“He puts the editor at the top of his call sheet each morning and feeds her a steady diet of tidbits about ongoing negotiations… to destabilize William Morris”

Founders · #436 Ari Emanuel's Autobiography

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Each morning call the editor of a Hollywood gossip website and feed her a steady diet of negotiation tidbits to destabilize William Morris during merger talks

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