From teenage day trader and post-production whiz kid to music-industry force, Jonathan Strauss has built a career on identifying untapped opportunities and scaling disruptive businesses. The co-founder and CEO of Create Music Group, Strauss has grown his company into a billion-dollar enterprise that operates as a record label, distributor and music-rights powerhouse. Beyond its status […]
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DEADMAU5 CATALOG ACQUIRED BY CREATE MUSIC GROUP IN DEAL VALUED AT $55 MILLION
The deal, which covers masters and publishing, includes the mau5trap catalog and marks the launch of a joint venture to release future recordings by the artist and imprint. (LOS ANGELES, CA March 5, 2025) – Create Music Group has acquired the deadmau5 catalog in addition to the catalog of the electronic producer’s longstanding label, mau5trap. […]
CREATE MUSIC GROUP ACQUIRES 50% SHARE OF UK DANCE LABEL AND PUBLISHER ENHANCED MUSIC
Create Music Group Acquires 50% Share of UK Dance Label and Publisher Enhanced Music (LONDON, UK and LOS ANGELES, CA December 12, 2024) – Create Music Group has acquired a 50% share of the London-based dance music label and publisher Enhanced Music. The deal announcement for Create Music Group follows last month’s acquisition of Ostereo. […]
CREATE MUSIC GROUP ACQUIRES UK LABEL AND MUSIC PUBLISHER OSTEREO
After Raising $165M At A $1BN Valuation, Create Music Group Acquires UK-Based Label Ostereo (MANCHESTER, UK and LOS ANGELES, CA November 22, 2024) – Founded in 2016 by Howard Murphy, Create says that Ostereo has “successfully used data analytics” to identify and develop artists from various territories around the world, including Europe, UK, Korea, India, […]
CREATE MUSIC GROUP, AT $1 BILLION VALUATION, RAISES $165 MILLION INVESTMENT ROUND
Flexpoint Ford Makes a Significant Minority Investment in Create Music Group to Fuel Strategic Growth (CHICAGO, IL and LOS ANGELES, CA June 25, 2024) – Create Music Group, a rapidly growing music and entertainment company, announced today a $165 million investment led by private equity investment firm Flexpoint Ford. Flexpoint seeks to partner with companies […]
CREATE MUSIC GROUP ANNOUNCES JOINT VENTURE WITH LATIN MUSIC LABEL ONELAND MUSIC GROUP
(LOS ANGELES, CA February 12, 2024) – OneLand Music Group, known for its success with Dominican-based artist Atomic Otro Way, today announced a joint venture with Create Music Group, one of the world’s leading independent music and entertainment companies. The deal includes Create’s acquisition of OneLand’s valuable music catalog as well as a joint venture […]
Create Music Group Acquires Music For Pets, Music Company that Provides Music Tailored for Dogs and Cats
Music For Pets is the pioneer for entertainment for pets with 20 million pets around the world listening to more than 12 million hours of original music each month (LOS ANGELES, CA June 30, 2023) – Create Music Group, one of the world’s leading music and entertainment companies, announced today the full acquisition of Music […]
Acclaimed DJ/producer AC Slater Brings Night Bass Label to Create Music Group in New Joint Venture
Third studio album “Together” out June 16th via Night Bass (LOS ANGELES, CA June 16, 2023) DJ/producer AC Slater today announced that he will bring his iconic record label Night Bass to Create Music Group, one of the world’s leading data-driven media and technology companies focused on empowering artists and creators. The deal […]
Create Music Group buys majority interest in YouTube channel network The Nations, launches Web3 JV
Create Music Group has acquired a majority interest in The Nations, a portfolio of curated music YouTube channels that reaches a collective audience of more than 60 million people. The deal also includes the acquisition of the independent record label Lowly. According to Create, Lowly artists have have generated over 200 million global streams in the […]
Create Music Group acquires viral marketing agency VRTCL
Create Music Group is expanding its social media marketing capabilities with the acquisition of content management and influencer marketing agency, VRTCL. Founded by Griffin Haddrill and Sean Young, Las Vegas-based VRTCL will continue to be led by Haddrill with the backing of Create, who have direct access to nearly 500 million social media followers through […]