Citations:tenpercentery

English citations of tenpercentery

Noun: "a talent agency"

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• 2000 — Dan Cox & Claude Brodesser, "Seismic steps for H'w'd reps", Variety, 13 June 2000:

  Twenty-five years ago, a clutch of agents left the William Morris Agency to form CAA, forever changing the way tenpercenteries conduct business.

• 2000 — Marc Graser, "Only top-tier talent taps the till", Variety, 4 September 2000:

  Helping raise the money bar is a more aggressive stance by tenpercenteries and management outfits when it comes to their clients working on the Web.

• 2001 — Claud Brodesser, "Studios rate the reps", Variety, 3 October 2001:

  Newish tenpercenteries are hitting their stride as once indomitable firms hit some speed bumps, creating a competitive, nearly equalized environment.

• 2003 — Janet Wasko, How Hollywood Works, Sage Publications (2005), →ISBN, page 159:

  Although Hollywood's tenpercenteries have partnered up with Madison Avenue's ad agencies, a clash of egos on both coasts exists, […]

• 2005 — Robert Hofler, The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson: The Pretty Boys and Dirty Deals of Henry Willson, Carroll & Graf Publishers (2006), →ISBN, page 50:

  Much to Budd Schulberg's shock, his own mother joined the disreputable ranks when, in 1932, she opened her own tenpercentery, the Ad Schulberg Agency.

• 2010 — Cynthia Littleton, "WME signs Hornby", Variety, 9 March 2010:

  Hornby has not previously signed with a tenpercentery on this side of the pond.

• 2012 — Tatiana Siegel, "Innovative Artists: Lean, keen and scrappy: Innovative Artists at 25", Chicago Tribune, 30 March 2012:

  The mid-sized tenpercentery's stability is impressive enough, but especially striking considering its stubborn methods of bucking industry trends.