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UFC owner Endeavor surges 12 percent in stock market debut
Media giant Endeavor — home of mixed martial arts juggernaut Ultimate Fighting Championship, Hollywood talent agency WME and sports and fashion firm IMG — surged as much as 12 percent...
Ari Emanuel's Hollywood talent agency WME to cut 300 jobs
The bad news keeps on coming at WME, Ari Emanuel's glitzy Hollywood talent agency. Formerly known as William Morris Endeavor, the agency that represents stars like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson,...
The UFC isn't broken, its fighters are
You can pinpoint the exact moment when the UFC peaked. It happened 15 months ago in Madison Square Garden when Conor McGregor mounted the cage with a belt in each...
Ari Emanuel says leaving ICM was his toughest moment
Ari Emanuel’s dramatic, Hollywood script-worthy exit from talent agency ICM more than 20 years ago was the mogul’s biggest professional fight, the WME/IMG co-CEO recalled on Sunday. “It was the...
Oversized soccer mag gets backing from Hollywood talent agency
Howler, an oversized glossy devoted to soccer, has just gotten a new backer, Kovert Creative, a boutique marketing agency that is 50 percent owned by the giant Hollywood talent agency...
IMG wants you to grab these sexy bull riders by the horns
Bull riding is about to get a lot more sexy. WME-IMG, in an attempt to raise the profile of its Professional Bull Riders competition, has been working for several months...
MMA fighters form union: We're tired of getting screwed
Several prominent fighters, including former champions Georges St-Pierre, Cain Velasquez and T.J. Dillashaw, have united together in the Mixed Martial Arts Athletes Association in hopes of making drastic changes at...
The details behind UFC's $4.5 billion TV plan
The UFC recently was sold for $4 billion, and now the new owners are looking to cash in with a TV deal worth $4.5 billion, Sports Business Daily reports. The...
All these celebrities just bought a chunk of UFC
The UFC has new owners. A lot of them. It was announced during Thursday night's episode of "Conan" by host Conan O'Brien that a group of celebrity investors represented by...
Ari Emanuel in talks to expand Hollywood empire
Super-agent Ari Emanuel could soon have an even bigger voice in Hollywood. Emanuel’s WME/IMG has talked to former Guggenheim Partners honcho Todd Boehly about a possible acquisition of his media...
Meet the moguls who dropped $4 billion on UFC
It was announced on Monday that the Ultimate Fighting Championship had been sold for a whopping $4 billion to a group led by WME-IMG. UFC co-owners Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta...
UFC exec knocks down report that company is for sale
The owner of Ultimate Fighting Championship is exploring a sale of the promotion company that popularized cage fighting, according to an ESPN report that UFC’s president later denied on Tuesday....
Frieze art fair gets infusion from WME-IMG
Hedgies and financiers are among celebrity art fans gearing up for Frieze New York’s art fair on Randall’s Island from May 5 to 8. WME-IMG, the Hollywood agency, announced recently...
Ari Emanuel's WME/IMG gets $250M from Softbank
SoftBank CEO Nikesh Arora is putting some money into Ari Emanuel’s pocket. The Japanese telecom and tech giant, run by the former high-ranking Googler, agreed to invest $250 million into...
WME/IMG acquires Professional Bull Riders for reported $100M
Just when you thought Tinseltown was totally full of bull, a leading talent agency goes out and buys a bona fide bull-riding organization. WME/IMG said Wednesday it’s acquiring the Professional...
WME/IMG trims 100 jobs in cost-cutting move
WME/IMG is continuing to cut costs. The mega-talent agency, still consolidating in the wake of the merger between the Hollywood entertainment agency and its New York-headquartered sports business, is cutting...
Mark Shapiro joins IMG unit
WME/IMG is making it official, hiring its long time advisor Mark Shapiro as chief content officer, at its IMG unit. Shapiro, best known for his stint running programming at ESPN,...
IMG scores new sports marketing deal with Syracuse
Syracuse University is sticking with college sports powerhouse IMG. The university’s athletic department negotiated a new deal with the firm after canceling their previous multimillion-dollar contract in July — believing...
WME-IMG hires Doug Scott to head branded entertainment
WME-IMG is beefing up its entertainment marketing credentials by hiring Doug Scott, the head of Ogilvy Entertainment. Scott will become the firm's executive vice president of marketing and brand solutions...
George Pyne to uproot from WME-IMG
George Pyne, the embattled head of college sports at the powerhouse WME-IMG, is about to leave the newly minted agency, The Post has learned. Pyne, 48, the president of IMG...