Warner Music Group buys German indie distributor Zebralution Music
WMG takes back a company it sold in 2017, adding a distribution route for independent labels that feed streaming services.
Warner Music Group announced on November 3 that it has acquired Zebralution Music, a German distributor for independent labels. The price was not disclosed.
The seller was Bookwire, which took over the wider Zebralution group earlier in 2026. Sources differ on the chain of ownership: one says Insight agreed to buy it from GEMA in January with the deal closing in March, another that Bookwire bought it from GEMA in March.
Zebralution's co-managing directors, Konrad von Löhneysen and Sascha Lazimbat, will stay in their roles and work with Niels Walboomers, president of Warner Music Central Europe.
WMG first bought Zebralution in 2007 and sold it in 2017 to a group of industry figures and its original founders.
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