Prossima Music Entertainment

Prossima Music Entertainment Co., LTD (Korean: (주)프로시마뮤직엔터테인먼트; Japanese: 株式会社プロシマミュージックエンタテインメント) is a South Korean entertainment company founded in Seoul in 2008. Its core business is music publishing: it manages the music copyrights of K-pop, K-drama, K-film and K-indie musicians on a worldwide basis, collects royalties, and distributes them to creators and artists. The company describes publishing as a professional field that clarifies what rights creators hold and ensures the royalties generated through those rights are properly collected. Beyond rights administration, Prossima promotes and pitches its managed music to content producers such as drama and film production companies and advertising productions. It also works with emerging songwriters, proposing their new songs to production companies so that they can be released, and collaborating with them in the process. In addition to publishing, the company operates content distribution, releasing and managing musicians' music on domestic Korean music services and multiple global music services, and promoting releases through exposure on Korean platforms and through its official YouTube channel and Instagram. According to Japanese-language reference material, Prossima's partners include the long-established Japanese major record company King Record and Seven Seas Music, which handles the copyrights of its labels, while the company also maintains partnerships with affiliated companies in Europe, the Americas, Asia and China. Its stated business scope covers music copyright management as well as albums, sound source exports, overseas performances and artists' overseas expansion — promotion across the music business generally. Its main business lines are publishing (domestic and overseas music copyright management), album release (planning and manufacturing physical records), distribution (online and offline sound sources), licensing (overseas album licensing) and promotion of managed songs. The company's catalog includes music used in Korean television dramas such as "Fate" (2013), "When a Man Loves" (2013), "Nine" (2013), "Incarnation of Money" (2013), "Flower Boy Next Door" (2013), "Arang and the Magistrate" (2012), "Five Fingers" (2012), "The King's Doctor" (2012), "Protect the Boss" (2011) and "Can You Hear My Heart" (2011), as well as Korean films including "My PS Partner" (2012), "Helpless" (2012), "The Thieves" (2012), "Horror Stories" (2012), "Punch" (2011), "The Housemaid" (2010), "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" (2005), "Guns & Talks" (2001) and "JSA" (2000). Related companies listed in Japanese reference material include King Record and Seven Seas Music in Japan and GDM Music S.R.L. in Italy. Prossima is headquartered in Seoul, at 308, Hanwha Biz Metro 2nd, 551-24 Yangcheon-ro, Gangseo-gu (postal code 07532). Its website lists contact channels for publishing contracts, sound source distribution, A&R auditions, copyright approval agency work and general inquiries, with a main telephone number and separate lines for the publishing, content distribution and A&R teams. The company is a private South Korean corporation and remains active in music publishing and distribution.

Prossima Music Entertainment was founded in Seoul, South Korea, in 2008, according to the company's own website. From its base in the Korean capital it built its business around music publishing — the administration of music copyrights — for Korean popular music, drama soundtracks, film music and independent musicians. The company's model is to manage the music copyrights of K-pop, K-drama, K-film and K-indie musicians worldwide, collect the royalties generated by those rights, and distribute them to the creators and artists. It frames publishing as a professional discipline whose purpose is to make creators aware of exactly which rights they hold and to ensure the royalties arising from those rights are properly collected. Alongside rights administration, Prossima promotes and pitches its managed music to content producers — drama and film production companies and advertising productions — and works with emerging songwriters by proposing their new songs to production companies so they can be released. Over time the company added content distribution to its publishing core. It releases and manages musicians' music on Korean domestic music services and on multiple global music services, and promotes releases through exposure on Korean platforms and through its official YouTube channel and Instagram. Its Japanese-language reference entry describes its main businesses as publishing (domestic and overseas music copyright management), album release (planning and manufacturing physical records), distribution (online and offline sound sources), licensing (overseas album licensing) and promotion of managed songs. Prossima's catalog reflects the boom in Korean screen content during the 2000s and 2010s. Its managed works include music from Korean television dramas such as "Can You Hear My Heart" (2011), "Protect the Boss" (2011), "The King's Doctor" (2012), "Five Fingers" (2012), "Arang and the Magistrate" (2012), "Flower Boy Next Door" (2013), "Incarnation of Money" (2013), "Nine" (2013), "When a Man Loves" (2013) and "Fate" (2013), and from Korean films including "JSA" (2000), "Guns & Talks" (2001), "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" (2005), "The Housemaid" (2010), "Punch" (2011), "My PS Partner" (2012), "Helpless" (2012), "The Thieves" (2012) and "Horror Stories" (2012). Internationally, the company built partnerships to extend its reach. In Japan — described in its Japanese-language reference material as a major market for Korean Wave content — its partners include King Record, a major record company with a long tradition, and Seven Seas Music, which handles the copyrights of King Record's labels. The company also states that it maintains partnerships with affiliated companies in Europe, the Americas, Asia and China. Related companies listed in Japanese reference material include King Record and Seven Seas Music in Japan and GDM Music S.R.L. in Italy. Its stated business scope extends beyond publishing to albums, sound source exports, overseas performances and artists' overseas expansion, with promotion across the music business generally. The company remains active and is headquartered in Seoul at 308, Hanwha Biz Metro 2nd, 551-24 Yangcheon-ro, Gangseo-gu. Its website provides contact channels for publishing contracts, sound source distribution, A&R auditions, copyright approval agency work and general inquiries, with a main telephone number and dedicated lines for the publishing, content distribution and A&R teams.

• 2013

  Managed music appears in Korean dramas including "Flower Boy Next Door", "Incarnation of Money", "Nine", "When a Man Loves" and "Fate".

• 2012

  Managed music appears in Korean dramas and films including "The King's Doctor", "Five Fingers", "Arang and the Magistrate", "My PS Partner", "Helpless", "The Thieves" and "Horror Stories".

• 2011

  Managed music appears in Korean dramas such as "Can You Hear My Heart" and "Protect the Boss".

• 2008

  Prossima Music Entertainment is founded in Seoul, South Korea.

A music publishing and distribution specialist managing K-pop, K-drama, K-film and K-indie music rights worldwide, with partnerships in Japan, Europe, the Americas, Asia and China.

• Music publishing (domestic and overseas copyright management)

• Content distribution

• Album release (planning and manufacturing physical records)

• Licensing (overseas album licensing)

• Promotion of managed songs

• Live stage

1. 1Prossima Music Entertainment official websiteprossima.co.kr
2. 2Prossima Music Entertainment — Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3プロシマミュージックエンタテインメント — Wikipedia (Japanese)ja.wikipedia.org