👋 Welcome to The Mail Cart. This is Warner, founder of AvA. Connect with me here and also go follow our IG page for daily resources.
💼 Looking for open Entertainment jobs? Scroll to the bottom of this email.
Over the weekend I got bored and bought "ishollywooddead.com" before one of the doom and gloom trades could get their hands on it.
So until further notice I’d like the record to show: Hollywood is not dead. I may turn this into a website with just positive headlines only. Hit me if you have ideas.
Our Job Board now has 255+ early career Entertainment roles as well.
Not subscribed yet? Join 36,500+ of your peers. Your future self will thank you.
⭐ I promise myself every day I won’t doom scroll.
Then I find myself 45 minutes deep watching airplane videos & baby capybaras taking their first steps. I think there is a diagnosis for that first one, but that’s aside the point.
The best answer here is to use a Brick, go touch grass and get off your phone. But the reality is phones are another limb now. So if you’re going to be on your phone at least use it for good.
To help you out we launched a social series called “5 Things That Stopped My Doomscrolling.” Grow your brain instead of killing it.
⭐ Netflix and Warner Music Group have entered a new creative partnership
The multi-year agreement and exclusive first look deal specifically aims at giving the streamer rights to make films and series about WMG artists.
Why it matters: WMG is turning artist IP into film and TV franchises with Netflix as the global megaphone. Those shows & movies will be clipped and clipped again, and become promo back for album & song releases. The content cycle goes deeper.
⭐ Lorde is the latest artist to go independent
She signed with Universal Music Group when she was TWELVE. Nearly two decades later she’s excited for a “clean slate.”
⭐ Primary Wave has officially acquired Kobalt for $1.5 billion, creating a $7 billion music publishing company.
WTF is a music publishing company? They manage, protect, and monetize the copyrights in musical compositions (a song’s lyrics and melody) on behalf of songwriters and composers. It handles administration, secures licenses for film, TV, and streaming, collects royalties, and takes a percentage of the income in exchange.
⭐ Amazon MGM Studios has their biggest win ever
‘Project Hail Mary’ rocketed to the best debut week ever for a Amazon MGM Studios film, and the best debut of 2026 so far. It’s only the second non-sequel or franchise movie of the decade to cross $80 million in the first week, joined only by ‘Oppenheimer.’
MORE ORIGINALS. LESS SEQUELS. PLEASE.
⭐ ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ became the most viewed movie trailer in 24 hours of all time with…
…718.6 million views nearly doubling the previous record.
⭐ Are college athletics slowly becoming media companies?
The newest example is Clemson University who built a 12,000 square foot facility in their practice facility with 2 photo & video studios, a podcast room, and multiple editing bays + conference rooms.
From my convos with other agents & managers in this space, it’s quickly becoming the norm on campuses as viewership of college sports continues to grow in the US & NIL deals explode.
The athletes become creators to amplify the sport and vice versa. We are in the creator era no matter what part of media you are in…
Also when I played college sports in 2012-2014, athletes were pumped to get free meals, and others were getting paid under the table. Oh have times changed!
Walt Disney Studios promoted Erin Barrier to SVP of Communications after 15 years of service and makes the jump from being the VP of Comms.
RIAA Chief Legal Officer Ken Doroshow is retiring after 10 years with the company, and Jacob Tracer will be his successor starting at the end of March.
Luminate’s Chief Insights Officer Andrew Wallenstein has expanded his role to include oversight over a second team alongside leading the company’s content efforts.
Our new job board features 255+ early career roles in Entertainment, including:
💼 Culture Marketing Manager - UTA - Apply Here
💼 Trainee, PR, Entertainment Relations - Dior - Apply Here
💼 Brand Consulting, Group Assistant - CAA - Apply Here
💼 News Assistant, International Desk - New York Times - Apply Here
💼 Trainee, Production Administration, MPG - Sony Pictures - Apply Here
💼 Video Producer - Hearst - Apply Here
💼 Specialist, Communications - Red Bull Media House - Apply Here
💼 Creative Content Manager - Paramount Pictures - Apply Here
💼 Brand Partnerships Coordinator (C3 Presents) - Live Nation - Apply Here
💼 Executive Assistant - AMC - Apply Here
💼 Social Media Analyst - NHL - Apply Here
💼 Communications Manager - Madison Square Garden - Apply Here
💼 Music Group Assistant (Americana) - The Team - Apply Here
💼 US Unscripted Creative Coordinator - Amazon MGM Studios - Apply Here
💼 Studio Manager - Sony Music Publishing - Apply Here
💼 Executive Assistant - Live Nation - Apply Here
💼 Production Coordinator - iHeartMedia - Apply Here
💼 Associate Project Manager - The Walt Disney Studios - Apply Here
💼 Corporate Relations Coordinator - Warner Bros. Discovery - Apply Here
💼 Distribution Administrator - Create Music Group - Apply Here
🎒 Partnership Marketing Intern - Barstool Sports - Apply Here
🎒 Communications Intern - Airbnb - Apply Here
🎒 Urban, Executive Intern - Live Nation - Apply Here
🎒 Gen Z Culture & Partnerships Internship - POCA - Apply Here
🎒 Film Programs and Public Engagement Intern - The Academy - Apply Here
👋 See you back here on Wednesday
What do you find most valuable about The AvA Connection?
Want this newsletter in your inbox every week?
The Mail Cart is written by Warner Bailey and edited by Riley Furey and Dominik Sansevere.
Get in touch! Email us at [email protected].
Want to partner with us and reach 270,000+ music and entertainment professionals? Reach out to [email protected]
Want to write your own newsletter? Check out our friends at Beehiiv