Paradigm Permanently Lays Off 180 Staffers

Paradigm talent agency disclosed that it would be making permanent staff layoffs of 180 employees that were temporarily cut earlier in the year amid pandemic-related shutdowns.
Sam Gores, the chairman and founder of Paradigm, said in a note to staff on Thursday that, “the profound effects of the coronavirus have continued to severely impact every aspect of our industry and our world for longer than we had even imagined six months ago.”
In March, in California alone, Paradigm temporar