Paul Moore, Photo: Hether Crawford
Veteran agent Paul Moore is leaving William Morris Endeavor (WME), effective June 30. He joined the agency 36 years ago as a secretary, and went on to serve in leadership roles including Sr. VP, Co-Head/Nashville, Co-COO/Nashville and Head of the Fair and Special Events Department nationwide.
Moore established the WMA-Nashville operation to book corporate events and private engagements. He also established the WMA Contemporary Christian Music Department and added Christian artists Sandi Patty, 4Him, Point of Grace and Petra as clients.
He helped integrate the Jim Halsey Agency and Triad Artists Agency into WMA after the smaller agencies were acquired.
During his career he acted as the responsible agent for Reba McEntire, Vince Gill, Ronnie Milsap, Tanya Tucker, Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers, Ray Stevens, T.G. Sheppard, Lee Greenwood, the touring agent for television legend Bob Barker, and many more.
Moore will be honored for his outstanding industry service when he receives the Academy of Country Music’s Mae Boren Axton Award at the 8th Annual ACM Honors ceremony Sept. 9, 2014 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
Moore says he isn’t going into retirement. “I see this more as a ‘graduation’ from the University of WMA/WME,” he said. “I leave with a body of knowledge based on 36 years working at the greatest talent agency in the world. I’m simply turning the page to a new chapter. I just don’t know yet what the title of that new chapter will be… In the meantime, there will be lots of long walks with the pups, long-neglected garages and closets to sort through and many hours spent catching up with my friends and family.”
Moore was a longtime board member of IEBA, ACM, and Belmont University School of Performance and Visual Arts. He is a graduate of Leadership Music, an IEBA Hall of Fame inductee and NATD Award winner.
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