{
  "id": 12403063,
  "title": "Music Industry Moves: Thomas Rhett Strikes Label Partnership With Hybe’s Blue Highway Records",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/music-industry-moves-thomas-rhett-strikes-label-partnership-with",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-06T15:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/music/news/thomas-rhett-label-partnership-hybe-blue-highway-1236899774/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Country star Thomas Rhett and Hybe Americas’ Nashville-based label Blue Highway Records have announced a new partnership, Fifty-One/Forty-Nine Records. Described as “artist-led,” the partnership offers “an innovative approach to the artist-label relationship,” according to the announcement. following more than a decade of shared success. (Pictured above, L-R: Blue Highway CEO Jake Basden, Rhett…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}