ICM Partners has acquired a majority interest in the indie speakers agency Royce Carlton Inc., ICM managing director Chris Silbermann and Royce Carlton CEO Carlton Sedgeley announced Tuesday.
The combined ICM Partners lectures group will operate as Royce Carlton from their current headquarters in Manhattan and ICM Partners headquarters in Los Angeles. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The agency will be run by Jonathan Perelman, ICM Partners’ head of digital ventures and lectures, along with Sedgeley and EVP Lucy Lepage Sedgeley.
The deal is the second agency acquired by ICM Partners this year, following its acquisition of Headline Media Management in March.
The two agencies have shared prestigious clients over the years, including Thomas Friedman, Ken Auletta and Alan Alda.
Royce Carlton, which was founded in 1968 by Carlton Sedgeley and Lucy Lepage (Sedgeley), exclusively represents such sought-after speakers as Mitch Albom, Fareed Zakaria, Anne-Marie Slaughter and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power.
“The Royce Carlton agency is the definition of sophistication and integrity in the speakers business today, with a combination of strong core values, newsworthy clients and excellent agents,” Silbermann said in a statement. “We could not be more excited to build upon our longstanding, close relationship as we welcome them fully into the ICM Partners family.”
In a joint statement by Sedgeley and Lepage, they added: “This is a perfectly timed, strategic move for us that assures our agents and staff, as well as our clients a long-term transition plan, while giving us access to more resources and clients to grow the agency while continuing to provide the best possible service to the people we represent.”
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Ouch. Armstrong was the lowest-rated of all the execs. Voters probably haven’t forgotten when he came under fire back in February 2014 for singling out the sick babies of two women at the company for increasing the cost of health benefits.
18. Charlie Vogt, Imagine Communications -- 53.5 /100
The head of the Dallas-based provider of multiscreen video and ad management solutions seems shockingly unpopular.
17. Brian L. Roberts, Comcast -- 56.9 /100
16. Richard L. Plepler, HBO -- 60.5 / 100
15. Peter Hamilton, Tune -- 62.5/100
The Seattle-based mobile platform company was founded in 2009.
14. James C. Smith, Thomson Reuters -- 66.8/100
13. Thomas Dooley, Viacom -- 70.5/100
In November 2016, Bob Bakish was named acting CEO when Dooley stepped down just months after becoming interim chief executive following the ouster of Philippe Dauman.
11. Mike Hopkins, Hulu -- 71.5/100 (tie)
11. Jeffrey Bewkes, Time Warner -- 71.5/100 (tie)
10. Naveen Tewari, InMobi -- 75.5/100
Tewari co-founded the mobile advertising giant in India in 2007.
9. Tim Westergren, Pandora -- 77.5/100
8. William Lewis, Dow Jones -- 78.5/100
The financial information giant that publishes the Wall Street Journal has been owned by NewsCorp since 2007.
7. Marvin Edwards Jr., CommScope -- 79.5/100
CommScope specializes in communications networks.
6. Reed Hastings, Netflix -- 80.8/100
5. Bob Iger, Disney -- 83.6/100
4. Jared Rowe, YP -- 87.5/100
Last August, the digital media company named former Cox Enterprises exec Jared Rowe to replace David Krantz as CEO.
3. Girish Ramdas, Magzter -- 88.5/100
Ramdas co-founded the digital magazine app in 2011.
2. John Martin, Turner -- 89.5/100
1. Steven R. Swartz, Hearst -- 91.5/100
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