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Bryan's team has long negotiated with Warner, but the recorded music deal is at least two albums, which just ended Sunday night, the sources said. While it is obvious that despite Bryan's social media post in January, Warner is determined to keep him, the company faces fierce competition from Universal.

Sources say the buyer of the publishing catalog is a new entity, apparently known as the Merrit Group, hosted by Cameron Strang, who was formerly the CEO of Warner Bros. Records and Warner Chappell music publications. More details about the company and the deal are not clear, although Gary Gersh is said to have been an executive at AEG Presents and Geffen and Capitol Records, which is said to be partners. Strang Well Warner Chappell was a record label in 2015 and two years later, and since then, the music industry has been well known. He launched New West, a U.S.-tilted independent record label in 1998 and Southside Independent Publishing in 2004, which was acquired by Warner Chappell in 2010, after he took over the company shortly after.

Representatives of David Jacobs, a lawyer for Bryan, Strang, Warner and Bryan, declined or did not respond typeRequest for comment. The Hollywood Reporter first reported the news of Bryan and Warner rebooting.

Bryan is one of the world's largest record artists and has been the performance of Warner Records for nearly three years, starting with his breakthrough 2022 album "American Heartbreak." Shortly after he was discharged from the U.S. Navy in 2021, he signed with Warner with his own Belting Bronco brand and released his first two albums independently while he was still in service. Since then, he has quickly risen to a stadium-level artist and has three multi-platform studio albums that have spawned hit singles like "Something in the Orange", "Pink Skies" and Kacey Musgraves duo "I Remember Everything." He also released two live albums.

This summer, Bryan will perform at the 107,000-capacity Michigan Stadium in London, in a few weeks.

Bryan laughed at the upcoming film through his voice notes from actor Matthew McConaughey with the same post as the "Final" main record album. In a clip posted to Instagram, Bryan invited McConaughey to announce the film "Motorbreath", which he suggested recording Bryan and his friends will record his last album for Warner Records. “It’s not a movie about the band,” McConaughey said.

"It's a movie about a boy from Oklahoma, a boy who loves writing. Writing about people - a lot of people.