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Zimmer: Agency packaging offered benefits to writers and wasn't illegal
“Do I believe that there were a lot of benefits to writers in packaging? I really do. Do I believe that we were doing something illegal or scandalous or anything like that? I don't. It was, we were incredibly transparent.”
Zimmer: Geofencing virtual concerts will help musical artists earn livings
“I don't know that they'll make up the same revenue from those events, but I think they will be able to earn a living
Doing live events, especially if we can figure out the right ways to sort of geofence a live event.”
Zimmer: Virtual formats cannot replace traditional Hollywood and touring revenue
“But it's not going to replace the day-to-day revenue that comes from actors starring in TV shows and movies, writers and directors and producers creating television. And, you know, musicians being out playing you know, a full tour or athletes playing a full se…”
Zimmer: UTA is mining dormant scripts to revive past viable projects
“In some cases we're going backwards, particularly with writers where, you know, so many writers have written really good scripts and really good projects that somehow didn't come together. And in the hustle bustle of daily life, you've got to move on to the ne…”
Zimmer: Every UTA employee took a pandemic salary reduction
“First of all, everybody in the company participated in a salary reduction of some form or another.”
Zimmer: UTA hired three Black division heads in the past year
“In the last year, we've actually hired three African-American division heads at the company.”
UTA arranged Kaskade's livestreamed concert at the Grand Canyon
“I mean, we did an incredible thing with our client Cascade. Where we, he did a show on the overlook in the Grand Canyon. So we were able to, you know, he was able to secure that as a place and we were able to help him arrange for a live stream of a full show s…”