STEVEN H. KRAM is the co-founder of Content Partners, LLC. and serves as its President and Chief Executive Officer.   Content Partners provides a unique service never before offered to the entertainment business at large. The business is designed to provide clients with maximum financial security by purchasing passive, back-end profit participations in a broad array of market segments--feature films, television programming and music from individuals, partnerships, estates and corporations who want the benefit of their income now.   Content Partners, LLC is creating a worldwide market where liquidity is guaranteed in an uncertain environment.   Mr Kram brings decades of entertainment industry experience to his clients.

            For nearly (2) decades, Mr. Kram served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the William Morris Agency headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA.   As a key player in the WMA Executive Management team, Mr. Kram's responsibilities included direct supervision of the Motion Picture, Television, Commercials, William Morris Consulting, and Sports Marketing Departments.   Mr. Kram was also responsible for all Business Affairs activities, along with all litigation and Human Resources.   During his 17-year tenure, WMA added hundreds of talented names to its worldwide roster and further developed its distinctive approach to packaging and financing for the large and small screen.   Central to the Agency's growth has been a redefinition of its departmental structure, allowing for the crossover of agents and clients into various related fields. Mr. Kram and his partners have enabled WMA clients to evolve from performing status, to star levels and on to heading production of their own film and television projects.   Such wide-ranging creative movement is the result of an innovative game plan that permits every area in the Company to interact.   Mr. Kram, himself, has played a number of roles in the acquisition of new clients and the architecture of their careers, and in the past supplied leadership to many of the signing teams.   He also served as a Managing Director of William Morris UK, for 10 years and supervised the operations throughout Europe.   Mr. Kram was also a key player in identifying and executing merger and acquisition targets for the agency.  

           In subsequent moves, Mr. Kram worked to create the William Morris Consulting Group (WMC), a consortium of WMA executives who provide entertainment-based business solutions for some of the world's most recognizable brands.  

            After graduating from law school in 1981, Mr. Kram served a clerkship with Justice Theodore R. Kupferman in the New York State Supreme Court - Appellate Division.   In 1982, he joined the American Broadcasting Company as a Staff Attorney in New York.   He was promoted in 1984 to Assistant General Attorney, and in 1986, toGeneral Attorney, with comprehensive Business and Legal Affairs responsibilities for the Capital Cities/ABC-owned television and radio stations nationwide.   In this capacity, Mr. Kram had extensive experience in the acquisition of feature films for broadcast and in the negotiation of talent contracts.   Additionally, he handled or supervised regulatory and FCC matters, as well as all litigation.

            Mr. Kram is a member of the New York State Bar and is admitted to the Federal District Court for the State of New York.   He is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and is on the Advisory Board of Directors of the International Television Academy.

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