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Eddie Pietzak (CESD): The Creator Economy Needs a Mailroom

New Monaco Media, Inc. Season 1 Episode 28

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CESD Talent Agency is one of the leading talent representation firms operating across both Hollywood and the creator economy, with offices in Los Angeles and New York. The company's digital department represents content creators across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and podcasts, applying traditional Hollywood representation principles to building sustainable creator careers.

Ceci chats with Eddie Pietzak, SVP of Digital at CESD Talent Agency, to hear his perspective on three critical issues: what the Hollywood mailroom-to-agent mentorship model built over decades that the creator management space still hasn't replicated at scale, why creators who refuse to diversify beyond one platform or one revenue stream are running a one-to-three year business at best, and how the always-on service model that defined legacy talent representation became a competitive advantage in a space where most managers go dark after 6pm. Tune in for a practitioner's framework on what professional creator representation actually looks like when it's done right.

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