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EXCLUSIVE: Untitled Entertainment has acquired Emily Gerson Saines’ Brookside Artist Management, nan institution Gerson Saines founded successful 1998 and has tally ever since. Brookside, a uncommon all-women practice firm, will beryllium afloat integrated into Untitled, pinch Gerson Saines joining arsenic a partner successful nan New York agency and Brookside’s 2 managers Laura Wilkinson and Tess Citron besides making nan move to nan caller company.
As portion of nan acquisition, transitioning to Untitled is Brookside’s afloat customer roster, including Kieran Culkin, Macaulay Culkin, Daveed Diggs, David Krumholtz, Cynthia Nixon, Brenda Song, Sebastian Stan, Grace Van Patten, and Vanessa Williams, among others.
A seasoned talent representative, Gerson Saines began her profession astatine CAA and served arsenic a vice president astatine nan William Morris Agency earlier switching to guidance pinch nan motorboat of Brookside Artist Management successful 1998. She executive produced HBO’s Temple Grandin, sharing successful its Outstanding Made for Television Movie Emmy and Peabody awards, arsenic good arsenic HBO Max’s Tokyo Vice and Starz’s Blindspotting.
“I couldn’t beryllium happier to officially beryllium successful business pinch Emily. She was 1 of nan first group to support america erstwhile I became a head and has remained a trusted collaborator and confidante for years,” said Jason Weinberg, a Founding Partner of Untitled which launched a twelvemonth aft Brookside. “What she built astatine Brookside is very exciting, and having her and her squad subordinate Untitled feels for illustration a earthy improvement of a longstanding business and friendship. Stephanie, Jeff, Matt, and our full squad are thrilled to invited Emily and Brookside to Untitled.”
The acquisition of Brookside, which had been successful nan useful for respective months, comes precisely 2 years aft backstage equity firm TPG in June 2024 acquired a mostly liking in Untitled Entertainment arsenic nan centerpiece of a talent management-focused entertainment company Initial Group, led by CEO Michel Pratte. Over nan past 2 years, Initial acquired nan literary-focused guidance institution Grandview, which, for illustration Brookside, was integrated into Untitled, arsenic good arsenic Silver Tribe Media — now operating arsenic Initial Digital — and made a strategical finance successful Good World Management.
Untitled is led by Founding Partners Weinberg and Stephanie Simon and Managing Partners Jeff Silver and Matt Rosen who came from Grandview.
“I person watched pinch admiration arsenic Initial Group has taken shape. Along nan way, they person chosen to put successful companies that are champion successful people successful their respective fields — Silver Tribe Media, Good World Management, and, of course, my caller home, Untitled Entertainment,” Gerson Saines said. “Jason Weinberg and Stephanie Simon person built nan astir move and influential talent guidance institution successful nan business, and joined forces pinch Jeff Silver and Matt Rosen, who built nan astir respected literate guidance institution successful our industry. In a quickly evolving landscape, I couldn’t beryllium much excited to subordinate forces pinch specified talented colleagues and go portion of an statement that continues to put successful maturation and invention while keeping customer work astatine nan forefront. I look guardant to bringing my squad into Untitled arsenic we proceed creating caller opportunities and agleam futures for our bonzer clients.”
