The Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents the interests of Hollywood studios, have reached a tentative four-year agreement for what is known as the 2026 Minimum Basic Agreement (MBA). The deal, which was unanimously approved by the WGA Negotiating Committee, still needs to be approved by the Writers Guild of America West board and the Writers Guild of America East council, and be ratified by the union's members. The W...

TuneCore, the Believe-owned distribution and services company for self-releasing artists has promoted Brian Miller as Chief Business Officer. In this role, Miller will oversee all of TuneCore’s global business, helping develop opportunities for self-releasing artists to move access from to success and lead the company’s continued global expansion.  For the past two years, Miller has served as TuneCore's Chief Revenue Officer. As Chief Business Officer, Miller will focus on "identifying new strat...

Independent music publisher Kobalt has signed Los Angeles-based songwriting and production duo Jack Brady and Jordan Roman, collectively known as The Wavys. Brady and Roman have amassed more than 4 billion global streams across genres including pop, K-pop, indie-alternative, dance, R&B, and hip-hop. The Wavys' have worked with international artists such as JISOO, IVE, ILLIT, Ambar Lucid, Gus Dapperton, G-Eazy, Shay Lia, NMIXX, FEYI, Breathe Carolina, and ITZY, among others. The duo’ served a...