Kobalt is a leading independent music publisher offering global copyright administration, creative and synch/licensing services, and advances to writers, publishers and other publishing rights holders. With offices in London, New York, Nashville, Los Angeles, Berlin and Stockholm, as well as agents in over 20 major territories, Kobalt administers more than 100,000 copyrights worldwide on behalf of over 500 clients.

Company History

In 2000 Willard Ahdritz, Kobalt Music Group's Founder and CEO, had a vision for a more modern, efficient and transparent music publishing model that would better service the needs of the songwriter and copyright holder. Ahdritz's experience as the founder of Telegram Publishing, as well as his 10-year management consulting experience for major companies in the financial and transportation sectors, helped him recognize how administration models from other industries, such as financial services companies, could be applied to manage the complex information flow in the global collections process. That vision for Kobalt Music Group was brought together as a co-investment with New Media Spark, the London listed investment group. As part of the initial arrangements, Kobalt Music Group acquired Diesel 2 Publishing and Management AB, a Swedish- based music publishing company founded in 1993 with an established music copyright catalogue which further enhanced the creative expertise in Kobalt.