About Crunch Digital
What Makes Crunch Digital Different
Crunch Digital’s Mission & History
Crunch Digital’s mission is to make it easier to identify the music that is available under existing licenses, expedite curation based on licensed music, identify rights owners for licensing outreach, eliminate the barriers of music licensing and payments, ultimately fueling better revenue flow and reducing operating costs through streamlined workflows.
Crunch Digital is an independent technology firm based in Los Angeles, California with a long pedigree in the media & entertainment industry. We offer a full suite of solutions and services to provide a simple, affordable, compliant and a reliable way to use music content. We support content owners – including record labels and music publishers – by managing the flow of data to and from digital services and other licensees. We also manage data flow for content licensees – digital service providers, multi-channel networks, game companies, app developers and mobile carriers – including royalty reporting and payments.
Only Crunch Digital combines a revolutionary rights management and curation console, with a proven content licensing workflow with trusted relationships with content owners. Our data partnerships with major and independent music publishers covers over 85% of all U.S. music song interests, and our content is updated weekly to keep you in tune with the market.
Crunch was founded in 2008 and became a new division of Entertainment Council in 2013. Crunch’s leadership team brings deep experience and strong relationships. In 2016 we started the process to create the Crunch Digital Sandbox program. In 2020 we started to build TEMPO and its full commercial release will be in Fall 2023. It has long been a vision of our founder Keith Bernstein to create adaptable music rights management tools for innovators and established companies to build new products, create new features, and take full advantages of the music licenses that they already have, plus identify the music licenses that they need.
What makes Crunch Digital so different? Other companies talk about building music solutions, we actually have them.
Meet Crunch Digital’s Founder: Keith Bernstein
Keith Bernstein is responsible for extending Crunch’s partnerships and spearheading growth in international business segments, including music, film & television, publishing and games. Keith is known in the entertainment industry for his acute financial prowess and knowledge of the complexities of music copyrights, royalty accounting, reporting requirements, label operations, and digital service operations. With over 30 years of experience, he has a unique blend of music industry and business development experience, and is recognized for his strategic insight and personal integrity.
Keith has been a featured guest lecturer at universities and has spoken on a number of music industry panels, covering such topics as music licensing, music royalty accounting, royalty examination procedures, and financial due diligence related to song catalog acquisitions.
Keith attended the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management Executive Program in Business Management at the University of California, Los Angeles. He also received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics/Business from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Crunch Digital in the Media
Keith Bernstein was featured as a guest on Tuned Global’s Stream By Stream Podcast hosted by
Topics covering Music Apps, Licensing Challenges, and lots of music royalty talk!
An Early Look At What’s Planned For TEMPO
On August 26, 2021 we hosted a behind the scenes discussion and detailed look at what’s planned for TEMPO before its commercial release during 2022. We showcased TEMPO and its first of its kind new technology for music clearance and music licensing developed by Crunch Digital.
Digital Podcast
Keith Bernstein was a guest on the Music Biz Weekly hosted by Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert. Topics covered Music Apps, Licensing Challenges, and lots of music royalty talk!
