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New Wave Beefs Up Unscripted With VP Hire

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday March 14, 2013 @ 9:58am PDTTags: Edwin Zane, New Wave Entertainment

EXCLUSIVE: Edwin Zane has joined New Wave Entertainment as VP Unscripted Development, where he will head up the reality division at the production/marketing/management company. The industry veteran, who previously worked at Triage Entertainment, LMNO Productions and Rive Gauche Television, will focus on developing new projects in the reality genre from game shows to documentary series for broadcast and cable. “[Zane] is an incredible asset and we look forward to everything he’s bringing to the table,” said Brian Volk-Weiss, New Wave’s Head of Production and SVP Talent Management.

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New Wave Signs ‘Immortals’ Scribes

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday February 4, 2013 @ 5:15pm PSTTags: New Wave Entertainment

Writers Vlas and Charley Parlapanides have signed with New Wave Entertainment for management. The brothers were with Principato Young; they continued to be agented by WME. They penned last year’s Antiquity blockbuster The Immortals for … Read More »

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New Wave Acquires P3 Entertainment, Opens New York Office

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday January 15, 2013 @ 11:35am PSTTags: Big Deals TV, New Wave Entertainment
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EXCLUSIVE: New Wave Entertainment has acquired P3 Entertainment, a Emmy-winning production company specializing in sports. With the acquisition of the New York-based production company, New Wave will be opening a new office in Midtown Manhattan, making it a bi-coastal production, marketing, and management company. “New Wave could not be more excited to be in New York city where comedy and sports is such a staple in the community,” New Wave’s Head of Production and SVP Talent Management Brian Volk-Weiss. Read More »

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New Wave Entertainment Names New SVP Production & Distribution

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday December 4, 2012 @ 2:09pm PSTTags: New Wave Entertainment

EXCLUSIVE: Jack Vaughn of Comedy Central Records has joined New Wave Entertainment as the Senior Vice President of Production and Distribution. In his new role, Vaughn will bring in and develop new comedy and other content, as well … Read More »

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New Wave Hires Comedy Veteran Maureen Taran As VP In NY Expansion

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday May 7, 2012 @ 6:22pm PDTTags: New Wave Entertainment

EXCLUSIVE: New Wave Entertainment is boosting its East Coast business by tapping Maureen Taran as VP Management and Production.  There The 15-year talent, production and management veteran will run the company’s soon-to-open New York office and help cultivate a roster of … Read More »

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New Wave Entertainment Signs Paul Reiser

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday March 6, 2012 @ 5:00am PSTTags: New Wave Entertainment, Paul Reiser
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Paul Reiser has completed an overhaul of his representation team. Three months after the veteran actor-comedian signed with ICM, he also has brought in a new management company, New Wave Entertainment. Reiser was with the Saftan Co. He most … Read More »

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Barry Katz Relaunches His Management Company, Brings All Clients From New Wave

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday January 3, 2012 @ 3:03pm PSTTags: Barry Katz, New Wave Entertainment
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EXCLUSIVE: Following his recent exit from New Wave Entertainment, veteran comedy talent manager Barry Katz is going solo again with the relaunch of Barry Katz Entertainment. All of Katz’s clients at New Wave will follow him to the new company including Jay Mohr, Christopher Titus, Bill Bellamy, Paul Rodriguez, Cheri Oteri, Nick DiPaolo and Faizon Love. Katz ran his original Barry Katz Entertainment for 15 years before selling it to New Wave at the end of 2003. Over the past eight years, he was involved in New Wave’s transformation into a full-service talent management, digital distribution, and production company with over 25 managers, producers, and development executives. The two sides parted ways last month when Katz’s contract was up. “After being a part of creating a different kind of management company — one that combined representation and production — I wanted to get back to focus less on the issues of a large company, and more on working with my clients in a more personal way to help them achieve their goals,” Katz said. Read More »

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Barry Katz Exits New Wave Entertainment

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday December 6, 2011 @ 2:09pm PSTTags: Barry Katz, New Wave Entertainment
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Eight years after Barry Katz sold his talent management company to New Wave Entertainment, the two are parting ways. Katz will leave New Wave at the end of the year when his contract is up after the company opted not to renew it. “It has been a great eight years having Barry on our team, as we have truly accomplished a lot together; however, the time is right for us both to move on,” New Wave CEO Paul Apel said. “We sincerely wish him continued success in his endeavors.”

Katz’s official title at New Wave was president of talent management, but he had mostly focused on his clients lately. Head of Production & SVP of Talent Management Brian Volk-Weiss, who has been leading New Wave’s Talent Management, Development and Production divisions, will continue to do so. Volk-Weiss was a longtime associate of Katz at Barry Katz Entertainment whom Katz brought in with him when New Wave acquired his 15-year-old company at the end of 2003.

During his tenure at New Wave, Katz produced several films — Employee Of The Month, Good Luck Chuck and My Best Friend’s Girl — all starring his former long-time client Dane Cook, who left New Wave in the spring. Katz’s top clients include Jay Mohr and Christopher Titus. In TV, Katz executive produces NBC’s freshman comedy Whitney. He previously executive produced ABC’s The Next Best Thing, NESN’S Comedy All-Stars, HBO’s Tourgasm, TBS’s Frank TV, and NBC’s Last Comic Standing. “I am very grateful and proud of what we accomplished together, and look forward to what the future will bring,” Katz said. Read More »

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NBC Buys Comedies From ‘Chelsea Lately’s Sarah Colonna & ‘Weeds’ Stephen Falk

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday October 18, 2011 @ 1:00pm PDTTags: Happy Madison, NBC, New Wave Entertainment, Sony TV, Universal TV
Nellie Andreeva

NBC has bought two more single-camera comedy projects: Life As I Blow It, from Chelsea Lately and After Lately writer-panelist Sarah Colonna, and Satellites, a workplace comedy from Weeds writer-producer Stephen Falk.

Life As I Blow It is based on Colonna’s upcoming book and follows Colonna and her life in the Midwest surrounded by eccentric friends and family whose opinions and actions know no boundaries. Happy Madison and Sony TV are producing along with Colonna’s management company New Wave Entertainment, Lunch Bag Snail Prods and Universal TV. Colonna will write the script and executive produce with Danielle Sanchez, who will supervise, Doug Robinson, Abbey MacDonald, Michael Pelmont and Brian Volk Weiss. APA-repped Colonna recently performed on the Comedians of Chelsea Lately tour. Read More »

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VH1 Picks Up Weekly Pop-Culture Show Starring Stevie Ryan

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday August 24, 2011 @ 1:35pm PDTTags: New Wave Entertainment, VH1, YouTube
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: VH1 has picked up a new half-hour weekly pop-culture show headlined by YouTube star Stevie Ryan. Stevie TV, which has received a 10-episode order for a 2012 launch, will feature comedian Ryan’s satirical take on the pop-culture … Read More »

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