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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Wendy Lee

How diverse are Hollywood talent agencies? One leading player shares its numbers

LOS ANGELES — Following the protests over the murder of George Floyd, talent agencies and other Hollywood institutions faced their own reckoning over systemic racism and vowed to diversify their employee ranks.

So how are they doing two years later? That's hard to say because most of the major agencies have yet to publicly disclose the racial and gender breakdowns of their staffs.

One exception is Beverly Hills-based entertainment and media business Endeavor. The owner of talent agency WME this week disclosed a detailed breakdown of its 7,000 person staff by gender and race for a second consecutive year.

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