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Brillstein Hires Digital Media Veteran Seth Jacobs; Signs The Funk Bros, Hannah Cranston

Noted talent management firm Brillstein Entertainment Partners has onboarded Seth Jacobs as a manager.

Jacobs, a 15-year digital media veteran, will help grow Brillstein’s existing digital roster, which includes Cameron Dallas, Mark ‘Markiplier’ Fischbach, Collins Key, Nathaniel ‘Coyote’ Peterson, and Flula Borg. Already, Jacobs and Brillstein have signed scooter stuntsmen and daily vloggers The Funk Bros (3.7 million YouTube subscribers); Claudia ‘GirlWithNoJob’ Soffer and BenBoyWithNoJobSoffer, whose whose Instagram memes have amassed a collective 4.1 million followers; and The Young Turks host Hannah Cranston.

Prior to Brillstein, Jacobs spent three years as VP of business development and partnerships at Victorious, and was a senior executive at EQAL

, which launched Lauren Conrad’s flagship website as well as Alicia Silverstone’s The Kind Life, and which was acquired by Everyday Health in 2012. Jacobs also helped produce the interactive viral web series Lonelygirl15.

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“Digital has become a top priority for us,” said Brillstein chairman and CEO Jon Liebman in a statement. “We’re excited Seth has joined us and we’re lucky to be working with — and learning from — some of the most impactful digitally-native talent and producers. We’re continuing to invest resources in this area.”

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