On January 7, 1975, Sam Weisbord, a top executive at the venerable William Morris Agency, called his colleague Rowland Perkins, who was early in his career, and suggested they take a walk around their Los Angeles neighborhood. For Weisbord, this was a regular way to conduct meetings. After a few blocks, he asked Perkins: “It’s come to my attention that you and Haber and Meyer and Ovitz are planning on leaving, is that true?” Perkins confirmed that, at least for him, it was. “You have committed treason,” Perkins says Weisbord told him, and almost immediately he was fired.
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