private industry talent and literary agencies founded beverly hills california usa 1992 headquarters beverly hills california new york city new york monterey california nashville tennessee key people sam gores chairman and ceo website paradigmagency.com paradigm talent agency is an american full service entertainment agency with offices in beverly hills new york monterey nashville london and austin . paradigm talent agency has over 150 agents representing clients in motion pictures television music corporate events live performance comedy motion picture financing alternative programming theatre digital media book publishing commercials endorsements literary rights and voiceover . contents 1 background 2 agency growth 3 references 4 external links background edit sam gores chairman and ceo opened his first agency sga representation inc. in 1986 . sga acquired the jack fields agency and changed its name to gores fields . the agency expanded further the following year bringing atm & associates into the fold . during the years 1992 and 1993 gores forged pacts with ste representations ; robinson weintraub gross & associates and shorr stille & associates to create paradigm talent agency . the agency s beverly hills office is located on the old mca inc. campus built in 1932 1 where conference rooms honor jules stein and lew wasserman who occupied the space . agency growth edit in 2004 paradigm acquired the literary firm genesis and the writers & artists agency . 2 the acquisition added a dozen agents and also brought a potent tv client list including 24 creator executive producer joel surnow and two and a half men co creator exec producer lee aronsohn to paradigm . 3 4 paradigm made a major strategic move in 2005 by acquiring monterey peninsula artists the premier independent music agency and followed up on that gain in 2006 by acquiring new york based music booking agency little big man . 5 expanding their footprint in the music industry in 2008 paradigm acquired ellis industries 6 a leading independent music agency based in new york and in 2009 acquired third coast artists agency 7 the largest independent christian music agency which was headquartered in nashville . paradigm chairman and ceo sam gores on what makes a good acquisition or partnership target when looking to expand it starts with who s in charge who s at the base or foundation . i don t think we ll ever make a deal with people who lack integrity or are not revered by the community in general or who have a trail of bad history behind them . if it s a good cultural fit or if you think you can help them grow by having them be part of a bigger infrastructure and more access in areas of branding film and television then how does that complement the rest of our business in that area for instance little big man and monterey complemented each other monterey had all the legacy artists and big bands and lbm founder marty diamond had all the cool stuff that was up and coming . that really rounded out our business . 8 in 2012 paradigm expanded into the burgeoning electronic dance music business by forming a joint venture partnership with am only 9 a leading electronic dance music agency whose client list includes genre superstars david guetta skrillex and ti sto . in january 2014 paradigm acquired a 50 % stake in the london based coda music agency which celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2012 and has grown rapidly in recent years now representing more than 500 artists and djs from a wide range of genres including emeli sande jake bugg the xx bon iver rudimental imagine dragons ellie goulding disclosure bastille and many others . strategically the alliance plants a flag for paradigm in london and by extension europe and other international markets . the combination of paradigm talent agency s music division am only and coda music agency makes paradigm one of the top music agencies in the world with clients aerosmith the black eyed peas coldplay dave matthews band dwight yoakam ed sheeran fun . janelle monae jason mraz phish and toby keith among several others . 10 current clients include adrien brody antonio banderas laurence fishburne travis fimmel domhnall gleeson ezra miller mark harmon hot action cop julie bowen jada pinkett smith ed o neill mandy patinkin elyes gabel stephen king danielle steel neal baer shane brennan james wan ava duvernay . music clients also include eli young band and the lumineers . 11 references edit brodesser claude 11 february 2003 . paradigm shifts into mca digs . variety.com . retrieved 22 june 2016 . waddell ray 2004 11 02 . paradigm buys monterey booking agency . billboardbiz . retrieved 2010 01 08 . brodesser claude 23 march 2004 . paradigm eyes genesis . variety.com . retrieved 22 june 2016 . mark . the agent dance paradigm officially in talks to buy writers & artists . gawker.com . retrieved 22 june 2016 . paradigm acquires little big man . billboard.com . retrieved 22 june 2016 . galle ellis shift to paradigm agency . billboard.com . retrieved 22 june 2016 . fleming michael 22 april 2009 . paradigm adds christian music arm . variety.com . retrieved 22 june 2016 . sam gores chairman ceo of paradigm talent agency on leading versus bossing . billboard.com . retrieved 22 june 2016 . am only paradigm join forces . billboard.biz . retrieved 22 june 2016 . paradigm acquires 50 % stake in coda music agency . billboard.com . retrieved 22 june 2016 . imdbpro . imdb.com . retrieved 22 june 2016 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title paradigm talent agency & oldid 726472514 categories companies established in 1992talent and literary agenciescompanies based in los angeles county californiahidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured 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