[1][2] It was founded in 1991 by Jez Nelson, Chris Philips and Sonita Alleyne, with Steve Ackerman and Paul Bennun later becoming key directors, and was acquired outright by Sony Music Entertainment in 2021, after a number of joint venture projects between the two.
[3][4][5] The audio department of the company became part of Sony Music's Global Podcast Division heased up by Somethin' Else principles Steve Ackerman and Jez Nelson.
The company's first production was the Gilles Peterson Show, created for the UK's independent radio network in 1993 and currently broadcast by BBC 6 Music in a Saturday afternoon slot.
[25][26] In addition to the BBC, other past and present clients of Somethin' Else have include the TOPMAN, The Economist,[27] Channel 4,[28] Interflora, Swarovski, ITV, Penguin Random House, Red Bull,[29] Boots UK,[30] Porsche,[31] Chivas Regal,[32] FIAT,[28] Nissan,[33] Wrigley,[34] Rolls-Royce[35] and The British Phonographic Industry.
Somethin' Else's key shareholders at the time of the Sony Music acquisition were Jez Nelson, Steve Ackerman and chairman Tom Barnicoat[52] (former COO at Endemol group).