Editing Cooking Vinyl (section)

==Sister companies==
'''Essential Music & Marketing'''

In 2003, Vital Distribution's managing director Mike Chadwick teamed up with Cooking Vinyl's Martin Goldschmidt to launch Essential Music & Marketing, an independent distributor and service provider.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/qa-mike-chadwick-essential-music-marketing/|title=Q&A: Mike Chadwick, Essential Music & Marketing|publisher=[[Complete Music Update]]|date=14 May 2013|access-date=9 May 2014}}</ref>

[[RED Distribution]], the [[Sony Music UK]] artist and label services division, announced the acquisition of Essential Music and Marketing in March 2016. As part of this deal, a new company was launched, Red Essential, which is based at The Cooking Vinyl Group's West London offices. The company is now located in Farringdon.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sony-acquires-essential-music-marketing-launches-red-essential/|title=Sony acquires Essential Music & Marketing, launches Red Essential - Music Business Worldwide|date=2 March 2016|newspaper=Music Business Worldwide|language=en-US|access-date=13 January 2017}}</ref>

'''CV America'''

Cooking Vinyl America was originally launched in 2012. In 2016, Howie Gabriel was named President.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/cooking-vinyl-america-names-howie-gabriel-president-as-it-expands-in-us/|title=Cooking Vinyl America names Howie Gabriel President as it expands in US - Music Business Worldwide|date=10 March 2016|work=Music Business Worldwide|access-date=8 November 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> The US operation provides strategic services to the CV Group, including artist/label acquisition, marketing, distribution and business strategy. Cooking Vinyl America is based in New York City.

'''Cooking Vinyl Australia'''

[[Cooking Vinyl Australia]] was formed in September 2013. The stand-alone company is based in Melbourne and helmed by former Shock Records executives, Leigh Gruppetta and Stu Harvey, the label signs both local and international artists and represents the Cooking Vinyl Records roster in Australia and New Zealand under license.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/5687079/uk-indie-cooking-vinyl-launches-in-australia|title=U.K. Indie Cooking Vinyl Launches in Australia|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=6 September 2014|access-date=9 May 2014}}</ref> In February 2018, [[Sony Music Australia]] acquired a portion of Cooking Vinyl Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sony-music-buys-chunk-cooking-vinyl-australia-significant-investment/|title=Sony Music buys chunk of Cooking Vinyl Australia with 'significant investment'|website=Musicbusinessworldwide.com|date=13 February 2018}}</ref>

'''Cooking Vinyl Publishing'''

Cooking Vinyl Publishing was formed in 2008<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/cooking-vinyl-reignites-publishing-arm/043570|title=Cooking Vinyl reignites publishing arm {{!}} News {{!}} Music Week|website=Musicweek.com|language=en|access-date=8 November 2018}}</ref> and is headed by former manager and Warner/Chappell exec Ryan Farley,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/ryan-farley-named-managing-director-of-cooking-vinyl-publishing/|title=Ryan Farley named Managing Director of Cooking Vinyl Publishing - Music Business Worldwide|date=6 September 2018|work=Music Business Worldwide|access-date=8 November 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> who joined in August 2018. The company has a diverse roster with current writers including [[Tom Speight]], C Duncan, Vitto Meirelles, Isobel Campbell, [[Lucy Spraggan]], 485C, [[65daysofstatic|65 Days of Static]] and Palestinian acts DAM, [[47Soul|47 Soul]] and [[Le Trio Joubran]]. 

The company's catalogue includes songs by artists such as [[Reverend and The Makers|Reverend & The Makers]], [[The Rifles (band)|The Rifles]], Amber Run, Roll Deep, Meursalt, Tal National, [[Audio Bullys]], Exit Calm and [[The Virginmarys|The Virgin Marys]]. It also has co-publishing partnerships with Brighton-based [[FatCat Records|Fat Cat Records]] and UK jazz label Edition Music.

'''Motus Music'''

In March 2019, The Cooking Vinyl Group announced they had acquired a 50% share in production music start up Motus Music.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/cooking-vinyl-invests-in-production-music-and-sync-specialist-motus-music/|title=Cooking Vinyl invests in production music and sync specialist Motus Music|date=5 March 2019|website=Music Business Worldwide|language=en-US|access-date=23 April 2019}}</ref>