Verve Acquires New Deal, Boutique Agency for TV Directors
The move is in step with a strategic growth spree of the last yearUmberto Gonzalez | March 15, 2021 @ 12:09 PM
Last Updated: March 15, 2021 @ 12:17 PM
Verve has acquired veteran TV literary agent Paul Alan Smith’s agency New Deal MFG. Co., a boutique literary agency for television directors, the agency announced on Monday.
New Deal’s founding partner Paul Alan Smith and agent Tyler Reynolds will join Verve and work within their teams to shepherd New Deal’s longstanding clients, integrating them into the agency’s existing roster of clients. New Deal’s other founding partner Lee Rosenbaum, who has served as chief operating office and general counsel to the firm, will continue as an adviser to the agency.