Kobalt Music Group

Kobalt Music Group, Ltd.
Company type	Private
Industry	Music industry
Founded	2000, in New York City, New York, U.S.
Founder	Willard Ahdritz
Headquarters	New York City, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Laurent Hubert (CEO); Jeannette Perez (COO and president);
Services	Publishing; Neighbouring rights; Label services;
Subsidiaries	Kobalt Label Services (KLS); Kobalt Music Publishing (KMP);
Website	kobaltmusic.com

Kobalt Music Group, Ltd. is an independent rights management and music publishing company. Founded in 2000 by CEO Willard Ahdritz,^[3] Kobalt acts primarily as an administrative publishing company, not owning any copyrights. Also offering label services and neighboring rights,^[3] the company has developed an online portal to provide royalty income and activity to artists and allow them to manage their rights and royalties directly.^[4]

In 2015 it was reported that Kobalt was "the top independent music publisher in the UK and the second overall (to Sony/ATV) in the US," with around 600,000 songs and 8,000 artists in its catalogue^[5] Examples of artists served by Kobalt include Paul McCartney, Foo Fighters, John Denver, The Weeknd and Marshmello.^[6]

Kobalt owned 17.3% of the top 100 radio songs in the US in of 2015, ranking it third after Universal.^[7] With headquarters in New York, Kobalt also has offices in London, Berlin, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, Stockholm and Sydney.^[8] Kobalt paid $29.8 million for the acquisition of Fintage House's Music Companies.^[9]

^ "Kobalt Music Group Limited - Privacy Policy". Kobalt Music Group Limited. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
^ "Jeannette Perez promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer at Kobalt". Music Business Worldwide. 7 October 2021. Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
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^ "Kobalt changed the rules of the music industry using data – and saved it". Wired. 1 May 2015. Archived from the original on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
^ "Kobalt - Roster". Kobalt Music Group. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
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^ "Kobalt paid $29.8m for Fintage House's music companies – Music Business Worldwide". Music Business Worldwide. 9 April 2017. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2017.

[1] "Kobalt Music Group Limited - Privacy Policy". Kobalt Music Group Limited. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

[2] "Jeannette Perez promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer at Kobalt". Music Business Worldwide. 7 October 2021. Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.

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[5] "Kobalt changed the rules of the music industry using data – and saved it". Wired. 1 May 2015. Archived from the original on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

[6] "Kobalt - Roster". Kobalt Music Group. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

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[9] "Kobalt paid $29.8m for Fintage House's music companies – Music Business Worldwide". Music Business Worldwide. 9 April 2017. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2017.

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