With UTA, Michael Kassan skirmish, why do Hollywood and Madison Avenue make for strange bedfellows?

These unions are notorious for unraveling, though they typically do so behind closed doors. UTA and Kassan have definitely shattered that mold. March 15, 2024 [PRESENTED BY]( [With UTA, Michael Kassan skirmish, why do Hollywood and Madison Avenue make for strange bedfellows?]( These unions are notorious for unraveling, though they typically do so behind closed doors. [UTA and Kassan have definitely shattered that mold.]( Additional coverage: - Some [news podcasts aren’t seeing a presidential year election bump in ad revenue]( yet, likely due to audiences' growing news aversion. - To today’s youngsters, the idea that anime was ever anything but wildly popular might come as a surprise. 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