Christian Music Giant Cook Media Global Acquires Influential Label Home of Phil Wickham

Christian euphony institution and publication steadfast Cook Media Global has acquired indie faith-based statement Fair Trade Services, location to artists including Phil Wickham, CeCe Winans, Colton Dixton, MercyMe and Micah Tyler. The acquisition includes each of Fair Trade’s euphony recordings, opus publishing, workforce and catalog. On Oct. 31, Fair Trade volition go an autarkic subsidiary of Cook Media Global. Financial presumption of the acquisition are not being publically disclosed.

Fair Trade was launched arsenic INO Records successful 1999 by founder/CEO Jeff Moseley, and the institution was renamed Fair Trade Services successful 2011. Cook Media Global has antecedently acquired and developed Christian companies including Integrity Music successful 2011, Standard Publishing successful 2015 and Group Publishing successful 2024. Fair Trade’s unit volition proceed to enactment from its existent bureau abstraction successful Brentwood, Tenn.; Cook Media has signed a semipermanent lease for the space.

Blaine Barcus will proceed arsenic president of Integrity Music, wherever helium leads the statement and opus publishing divisions. Integrity Music and Fair Trade volition run arsenic abstracted entities nether Cook Media Global.

Fair Trade Services’ artists person seen sizeable occurrence successful presumption of illustration hits, touring and awards. At past week’s GMA Dove Awards, Winans picked up 2 wins, for gospel worship recorded opus of the year, and for Christmas recorded opus of the year, portion Wickham won inspirational recorded opus of the twelvemonth and Christmas/special lawsuit medium of the year. Wickham conscionable earned his Billboard Hot 100 illustration debut with a reimagining of Rich Mullins’ CCM classical “What An Awesome God.”

“Cultural and theological alignment are perfectly indispensable for a palmy acquisition,” Cook Media Global CEO Bill Reeves said successful a statement. “Fair Trade shares our passionateness and committedness to making Jesus known done media — whether it beryllium euphony specifically, oregon different formats. Fair Trade’s occurrence speaks to the talent, diligence and creativity of their artists and teams, and we are anxious to person them articulation the Cook Media Global household truthful unneurotic we tin scope adjacent much radical with the gospel.”

“We are excited to invited Jeff and his enactment squad of Darren Elrod and James Rueger, on with the entire Fair Trade staff,” Reeves continued. “Their estimation for serving and supporting artists and absorption teams is among the champion successful the industry.”

“I americium beyond excited for this caller section successful the lives of our artists and employees,” Moseley said successful a statement. “Cook Media Global, nether the enactment of Bill Reeves successful particular, shares the aforesaid heartbeat arsenic Fair Trade and I can’t ideate a amended spot to laic the foundations for the future.”

“Fair Trade volition proceed to run the mode we ever have; with a flexible and nimble mindset,” Moseley added. “With Cook Media Global committed to investing successful the aboriginal maturation of Fair Trade, I person the utmost assurance that this determination volition greatly payment our artists and unit and volition summation our interaction and opportunities to stock meaningful euphony with radical astir the world.”

Founded successful 1875 by David Caleb Cook, Cook Media Global is simply a nonprofit ministry dedicated to equipping the planetary religion with leadership, discipleship and worship resources to assistance Christians turn successful religion and walk it on to the adjacent generation. Integrity Music is committed to taking songs of substance to the section religion and its leaders astir the world. Also portion of the Cook Media Global household are David C Cook and Group Publishing, some of whi...