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The Chernin Group Leads Acquisition Of 25% Of Pop Culture Lifestyle Brand Funko; Peter Chernin & Bob Iger To Advise Its Board

The Chernin Group is leading a $263 million strategic investment in pop culture lifestyle brand Funko, with Bob Iger and sports agent Rich Paul among the stakeholders. Peter Chernin and Iger, who ended his long run at Disney last year, are joining as advisers to the Funko board. Paul, CEO and founder of Klutch Sports…

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BET Studios Greenlights ‘Klutch Academy’ College Basketball Docuseries From Rich Paul, Kenya Barris & ‘The Last Dance’ Team

EXCLUSIVE: BET Studios has teamed with Rich Paul and Klutch Sports Group on Klutch Academy, its first original unscripted series, from Kenya Barris and Mike Tollin and Jon Weinbach, the creative team behind the award-winning docuseries The Last Dance. The five-part unscripted series follows Klutch Sports Group—led by…

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UTA Expands To Atlanta, Billing Move As Full-Service Hollywood First & Strengthening Ties With Partner Klutch Sports

UTA is expanding to Atlanta, billing its full-service presence in the burgeoning entertainment and sports market as a first for any major Hollywood agency. Klutch Sports Group, as part of the move, will continue to have its NFL representation business based in Atlanta, and enlarge its operations there. UTA bought a sta…

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Year’s Craziest Football Tale Leading To ESPN-Televised 58-0 Slaughter Of Bishop Sycamore High At Hands Of Elite IMG Academy Gets Docudrama Quarterbacked By Kevin Hart & Rich Paul

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Hart’s HartBeat Productions is teaming up with youth entertainment company Complex Networks, Klutch Originals and Haven Entertainment on what they say will be the definitive documentary series on one the wildest sports tale of 2021: the story of Bishop Sycamore High School’s football team. On the…

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LeBron James’ Agent Rich Paul Joins UTA’s Board of Directors

Rich Paul, CEO and founder of Klutch Sports Group, has been appointed to UTA’s Board of Directors. Paul also serves as Head of UTA Sports and is a UTA partner, roles he assumed in July 2019 after UTA took a significant stake in Klutch Sports Group. Paul founded Klutch in 2012 and built it into a sports representation…

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UTA-Backed Klutch Sports Group To Tackle Football With Revolution Agency Buy

Klutch Sports Group, the Rich Paul-founded sports agency in which UTA acquired a significant stake over the summer, has made its first big deal. It has acquired Revolution Sports Agency, one of football's leading rep agencies, a move that will expand its focus into that sport to compliment a powerhouse basketball…

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UTA Buys Stake In Sports Powerhouse Agency Klutch Sports Group, Taking LeBron James’ Talents To Agency

UTA on Wednesday said it has made a significant investment in the powerhouse sports agency Klutch Sports Group, led by its founder and CEO Rich Paul, a move that among other things will create UTA Sports and bring Los Angeles Lakers stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis into the agency fold. As part of the partnership…

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