Alex Cooper Leaves UTA After Tough Period of Media Scrutiny
Alex Cooper seems intent on unraveling some of the current relationships that have helped underpin her production company, Unwell. The star podcaster and media entrepreneur has left hertalent agency, UTA, according to three people familiar with the matter, as she focuses on a larger suite of business operations beyond the podcast for which she is best known, and is frustrated in part by its continuing relationships with Alix Earle and Dave Portnoy, two prominent influencers and podcasters who have feuded with her.
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Alex Cooper seems intent on unraveling some of the current relationships that have helped underpin her production company, Unwell. The star podcaster and media entrepreneur has left hertalent agency, UTA, according to three people familiar with the matter, as she focuses on a larger suite of business operations beyond the podcast for which she is best known, and is frustrated in part by its continuing relationships with Alix Earle and Dave Portnoy, two prominent influencers and podcasters who have feuded with her. UTA had been pressed to part ways with Earle, according to one of these people. Last week, Cooper shut down a beverage venture, Unwell Beverage Co., which was launched last year with Nestle SA as a partner, according to a report from Bloomberg.
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- Alex Cooper seems intent on unraveling some of the current relationships that have helped underpin her production company, Unwell. The star podcaster and media entrepreneur has left hertalent agency, UTA, according to three people familiar with the matter, as she focuses on a larger suite of business operations beyond the podcast for which she is best known, and is frustrated in part by its continuing relationships with Alix Earle and Dave Portnoy, two prominent influencers and podcasters who have feuded with her.
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