XIX Entertainment

{{Short description|American entertainment company}}

{{Infobox company

| name = XIX Entertainment

| logo = XIX Entertainment.svg

| logo_size =

| type = Private

| foundation = 2010

| location = *Los Angeles, CA, America

| key_people = Simon Fuller

| industry = Entertainment

| products = Artist management
Film and television production
Creative services

| owner = Simon Fuller

| homepage = {{URL|https://www.xixentertainment.com|xixentertainment.com}}

}}

XIX Entertainment is an entertainment content and intellectual rights organisation based in North America and Europe. The company, which has been valued at $100 million{{cite news|title=Fuller's XIX now valued at $100m|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/44f0b088-4e7a-11e0-98eb-00144feab49a.html|newspaper=Financial Times |date=14 March 2011}}

was set up by Simon Fuller in 2010{{cite web|title=XIX Entertainment, Inc. Private Company Information|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=130914813|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014075521/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=130914813|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 14, 2012|publisher=Bloomburg BusinessWeek }} to commercially develop world class individuals and entertainment properties. The company owns several high value partnerships in tech and media including an innovative 5G venture with Verizon,{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=2020-12-08 |title=Simon Fuller, Verizon Form Pact to Develop 5G Music and Entertainment Experiences (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/simon-fuller-verizon-5g-music-entertainment-1234848401/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} an international educational initiative with Pearson PLC,{{Cite web |date=2021-10-15 |title=Pearson and Simon Fuller join forces to set up Academy of Pop |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/15/pearson-and-simon-fuller-join-forces-to-set-up-academy-of-pop-spice-girls |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=the Guardian |language=en}} a new talent platform with TikTok parent company ByteDance{{Cite web |date=2020-08-10 |title=Simon Fuller partners with TikTok to find new pop supergroup |url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/simon-fuller-inks-deal-with-tiktok-to-find-pop-supergroup/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Music Business Worldwide |language=en-US}} as well as owning shareholdings in various other entertainment and fashion properties.{{cite web | url=https://www.voguebusiness.com/fashion/paris-and-profits-victoria-beckham-and-ceo-marie-leblanc-plot-a-new-direction | title=Paris and profits: Victoria Beckham and CEO Marie Leblanc plot a new direction | date=30 September 2022 }}

XIX Entertainment provides artist services that include management, television and music production, social media engagement, Public Relations, entertainment marketing, legal and accounting services, and has a staff of fifty with offices in London, New York, Los Angeles and Nashville.

The company manages or has managed Now United, Any Gabrielly, The Future X, Annie Lennox, Victoria Beckham, David Beckham, Andy Murray, Steven Tyler, Carrie Underwood,{{cite news|title=Blackwell and Fuller get a band together|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fd81136c-95e3-11e0-ba20-00144feab49a.html|newspaper=Financial Times |date=13 June 2011}} The Spice Girls, Aloe Blacc, Lisa Marie Presley and others.

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