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- ↑ Waxman, Sharon (March 19, 2004), "Leading Hollywood Talent and Marketing Companies Merge", The New York Times
- ↑ Holson, Laura; Weinraub, Bernard (May 13, 2002), "Some See a Young Ovitz in Emerging Power Broker", The New York Times
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