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ICM Partners has acquired a majority interest in the 50 year-old speakers agency Royce Carlton in New York. The agency, which has worked with Royce for many years, will keep the brand name of the stalwart company intact. The combined ICM Partners lectures group will operate as Royce Carlton from their current…

Nicole Sexton has been named the new CEO of the Entertainment Industry Foundation, a charitable organization that has been around 75 years and was founded by many Hollywood powerhouses, including Jack Warner, Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart. In addition, Regina Miller, who has had considerable…

ICM Partners has just hired political strategist Hannah Linkenhoker to work with the agency and their clients on issue-based advocacy and advise on policy-oriented causes ranging from human rights, immigration, pay equity, political reform and other issues. Her hiring comes at a time where there seems to be renewed…

“We really look at this office as a great symbol of renewal and evolution for ICM Partners,” said agency founding partner Chris Silbermann as he introduced the agency’s new digs on Constellation Boulevard to clients and the press Thursday night in an opening celebration cocktail party. While ICM had been at the 10250…

Each week, Deadline's Hot Reads presents what Hollywood's power players are reading and what they think is special about each book. A voracious reader, Chris Silbermann, founding partner of ICM Partners, has a pile of books on his desk any given day as he peruses through material that might translate into the next…

UPDATE: It’s been a long, winding, and troubled road which began more than a year ago, but ICM President Chris Silbermann now has completed his management buyout – thus putting an official end to what was a destabilizing period for the agency. I can tell you that Jeff Berg, Chris Silbermann, Rick Levy and all the…

ICM Implosion Stopped: Chris Silbermann Stays, Less Power For Jeff Berg ICM Part 3: Agency Board & Rizvi Blow Off Silbermann's Demands ICM Part 2: Silbermann Forces Decision By Rizvi; Relying On Mike Ovitz ICM Imploding! Silbermann & Berg Battle For Control EXCLUSIVE: Insiders are telling me that ICM President Chris Si…

ICM Part 3: Agency Board & Rizvi Blow Off Silbermann's Demands ICM Part 2: Silbermann Forces Decision By Rizvi; Relying On Mike Ovitz ICM Imploding! Silbermann & Berg Battle For Control BREAKING… EXCLUSIVE… 3RD UPDATE: I’ve just learned from insiders that major investor Suhail Rizvi has made a decision regarding the…

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ICM Imploding! Chris Silbermann & Jeff Berg Battle For Control: Rizvi Sits On Sidelines; How Long Will Warring Last? BREAKING … ICM president Chris Silbermann and ICM Chief Business Development Officer & General Counsel Rick Levy took the red-eye from LA last night and arrived in New York this morning to confront the…

Harvey Weinstein, TV producer Steve Levitan, ICM’s Chris Silbermann, UTA’s Rob Prinz, manager-producer Jason Weinberg and talent managers Eric Ortner, Greg Mertz, Bruce Flohr, Michael Green, Steve Moir and Bill Silva were among Hollywood figures invited to meet with President Obama on Tuesday before he left for San…

UPDATE From Nikki Finke: “Dick has been unhappy for a while,” one source is telling me as the reason behind Dick Wolf leaving UTA, his agency of 11 years. (Deadline TV Editor Nellie Andreeva broke the news today. See below.) Wolf was close with Peter Benedek and had a friendship with Tracey Jacobs there. But in the…