co founded by madonna . for the florida based film distributor see maverick entertainment group . maverick type entertainment management entertainment industry music film entertainment founded 1992 original company 2014 management group founder madonna frederick demann veronica ronnie dashev 1992 guy oseary 2014 headquarters burbank california united states key people guy oseary ceo ron laffitte caron veazey gee roberson cortez bryant larry rudolph adam leber scott rodger clarence spalding products management music entertainment film television program music video website maverick.com maverick was an entertainment company founded in 1992 by madonna frederick demann and veronica ronnie dashev . it was owned and operated by warner music group . it included a recording company maverick records a film production company maverick films book publishing music publishing latin record division maverick musica and a television production company . the first releases for the company were madonna s 1992 coffee table publication sex and her studio album erotica which were released simultaneously to great controversy . demann was bought out of the company for a reported 20 million in 1998 . guy oseary increased his stake in the company and took control as chairman and ceo . madonna and dashev left in 2004 after a lawsuit between maverick and warner music group . as of 2014 the company was revived as a management group founded by oseary in partnership with live nation entertainment . it consists of oseary and other recording artist managers ron laffitte caron veazey gee roberson cortez bryant larry rudolph adam leber scott rodger and clarence spalding . all nine managers and their companies joined and rebranded as maverick on october 17 2014 . contents 1 maverick records 1.1 commercial success 1.2 litigation and decline 1.3 recording artists 2 maverick films 2.1 film productions 3 maverick management 3.1 managed artists 4 other divisions 5 see also 6 references maverick records edit maverick records was launched in april 1992 as a unit of the maverick entertainment company . it was a joint venture between madonna frederick demann veronica ronnie dashev and time warner . 1 the name is combined from the names of three of the founders ; madonna veronica and frederick . the company had divisions for recording music publishing television film merchandising and book publishing . the venture was part of a 60 million recording and business deal between madonna and time warner . it gave her 20 % royalties from the music proceedings one of the highest rates in the industry equalled at that time only by michael jackson s royalty rate established a year earlier with sony . 1 at the time of its launch . the company was bi coastal ; having offices in both new york city and los angeles . the record company division of maverick also consisted of sub label maverick musica a miami florida based satellite label focusing on latin american music and maverick music publishing . the first releases for the company were madonna s 1992 coffee table publication sex and her studio album erotica which were released simultaneously to great controversy . 2 commercial success edit platinum record middle for madonna s 2001 greatest hits album ghv2 released by maverick records . maverick s first commercial success was with the self titled debut album by seattle based grunge rock band candlebox ; released in 1993 the album would go on to be riaa certified quadruple platinum in the united states . the following year the label signed canadian musician alanis morissette whose third album and maverick debut jagged little pill was released in 1995 and would be eventually certified 16x platinum in the u.s. with international sales of thirty three million making it the best selling album in the label s history and of the 1990s . demann was bought out of the company for a reported 20 million in 1998 after which guy oseary increased his stake in the company and took control as chairman and ceo . throughout the 1990s to the middle 2000s maverick would also release albums by michelle branch meshell ndegeocello u.n.v. dana dane n phase dalvin degrate the prodigy cleopatra tyler hilton deftones no authority and william orbit . litigation and decline edit by the early 2000s maverick saw its commercial fortunes decline and business operations financially unravel . in march 2004 the label and madonna filed suit against warner music group and its former parent company time warner claiming that mismanagement of resources and poor bookkeeping had cost the company millions of dollars . warner filed a countersuit alleging that maverick had lost tens of millions of dollars on its own . 3 4 5 on june 14 2004 the dispute was resolved when maverick shares owned by madonna and dashev were purchased which effectively exiled the two of them from the company as it then became a wholly owned subsidiary of warner music group . then maverick ceo guy oseary meanwhile would retain his position until wmg purchased his label shares in 2006 . also madonna was still signed to warner under her recording contract . 