Research into publishing platforms

Harvey Coltman

Sentric MusicSentric Music is a British independent music publisher specialising in emerging song writers and artists.

Founded in 2006, the company has its headquarters in Liverpool, England and staff across Europe.[2] The company administers the works of over 12000 artists/writers in the UK and around the world.

Sentric publish their writers work in the UK via PRS for Music and the MCPS collection societies and in 2010 signed a sub-publishing deal with Downtown Music Publishing covering the US and Canada. Sentric also collects directly in 27 territories across Europe for its songwriters.

KobaltKobalt Music Group is an independent rights management and publishing company that was founded in 2000 by CEO Willard Ahdritz. It represents artists such as: Max Martin, Kelly Clarkson, Dr. Luke] Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Gwen Stefani, and Ryan Tedder.

Kobalt added a Label Services division in 2012 with the addition of AWAL to the company. Kobalt also offers Neighbouring Rights collection and management as part of their services. Through the acquisition Kobalt obtained access to AWAL's worldwide distribution network of more than 200 digital retail partners, including iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, eMusic, Rhapsody, 7Digital, Beatport, Deezer, and Nokia. Kobalt acts primarily as an administrative publishing company, not owning any copyrights.

Kobalt has offices worldwide and is the top independent publishing company in the United States.