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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…

EXCLUSIVE: Former Don Buchwald & Associates agent Bryan Walsh has joined Principato-Young Entertainment, transitioning to talent management. This move marks a return for Walsh, who worked at PYE for two years under Peter Principato and Joel Zadak before becoming an agent at Buchwald, where he spent four years. Said…

Principato-Young Entertainment has brought burgeoning talent manager Dustin Doty to its comedy department, where he will focus on supporting and growing the firm’s stable of stand-up clients. Before this job, Doty spent more than two years at Luber Roklin Entertainment, where he kept a roster of up-and-coming stand-up…

EXCLUSIVE: In a major restructuring of manager/producer Principato-Young Entertainment, Electus has escalated its ownership from a minority to majority stake and co-founder Paul Young will be leaving after 17 years to form a new management/production company. Peter Principato has signed a long term deal and becomes…

EXCLUSIVE: Joel Zadak has been promoted to Partner at Principato-Young Entertainment, joining Peter Principato, Paul Young, Brian Dobbins, Allen Fischer and David Gardner in the brain trust of the management/production company. Those partners surprised Zadak during a company-wide pilot season celebration at the…

Seasoned TV literary agent Renee Kurtz is switching to management. Kurtz is leaving CAA to join leading management and production company Principato-Young Entertainment where she will be a senior level manager. She is starting at the beginning of January 2017, right after the holidays. Kurtz joined CAA in 2009 from…

EXCLUSIVE: Jenny Rawlings is transitioning from WME agent to become a talent manager at Principato-Young Entertainment. Rawlings, the daughter of former CAA agent Lee Gabler, has a long list of clients that include Viggo Mortensen, Samantha Morton, John Malkovich, and Josh Lucas. Rawlings spent 15 years at CAA before…

Fox has bought a CIA drama from writer Joe Weisberg (Falling Skies) and a multi-camera comedy from actor-writers John Ross Bowie and Kevin Sussman, best known for their recurring roles on CBS’ hit comedy The Big Bang Theory. The hourlong project, from former CIA officer-turned-writer Weisberg, Imagine TV and 20th Centu…

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran talent agent Bonnie Liedtke is leaving WME to transition to management. She will join Principato-Young Entertainment. "Bonnie's track record of breaking young talent and her wealth of experience will be an incredible asset to our firm. We're thrilled to have her join our team," Peter Principato…

EXCLUSIVE: David Gardner has been promoted to partner at Principato-Young Entertainment, joining Peter Principato, Paul Young, Brian Dobbins and Allen Fischer in partner posts. Gardner has worked there since 2003 and has a client list that includes Jonathan Liebesman, Judy Greer, Ann Peacock, Neil Marshall, Brian…