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The result was redirect to Jean-Luc Brunel. Redirect as WP:ATD. —Ganesha811 (talk) 17:48, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
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Non-notable modeling agency. Simply a laundry list of clients. Mostly unsourced, and the sources that do appear are simply announcements or basic coverage of a new client. No WP:SIGCOV indicating the agency is notable for any other reason. ZimZalaBim talk 12:05, 24 May 2025 (UTC)
- Delete No independent RS which meet WP:ORGCRIT. Tenshi! (Talk page) 14:07, 24 May 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Entertainment, Companies, Fashion, and New York. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 17:54, 24 May 2025 (UTC)
- Keep meets WP:GNG. Plenty of coverage: [1], [2], [3]. 95.134.245.233 (talk) 02:09, 27 May 2025 (UTC)
- Keep – Next Management meets the criteria for inclusion under both WP:GNG and WP:ORGCRIT. The agency has received significant coverage in reliable, independent sources well beyond basic client announcements. Notable third-party sources include:
- The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2022/may/28/jean-luc-brunel-abuse-six-women-epstein) – in-depth investigative coverage linking the agency’s founding to industry-wide issues and prominent figures.
- The Daily Beast (https://www.thedailybeast.com/steven-mnuchins-mysterious-link-to-creepy-epstein-model-scout-jean-luc-brunel) – coverage of the agency’s early corporate structure and legal disputes.
- Business Insider (https://www.businessinsider.com/brunel-epstein-friend-and-alleged-rapist-arrested-at-paris-airport-2020-12) – connects the agency’s legacy to broader criminal investigations tied to its co-founder.
- Anadolu Agency (https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/epsteins-french-associate-jean-luc-brunel-found-dead-in-paris-prison/2507523) – further international coverage of its ties to figures of major global news interest.
- These sources go beyond client rosters and establish Next Management as a historically significant entity in the modeling and fashion industries. It was co-founded by Faith Kates, a widely recognized industry figure, and Jean-Luc Brunel, a central figure in ongoing international legal and journalistic scrutiny. The agency has also been at the heart of high-profile litigation and internal disputes which were widely reported and are clearly encyclopedic in nature.
- This is not a vanity agency profile, it documents a company central to a major international scandal, referenced in multiple mainstream outlets. Deletion would erase a vital contextual link in the documentation of modeling industry accountability and the Epstein network investigations. WPisOpinion (talk) 07:40, 30 May 2025 (UTC)
- I can only read the Guardian and Anadolu articles (others paywalled), but I would characterize these as passing mentions of Next Management -- simply mentioning that this firm was created in the midst of the larger controversy these articles are actually about. Doesn't really rise to the level of SIGCOV in my initital estimation. --ZimZalaBim talk 11:02, 30 May 2025 (UTC)
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Some more non-AI-based input would be great.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, asilvering (talk) 04:54, 1 June 2025 (UTC) - Keep the agency meet the notability of WP:GNG as it has several notable different talents such as models, artists and more. The agency was included in Forbes most influential model agencies list in the world as it was replaced the 5th.[4], [5], [6], [7], [8] 197.185.186.33 (talk) 03:48, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
- Redirect to Jean-Luc Brunel. There are no sources providing significant, independent, and in-depth coverage to establish NCORP:
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 per WP:TRADES, " there is a presumption against the use of coverage in trade magazines to establish notability." This article reads like a press release, with no independent content
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 Women's Wear Daily
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One sentence of coverage: "The following year, in 1989, Brunel had a hand in creating another agency, Next Management, based in New York, which is still running today. " Not significant
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 not particularly reliable,
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Several paragraphs on Steven Mnuchin's connection to the company
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WP:BI
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One sentence of coverage, "Brunel rose to prominence in the 1980s, when he and several associates founded Next Model Management"
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One sentence of coverage: "He founded the Next Management Company, which later became MC2 Model Management, reportedly funded by Epstein."
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by a forbes contributor
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Despite being nominally about the comany, it doesn't actually tell us anything about it
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| Clearly an ad for the management company
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