Ryan Seacrest jumps to CAA

July 15, 2009 The news comes on the heels of the "American Idol" emcee becoming the highest-paid reality host with a new three-year, $45 million deal to continue his duties on America's top-rated show. Instead, he was repped by his attorney Craig Jacobson and Adam Sher, a former WMA agent who once co-represented him with John Ferriter until recently leaving the agency to join Seacrest's production shingle Ryan Seacrest Prods. Going into the renegotiations for "Idol," Seacrest had informed his long-term reps at WMA, which had just merged with Endeavor to form WME, that the agency would not commission any future deals for "Idol" or for his lucrative radio deal with Clear Channel.

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