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Jon Rosen, a longtime WME agent and executive who has represented some of TV’s best known news anchors and celebrity chefs, is leaving the Endeavor-owned agency to launch his own management firm, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Rosen, who represents NBC News’ Stephanie Ruhle, Willie Geist and Hallie Jackson as well as CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, is set to manage many of his current clients, according to one of these people, and they are expected to retain WME as an agency. A WME spokesperson did not respond immediately to a query seeking comment and Rosen could not be reached immediately for comment via a call Wednesday.

His exit comes as WME parent Endeavor has come under new scrutiny on Wall Street. The company, which recently helped create the combat-sports company Tko, suggested in October that it might consider going private.

Rosen, who has closed deals...

Guy Fieri's Diners, Drive-Ins, & Dives has been a Food Network staple since 2006, and now he reveals how he got the hosting gig. Guy got his Food Network start when he won The Next Food Network Star season 2 in 2006. His prize was a six-episode season of his own cooking show, Guy's Big Bite. In November 2006, Guy starred in the first episode of Diners, Drive-Ins, & Dives, also known as "Triple D," which was a one-hour special. The series premiered in April 2007, with Guy traveling around the United States, Canada, Mexico, and cities around the world in search of the greatest diners, drive-ins, and dives.

On the Unbreakable with Jay Glazer podcast, Guy shared how he became the host of Diners, Drive-Ins, & Dives. After he won The Next Food Network Star and completed Guy's Big Bite, he was given a pilot for a show called Gotta Get It. According to Guy,...