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There's been a lot of discussion on the fallout from the New Yorker profile of "unorthodox" William Morris Agency president Dave Wirtschafter since Friday afternoon. So much, in fact, that the only reasonable day to deal with it is in a round-up:

· LAT: Colleagues lament that Wirtschafter is getting the shaft for being human and honest, and the paper offers the first rule of agenting: "Aim the spotlight on your clients, not yourself."
· Variety agrees that Sarah Michelle Gellar was no hot shakes before The Grudge, but suggests that an immediate return to the time-honored agent technique of lying might be prudent.
· Senior VP literary agent Todd Feldman dumps WMA for CAA, but there's no mention of the Wirtschafter profile.
· Page Six continues its relentless pursuit of the exposed WMA jugular, claiming that a "high-profile actor" asked WMA CEO Jim Wiatt if he was going to ask Wirtschafter to resign, which an agency spokesman dismissed as "ridiculous."

If you want to read the e-mail that Wirtschafter sent to his troops on Friday to let them know Halle Berry bolted, we've posted it after the jump.

I am sad to announce that Halle Berry has decided to leave William Morris. We do not believe she is taking an agent at this time nor is she taking agency meetings.

As you know, I am the subject of a story in the New Yorker that has caused some problems. I had personal reasons for doing the article and I recognize that these became blurred with my professional life. I never intended to harm any of our collages or our clients by participating in this story. While I can elaborate on the fine points of how I was portrayed and what I said, I did participate in this and want to apologize for any hurt that has stemmed from it.