{"id":98564,"date":"2021-01-22T17:29:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T17:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/?post_type=companies&#038;p=98564"},"modified":"2021-01-22T17:29:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T17:29:43","slug":"pulse-music-group","status":"publish","type":"companies","link":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/companies\/pulse-music-group\/","title":{"rendered":"PULSE Music Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PULSE Music Group is a music publisher headquartered in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>PULSE was launched in 2008 by songwriters and producers Scott Cutler and Josh Abraham.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, PULSE has built a roster of talent that has contributed to more than 150 million record sales, and over 10 billion streams.<\/p>\n<p>PULSE&#8217;s song catalog includes hits such as: <em>Despacito<\/em> (ft. Justin Bieber) by Luis Fonsi &amp; Daddy Yankee thanks to songwriter Marty James.<\/p>\n<p>PULSE writers have also contributed to hits such as <em>Girls Like You<\/em> by Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, Camila Cabello\u2019s <em>Havana<\/em> feat. Young Thug; and <em>Needed Me<\/em> by Rihanna.<\/p>\n<p>Its roster includes \/ has included hitmakers such as\u00a0Starrah, Ty Dolla $ign, OZ, Tyler Johnson, YEBBA, Rich The Kid, James Blake, YBN Cordae, El-P, Bonnie McKee and more.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h6>PULSE MUSIC GROUP&#8217;S MAJORITY SALE TO CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING<\/h6>\n<p>In July 2020, Concord Music Publishing announced that it had acquired a majority stake in PULSE Music Group.<\/p>\n<p>That stake was previously held by Japan&#8217;s Fujipacific.<\/p>\n<p>Music Business Worldwide reported that the deal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/concord-buys-majority-stake-in-pop-publisher-pulse-in-100m-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cost upwards of $100 million.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the time, Concord Chief Business Development Officer, Steve Salm, said: \u201cWhile the broader market remains hyper-focused on deep publishing catalog and passive income-stream deals, Concord has chosen to differentiate itself with partnerships that greatly expand its abilities to create frontline content across compositions, recordings and theater.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecognized as one of the leading frontline publishers in the world, Pulse is a company that Concord has always greatly admired, and this collaboration instantly makes Concord a leader in the frontline pop, hip-hop and R&amp;B publishing world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PULSE Music Group is a music publisher headquartered in Los Angeles. PULSE was launched in 2008 by songwriters and producers Scott Cutler and Josh Abraham. Since then, PULSE has built a roster of talent that has contributed to more than 150 million record sales, and over 10 billion streams. PULSE&#8217;s song catalog includes hits such &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/companies\/pulse-music-group\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":98565,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-98564","companies","type-companies","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/companies\/98564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/companies"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/companies"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/companies\/98564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}