{"id":342189,"date":"2025-12-11T02:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T02:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/342189\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T02:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T02:22:09","slug":"assistants-vs-agents-warner-bailey-signs-with-uta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/342189\/","title":{"rendered":"Assistants Vs. Agents&#8217; Warner Bailey Signs With UTA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIf you work in entertainment, you very likely know <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/assistants-vs-agents\/\" id=\"auto-tag_assistants-vs-agents\" data-tag=\"assistants-vs-agents\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Assistants vs. Agents<\/a>, the viral Instagram account spotlighting the humor in Hollywood\u2019s absurdities, including bizarre requests of assistants on the part of their bosses. <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/uta\/\" id=\"auto-tag_uta\" data-tag=\"uta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UTA<\/a> announced on Wednesday that they have signed <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/warner-bailey\/\" id=\"auto-tag_warner-bailey\" data-tag=\"warner-bailey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Warner Bailey<\/a>, the founder of the larger media company Assistants vs. Agents, for representation in all areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBailey launched AvA during his tenure as a talent agent assistant, where what began as a viral meme page evolved into a multi-platform media company and educational ecosystem. Today, Assistants vs. Agents extends far beyond social media, offering events, panels, editorial content, a job board, newsletter, and tech all built to connect and empower the rising class of entertainment professionals, in a time when it\u2019s pretty brutal for those coming up. Under Bailey\u2019s leadership, AvA has partnered with 30+ universities and leading companies including Netflix, Meta, Amazon MGM Studios, Red Bull, Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney, Paramount+, Apple TV+, and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBailey writes the industry newsletter AvA Connection, hosts a podcast, and recently launched AvA Live at ZCON, the only major conference to ever feature exclusively Gen Z speakers, where he interviewed high-profile talent and business leaders on career strategy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tPrior to AvA, Bailey ran a creative agency,and oversaw festivals including M3F Fest in Phoenix, AZ, a non-profit festival that showcased acts including Leon Bridges, Odesza, Maggie Rogers, Kaytranada, ZHU, and Jamie XX. Bailey also spearheaded the M3F Fund, which has donated more than $2.3M to 35 charities, and launched a program funding the arts in underserved communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBailey\u2019s additional philanthropic efforts include producing Live From Los Angeles: A Fire Relief Benefit, which raised over $100,000 for MusiCares. He currently serves on the Music Industry Advisory Board for Save The Music, one of the nation\u2019s leading nonprofit organizations for music education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you work in entertainment, you very likely know Assistants vs. Agents, the viral Instagram account spotlighting the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[171597,236,88,64922,171598],"class_list":["post-342189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-assistants-vs-agents","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uta","tag-warner-bailey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}