Music company
Record label
Reservoir Media (Nasdaq : RSVR ), also known as Reservoir Media Management, Reservoir,[ 1] Reservoir Holdings, Inc. ,[ 2] is an independent music company based in New York City with additional offices in Los Angeles , Nashville ,[ 3] Toronto , London , and Abu Dhabi .[ 4]
Reservoir was included in Billboard magazine’s "Publisher's Quarterly Top 10 Market Share" every year from 2017 to 2021.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13]
History
Reservoir was founded in 2007 as a Music Publishing Company by Iranian-Canadian Golnar Khosrowshahi ,[ 14] who is the current CEO.[ 15]
Reservoir owns over 150,000 copyrights and over 36,000 master recordings dating back to the early 1900s.
The publishing catalog includes pieces written and performed by Billy Strayhorn , Hoagy Carmichael , John Denver , Sheryl Crow , Phantogram (band) , Lady Gaga ,[ 16] Camila Cabello , Bruno Mars , Cardi B and Thomas McClary of The Commodores .[ 17] The company's roster of active writers and producers includes Levi Hummon ,[ 18] James Fauntleroy , Ali Tamposi , and Jamie Hartman .
Reservoir’s collection of film music includes rights to scores to motion pictures The Lion King , the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Gladiator and The Dark Knight trilogy created by composer-producer Hans Zimmer .
The company expanded in 2010 by acquiring TVT Music Enterprises [ 19] (its roster including Scott Storch ,[ 20] Lil Jon and The Cinematics ), Reverb Music in 2012, P&P Songs in 2013, First State Media Group (from BMG Rights Management ) in 2014,[ 21] Century Media 's songwriters[ 22] in 2017,[ 23] Chrysalis Records in 2019, Shapiro Bernstein [ 24] and Atlantic Screen Music [ 25] in 2020.
Reservoir also has a partnership with PopArabia,[ 26] founded by Spek [ 27] who serves as Reservoir's EVP of International & Emerging Markets .
The company also represents recorded music through Chrysalis Records ,[ 28] Tommy Boy Records ,[ 29] and Philly Groove Records [ 30] and manages artists with Blue Raincoat Music [ 31] and Big Life Management.[ 32]
Reservoir was named "Publisher of the Year" Award at Music Business Worldwide ’s A&R Awards in 2017 and 2019. The company also won Music Week ’s [ 33] "Independent Publisher of the Year" in 2020 and in 2022.[ 34]
Reservoir’s President [ 35] and COO , Rell Lafargue also serves on the board of directors for the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC),[ 36] the Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP),[ 37] and Music Publishers Canada (MPC).[ 38]
In 2021, Reservoir also became a publicly traded company,[ 39] [ 40] listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker RSVR. The IPO was the result of a business combination with special-purpose acquisition company Roth CH Acquisition Co. II.[ 41] [ 42]
In March 2022, Reservoir acquired rights to the catalog of film-score composer Henry Jackman .[ 43]
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