Until he married Rachel Mason, a comedian's agent whom he met on a train journey, Thorne wrote all day and much of the night all week and weekend.
But now many experienced comedians, talent agents and financiers are seeing the Web as a way to showcase talent while trying to turn a profit.
Upon hearing this, the comedian overrode his agent and accepted the offer.
The @PenguinPress acq world rights to a book by comedian Aziz Ansari from agent R Abate; rumor has it the advance was $3.5 million.
The table was ringed by talented players: three Off Broadway actors, an up-and-coming comedian and a former agent.
My solution in professional life, I've realised, is that, like most actors, writers and comedians, I have an agent.
If crusaders as various as the comedian John Oliver and federal agents get their way, predatory lenders and debt collectors will soon find it a lot tougher to profit from the plight of the most cash-strapped of Americans.
Yet the comedian and the former theatrical agent make a surprisingly good team.
The comedian hired a new literary agent, David Kuhn, to help her engage in business negotiations for the autobiographical essays she'd begun for HarperCollins.
Fourteen people, including football agent Sky Andrew, comedian Steve Coogan and sports commentator Andy Gray are now suing News International, and it was recently ruled Glenn Mulcaire must give evidence in other cases.
