Citations:tenpercentery

Noun: "a talent agency"

 * 2000 — Dan Cox & Claude Brodesser, "Seismic steps for H'w'd reps", Variety, 13 June 2000:
 * Twenty-five years ago, a clutch of agents left the William Morris Agency to form CAA, forever changing the way tenpercenteries conduct business.
 * 2000 — Marc Graser, "Only top-tier talent taps the till", Variety, 4 September 2000:
 * Helping raise the money bar is a more aggressive stance by tenpercenteries and management outfits when it comes to their clients working on the Web.
 * 2001 — Claud Brodesser, "Studios rate the reps", Variety, 3 October 2001:
 * Newish tenpercenteries are hitting their stride as once indomitable firms hit some speed bumps, creating a competitive, nearly equalized environment.
 * 2003 — Janet Wasko, How Hollywood Works, Sage Publications (2005), ISBN 9780761968139, page 159:
 * Although Hollywood's tenpercenteries have partnered up with Madison Avenue's ad agencies, a clash of egos on both coasts exists,
 * 2005 — Robert Hofler, The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson: The Pretty Boys and Dirty Deals of Henry Willson, Carroll & Graf Publishers (2006), ISBN 0786718021, page 50:
 * Much to Budd Schulberg's shock, his own mother joined the disreputable ranks when, in 1932, she opened her own tenpercentery, the Ad Schulberg Agency.
 * 2010 — Cynthia Littleton, "WME signs Hornby", Variety, 9 March 2010:
 * Hornby has not previously signed with a tenpercentery on this side of the pond.
 * 2012 — Tatiana Siegel, "Innovative Artists: Lean, keen and scrappy: Innovative Artists at 25", Chicago Tribune, 30 March 2012:
 * The mid-sized tenpercentery's stability is impressive enough, but especially striking considering its stubborn methods of bucking industry trends.