Kirk Sommer is a major force in the music industry. He is the Global Co-Head of Music and a Senior Partner at WME. Starting ...

As TheWrap exclusively reported last week, Ari Emanuel is moving from CEO to executive chairman of the newly named WME Group while Patrick Whitesell is exiting the company altogether to become the CEO ...

Emanuel will become executive chairman of the newly-named WME Group, Mark Shapiro will lead it as president and managing director, while Whitesell exits to launch a new Silver Lake-backed venture.

The Endeavor brand will no longer be used publicly. Its collection of assets will operate under WME Group, the companies said today. Emanuel, who founded the Endeavor talent agency in 1995 and ...

With the move, Endeavor is changing its name to WME Group, reflecting its refocusing on the representation business. According to Silver Lake, when consolidating all of the value of TKO Group ...

will be renamed WME Group. Endeavor is the largest company in the media and entertainment sector ever to be taken private by a private equity sponsor, Silver Lake said in a press release.

Was all the merging and acquisitioning worth the effort for Ari Emanuel and WME, which is now back to focusing on agenting?

Ari Emanuel, the new executive chairman of WME Group, is taking out $175.8 million in cash as Endeavor is acquired by Silver Lake Partners. The transaction announced this morning creates a private ...

WME Group will include the WME agency, marketing firm 160over90, IMG licensing, and the unscripted studio Pantheon Media Group (formerly named Asylum Entertainment).

WME Group is the new name for the portfolio of representation businesses that includes talent agency WME, brand licensing agency IMG Licensing, marketing agency 160over90, and nonscripted content ...

Endeavor’s stretch as a public company has officially come to an end after nearly four years. Endeavor’s stretch as a public company has officially come to an end after nearly four years.