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Billy Strayhorn, Bill Challis, and Sy Oliver, worked almost entirely behind the scenes.
Ted Gioia • How to Listen to Jazz
By forgoing a standard salary and taking profit participation instead, Stewart paved the way for actors, directors, producers, and writers to leverage their celebrity at the negotiating table. Similarly, Wasserman cofounded independent production companies for such luminaries as Jack Benny, Alfred Hitchcock, Errol Flynn, and dozens of other MCA cli
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In 1997, David Bowie wanted a liquidity event. Instead of steadily receiving royalties from his 25-album music catalog throughout the next decade, Bowie decided he’d rather receive a lump-sum payment. This led to Bowie Bonds: a set of bonds backed by the royalties from Bowie’s music catalog. Notably, Bowie wasn’t selling his music indefinitely. The... See more
Alana Levin • Bowie Bonds as Early Creator Tokens
In the middle was John Paulson. At the top was Steve Eisman.
Michael Lewis • The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
I really didn’t have an agent until Michael; I just had a lawyer, Bert Fields.