Companies
Defected Records
Record Label
Defected was founded by Simon Dumore in 1999 and specializes in electronic and house musicBig Deal Music Group
Music Publisher
Big Deal Music Group was an independent music publishing company co-founded and run by British executive Kenny MacPherson. The company ran offices in Los Angeles, New York, Nashville and London. Its 4,000-plus-strong catalog included cuts on hits recorded by the likes of Shawn Mendes, Panic! At The Disco and One Direction. Founded in 2012 by … ContinuedActivist Artists Management
Management Company
Activist Artists is a talent management company with headquarters in Los Angeles, and additional offices in New York, Nashville and Atlanta. The firm’s clients include The Lumineers, Bobby Weir, Dwight Yoakam, the Grateful Dead, Dead & Company (co-managed with Azoff/Moir), Leif Vollebekk, The Pretty Reckless, Young the Giant, and Orville Peck. The roster also includes … Continued88Rising
Record Label, Live Promoter
88Rising was founded by Sean Miyashiro in 2015, and entered into a deal with Kobalt in 2019Pro-Musica Brasil
The Brazilian Association of Record Producers – ABPD, created in April 1958, was renamed Pró-Música Brasil (Produtores Fonográfico Associados) in 2016. The trade org represents both major and independent recorded music companies in Brazil, and is an official affiliate of the IFPI. Pró-Música Brasil is dedicated to representing the common interests of phonographic producers in … ContinuedSOCAN
SOCAN is a not-for-profit music rights organization that connects more than four-million music creators worldwide, and more than a quarter-million businesses and individuals in Canada. More than 175,000 songwriters, composers, and music publishers are its direct members, and more than 100,000 organizations are Licensed To Play music across Canada.STIM
STIM is a Swedish collective management organization for music creators and publishers. On their behalf, STIM administers and licenses performing and mechanical rights to music and lyrics. STIM is a non-profit member organisation tasked with ensuring that its affiliated rightsholders and music publishers get paid when their music is used. We provide the conditions for … ContinuedTips Industries (aka Tips Music)
TIPS is a leading publicly-listed music label in India, founded in 1988 by Kumar Taurani and Ramesh Taurani. Right from acquiring/ producing superhits in the 90s like Khalnayak, Phool Aur Kaante, Soldier, Coolie No.1, Raja Hindustani, Rangeela, Gupt, Pardes, Taal, Raaz, etc. to musical blockbusters films like Ajab Premi ki Gazab Kahani, Prince, Ramaiya Vastavaiya, … ContinuedQueen Productions Ltd
Queen Productions Ltd is the UK-registered company that collects royalty money for the band Queen.The best of MBW, plus the most important music biz stories on the web. Delivered for FREE, direct to your inbox each day.
IFPI Sverige
Industry Org
IFPI Sverige (IFPI Sweden) is a local trade body for the Swedish recorded music market. In addition to advocating for the local industry, the org issues regular market data on Sweden, the birthplace of Spotify.Songtradr
Distributor
Songtradr is a B2B music licensing marketplace launched in 2014 by CEO Paul Wiltshire300 Entertainment
Record Label
300 Entertainment was founded in 2012 by Kevin Liles, Lyor Cohen, Roger Gold and Todd MoscowitzRound Hill Music
Music Publisher, Record Label
Round Hill Music has managed investment for three private funds and also looks after a public fund that floated in 2020IMPALA
Industry Org
IMPALA, founded in 2000, represents the interests of independent labels across Europe