Two leading talent agencies will combine, pending regulatory approval, as Creative Artists Agency announced Monday that it will acquire ICM Partners. A release notes, “ICM’s industry-leading books division superbly complements CAA’s content-driven motion pictures, television, and podcasting businesses, in addition to its speakers arm, and other divisions.” ICM ceo Chris Silbermann will join CAA’s shareholder board. As the announcement underscores, while CAA is by far the larger of the two organizations, ICM has a bigger books division. (In our deals database, for example, there are 115 reported US transactions for ICM from the past 12 months, versus 55 deals for […]