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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    How CAA changed what it means to be an agent

    Today’s talent agents are sophisticated business people in expensive suits who drive expensive cars and CAA is largely the reason why. The Creative Artists Agency changed what it meant to be an agent – and the entire entertainment business.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Sep 6, 2016 • 1 min read

    Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency.”

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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    Coastal Commission to decide on massive OC development
    1. 0:30Coastal Commission to decide on massive OC development
    2. 9:11Freedom of speech and the confederate flag in art
    3. 24:48How CAA changed what it means to be an agentYou’re reading this
    4. 41:03LA ‘gourmet-ifies’ Hawaiian grub
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