Ari Emanuel Says "No" To Buying UTA In Response To CAA's Acquisition Of ICM Partners; Mocks What Was Actually Bought - NewsBreak

"No," a blunt Ari Emanuel told the Code Conference at the Beverly Hilton tonight when asked if he would buy UTA now CAA bought ICM Partners yesterday. "We don't need it," the Endeavor CEO added. Joking that he appreciated CAA for "validating my strategy in 2008" of wanting to grow "organically," Emanuel noted with a verbal shiv: ICM has not been what it used to be 15 years ago" A veteran on the red chair sit-down with Kara Swisher, the often-pugilistic Endeavor boss's rescheduled latest appearance comes one day after the Tinseltown agency landscape had a seismic shift with CAA's purchase of...