Common Music Group publicizes the launch of The Core Data, a world enterprise led partially by Nickelback supervisor Kevin Zaruk.
Common Music Group has introduced the launch of The Core Data led by Kevin “Chief” Zaruk and Simon Tikhman (pictured), co-founders of the leisure and expertise administration firm, The Core Leisure (TCE). The worldwide label enterprise will signal and develop new artists, working with UMG’s expansive community of industry-leading labels.
“We love constructing upon our entrepreneurial tradition and are so happy to welcome Chief and Simon, who’ve a popularity for figuring out a few of the {industry}’s most promising artists,” says Sir Lucian Grainge, UMG Chairman and CEO (pictured middle). “We look ahead to serving to them develop their roster and drive international success for his or her artists.”
“Our objective has all the time been to assist artists on a world scale by creating new inventive and industrial paths,” provides Tikhman. “We’d prefer to thank Sir Lucian for believing in our imaginative and prescient and for his dedication to growing and supporting artists and entrepreneurs.”
“We’re excited for this subsequent evolution in The Core and honored to work with Sir Lucian and the workforce at UMG to assist us proceed to information artists to develop their careers and types,” concludes Zaruk. “We’ve had a good time constructing The Core over the previous few years and are excited to create a house for brand spanking new artists with the unbelievable sources and assist from UMG.”
Tikhman and Zaruk based TCE in partnership with Dwell Nation in 2019 as an impartial leisure collective with places of work in Nashville and Los Angeles specializing in expertise administration, revolutionary enterprise and strategic partnerships, and developments within the music, expertise, and life-style industries. Along with its roster of music expertise, TCE develops movie and tv initiatives and works with skilled athletes.
Earlier than TCE, Chief was integral in creating Nashville-based Massive Loud and its hybrid enterprise mannequin. A Vancouver, BC, native, Zaruk started his profession because the entrance of home and tour supervisor for Nickelback, whom he now manages.
Simon Tikhman is a seasoned entrepreneur who based Interactive Athlete and Simont Enterprises, investing in a number of tech corporations like Robinhood, Glympse, Espresa, Philz Coffe, Exadel, Bach, Zen Wtr, Imaginative and prescient Enterprise Companions, TikGames, and serving as a managing accomplice on the Fund by First Entry Leisure.