UPDATED: Two and a half years after Ben Silverman left the company he had founded, the IAC-owned Electus, to join Howard T. Owens in A+E Networks-backed Propagate, the duo have acquired Electus and its majority stake in management/production company Artists First from Barry Diller’s IAC. Terms of the deal were not…

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off of winning the Heath Ledger Scholarship, Charmaine Bingwa has signed with UTA and Artists First for representation. Bingwa, an Australian-born Zimbabwean performer, made history as the first openly gay woman of color to be honored with the scholarship, which was founded five months after Ledger's…

Management and production company Artists First has elevated Tucker Voorhees to partner. Voorhees, has been with the company, formerly Principato Young Entertainment, for over a decade. Voorhees’ clients include actors, writers and directors including Matt Walsh (Veep), Rhys Darby (Wrecked), Jon Daly (I'm Dying Up Here…

Management and production company Artists First (formerly Principato Young Entertainment) is expanding its staff of managers/producers with a new hire and a promotion. Cara Alpert has joined after four years at WME. Since coming over shortly before the company’s May rebrand, Alpert has been focusing on servicing…

Nine months after Principato-Young Entertainment co-founder Paul Young exited as Electus bought a majority stake in the management and production company, PYE is rebranding itself as Artists First. The other PYE founding partner, Peter Principato, will remain as president and CEO of Artists First, which  has 21…