4 the same year the band lillix which at the time was signed to the label claimed that the maverick no longer existed and that all the artists were now handled by warner bros. directly . in 2007 the record company folded . 6 two of the label s most successful artists alanis morissette and michelle branch left in the late 2000s . branch left in 2007 after disbanding the wreckers while morissette left in 2009 after the release of flavors of entanglement . madonna s recording contract remained with warner bros. records under a separate agreement until 2009 . citation needed in 2010 maverick records et al. brought teenage file sharer whitney harper to court and won the case . harper was ordered to pay 750 per song for the three dozen uploaded on the internet . 7 the case is known as harper v. maverick recording co. . 8 in 2011 maverick records co released greyson chance s debut album hold on til the night but other than that the label has remained in dormancy . citation needed recording artists edit amanda alanis morissette american hi fi backstreet boys bad brains battlecat baxter binocular britney spears michelle branch candlebox clear static cleopatra dakona dana dane deftones dalvin degrate erasure family force 5 fifth harmony goldfinger greyson chance g eazy john stevens lil wayne tyler hilton hometown hero insolence ben jelen jack s mannequin michael johns miley cyrus jude justincase diana king lillix love spit love madonna jason aldean jorge moreno mest monterey magic cyclops muse me shell ndegeocello neurotic outsiders nicki minaj nicole n phase paul mccartney paul oakenfold pharrell williams olive one republic onesidezero the rentals rule 62 santos inocentes shifty shellshock shore showoff keaton simons solar twins soundgarden stage story of the year stutterfly summercamp swimmer tantric team sleep the prodigy t.i. unloco u.n.v. u2 william orbit maverick films edit maverick picture company was the film division of maverick founded in 1992 . 1 the first film it produced was dangerous game in 1993 directed by abel ferrara and starring madonna harvey keitel and james russo . in 2001 the company was rebranded as simply maverick films and was solely managed by madonna and guy oseary ceo of another maverick division maverick records . in 2004 madonna and dashev were bought out of maverick after a lawsuit with warner music group and they no longer have an interest in the company . madonna has since formed another company semtex films which oversees productions relating to the singer . oseary has retained the rights to the maverick name . citation needed film productions edit maverick films 9 the factory 2011 the twilight saga eclipse 2010 the stepfather 2009 hit and run 2009 twilight 2008 my sassy girl 2008 alyx 2008 tv buried 2008 the riches 2007 tv material girls 2006 i m from rolling stone 2006 i m going to tell you a secret 2005 sam s lake 2005 agent cody banks 2 destination london 2004 agent cody banks 2003 maverick picture company 10 alanis morissette head over feet 1997 music video alanis morissette you learn live 1997 tv canadian bacon 1995 dangerous game 1993 maverick management edit in 2014 oseary announced that he was forming a joint venture with live nation entertainment to establish a management group and will amalgamate other managers and their companies into one venture . oseary is joined by laffitte management s ron laffitte i am other s caron veazey blueprint group s gee roberson and cortez bryant reign deer s larry rudolph and adam leber quest management s scott rodger and spalding entertainment s clarence spalding . all nine managers joined together their companies and rebranded them and their respective employees as maverick on october 17 2014 . 6 as of february 2015 the only maverick recording artists still signed to warner music are muse who were transferred to warner bros. records in 2003 deftones transferred to reprise records and the prodigy who returned to warner bros. in 2014 . in march 2015 founder madonna released her album rebel heart featuring the maverick logo on the back cover . this signifies a new collaboration between madonna s manager guy oseary and live nation entertainment as a management group not a record label . 6 managed artists edit andrea bocelli shania twain pharrell williams paul mccartney alicia keys deftones fifth harmony britney spears jason aldean darius rucker miley cyrus madonna lil wayne avril lavigne arcade fire t.i. onerepublic jill scott the roots rascal flatts soundgarden lykke li lily allen g eazy u2 nicki minaj backstreet boys 11 emmalyn estrada 12 other divisions edit maverick musica latin division of maverick records citation needed maverick books book publishing madguy television television production madguy films film and television production maverick music publishing division see also edit 2010 term united 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tour 2001 i m going to tell you a secret the confessions tour sticky & sweet tour mdna world tour