Los Angeles-based impartial music label Rostrum Information has launched Rostrum Pacific, a father or mother firm designed to accommodate its portfolio of leisure properties.
On the event of its twentieth anniversary, the label’s founder and CEO, Benjy Grinberg, has unveiled Rostrum Pacific as a strategic step to consolidate and help a variety of premium leisure properties.
Rostrum Pacific goals to function a “multi-faceted leisure firm”, bringing collectively numerous music manufacturers below its umbrella together with the legacy label, Rostrum Information.
MBW understands that Rostrum Pacific is about to accommodate an acquired firm at Rostrum, with extra particulars anticipated later this summer season.
Main the brand new enterprise is Jonathan Partch, the longstanding Normal Supervisor of Rostrum Information, who assumes the function of Chief Working Officer at Rostrum Pacific.
“Working alongside Benjy and the Rostrum Information crew for the previous 8 years has been the spotlight of my profession,” stated Partch.
“With Rostrum Pacific, I look ahead to constructing upon our legacy, persevering with to push boundaries and creating an ecosystem the place independence thrives.”
“With Rostrum Pacific, I look ahead to constructing upon our legacy, persevering with to push boundaries and creating an ecosystem the place independence thrives.”
Jonathan Partch, Rostrum Pacific
In its 20-year run, Rostrum has signed and developed artists together with Mod Solar, and Nitty. The label’s present roster consists of multi-genre artists reminiscent of DC The Don, Alé Araya, Lou Phelps, Fats Nick and extra.
The label found Wiz Khalifa, who has turn out to be considered one of hip-hop’s most-prominent artists, and Mac Miller, who had the primary independently launched debut album to land at # 1 on Billboard’s High 200 since 1995.
“As we have fun this milestone, I’m amazed at what we have now achieved since beginning Rostrum Information from my house virtually 20 years in the past,” stated Grinberg.
Grinberg based Rostrum whereas he was working at Arista Records, a document label owned by Sony Music Leisure.
“Right this moment, I’m thrilled to work alongside a passionate crew of business veterans, innovators and artists on a daring, new imaginative and prescient for our subsequent chapter.”
Along with launching Rostrum Pacific, Rostrum Information plans to have fun its twentieth anniversary with a variety of initiatives all year long. These embrace the discharge of recent music releases, limited-edition merch drops and extra content material.
The launch of the brand new father or mother firm got here practically 4 months after the corporate named Erika Montes, former International Vice President for Artist & Label Relations at SoundCloud, as President.
Montes helped SoundCloud launch a multi-phased program known as “First on SoundCloud” final yr, via which the platform invests in 9 rising artists throughout genres.
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