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Talent agencies and booming youth business


September 02, 2008 In May, a mini-earthquake rocked the small but fragile world of children's talent agencies. Mitchell Gossett, one of the best-known kids reps and the man behind the career of Miley Cyrus, left his longtime home at Cunningham Escott Slevin Doherty (CESD) for powerhouse UTA. At 15, Cyrus, the lead of Disney Channel's "Hannah Montana," is not only a household name, she is the force behind a billion-dollar empire of television programming, chart-topping albums and a huge concert tour.

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