The new company Lava Music Publishing will bring together Cherry Lane, whose roster includes The Black Eyed Peas and John Legend, with Flom who was previously Capitol Music Group chairman and CEO.

Cherry Lane creative services and marketing senior vice president Richard Stumpf says, "Jason's track record speaks for itself. He has great instincts, is a straight shooter and is all about getting the job done for the artist. I've been hoping to put something like this together with him ...