Analyzing the Appeal of the Minecraft Movie

Matt is joined by Brillstein Entertainment Partners CEO Jon Liebman to discuss the difference between a manager and an agent and how that has changed over the past 20 years. Jon gives his thoughts on CAA's lawsuit against Range Media Partners, the impact of private equity’s foray into the representation world, how the end of packaging agreements has affected the representation business, and the changing of the guard at WME and UTA (03:12). Matt finishes the show with an opening weekend box office prediction for ‘A Minecraft Movie’ (26:26).

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Host: Matt Belloni

Guest: Jon Liebman

Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez

Theme Song: Devon Renaldo

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