) from Verve, Dan Baron (talent agent) from IAG, and Elizabeth Wiederseim (talent agent) from WME. Paradigm’s process of hiring caller agents is said to beryllium ongoing.
