Exploration is a media administrator on a mission to help music publishers, record labels, and TV/film companies protect and administer their musical works. Exploration offers administrative services (YouTube channel management, catalog auditing, metadata compilation, royalties and accounting, ownership conflict resolution, and digital strategy consulting), music publishers and songwriters services (YouTube asset management, mechanical royalty administration, performance royalty administration, NMPA settlements), record labels and recording artists/bands services (YouTube asset management, digital distribution, sound recording performance royalty administration), film and TV company services (YouTube asset management). Depending on the client and service provided, Exploration charges between 10 and 20% of royalty earnings, and offers short-term contracts to provide its clients with maximum freedom. Exploration is a global company: the team consists of 60 employees worldwide, including a core of 20 employees based in the United States. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles and has offices in Nashville, New York, Berlin, and Manila. Exploration’s 24/7 customer service and ability to work with data are unrivaled in the entertainment business. The company currently represents publishing, label, and TV/film clients at YouTube, The Harry Fox Agency, Music Reports Inc, CMRR, performing rights organizations (PROs) ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC, SoundExchange, and more. Exploration was founded in 2013 by software developer Aaron Davis and music publishing executive Rene Merideth, who continue to wholly, equally, and privately the company without external funding. The two came from different worlds, but met on the rugby field: the sport’s values of collectivity, support, and loyalty drive the founders who make the perfect team: Rene has more than 20 years of experience in music publishing, and Aaron is a software engineer and business developer. Together, they created Exploration’s unique proprietary software exclusively available to their clients and dedicated to managing, organizing, and distributing catalog metadata. Committed to educating and helping their clients as much as they can, Rene and Aaron also wrote a book named ‘How The Music Business Works’, and the company issues a weekly compendium of industry news, both of which are available on the company website, https://exploration.io.