Universal Music Publishing Group is proud to announce the company has a publishing interest related to 51 nominations in 31 categories for the 17th Annual LATIN GRAMMY Awards.

As part of Universal Music Publishing Group’s strategic effort to expand opportunities for songwriters through U.S. Latin and Latin America, well-known and respected industry music executive Ana Rosa Santiago has been appointed to a new role as VP of Latin Music, reporting to Alexandra Lioutikoff, Executive VP of Latin Music, UMPG.

Latin Grammy-winning artist J Balvin, has concluded a new publishing agreement that extends his exclusive, worldwide relationship with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), it was announced today by Evan Lamberg, UMPG President – North America, and Alexandra Lioutikoff, Executive Vice President, Latin Music.

LOS ANGELES, CA (March 15, 2016) - Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has appointed Latin music trailblazer Alexandra Lioutikoff as Executive Vice President, Latin Music, a role where she will lead the company’s regional Latin American and U.S. Latin operations based in Miami.

MIAMI BEACH, FL (November 20, 2015) - Universal Music Publishing Group is proud to announce the company has a publishing interest related to 19 award wins at the 16th annual Latin GRAMMY Awards, which was televised last night from Las Vegas.

Universal Music Publishing Group was named Publisher of the Year at the 22nd annual BMI Latin Awards, which took place on March 31st at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida.

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) songwriters accounted for six award-winning songs and UMPG songwriter Claudia Brant took home the prestigious Songwriter of the Year Award at the 23rd Annual ASCAP Latin Awards.

SANTA MONICA, CA (January 14, 2015) - Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) today announced the appointment of Marc Cimino to the newly created global position of Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective immediately. Cimino will report to Jody Gerson, UMPG’s Chairman and CEO, and will be based at the company’s headquarters in Santa Monica.

SANTA MONICA - Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s leading music company, announced today that it has appointed Jody Gerson as Chairman and CEO of the company’s music publishing division, Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), effective January 1, 2015. Gerson, who currently serves as Co-President of Sony/ATV Publishing, will be based at UMPG’s headquarters in Santa Monica, CA and will report to UMG Chairman and CEO, Lucian Grainge. She will succeed Zach Horowitz who, after leading UMPG to achieve strong creative and commercial results, has decided to step down effective immediately to explore other opportunities.

Santa Monica, CA - Seventeen-time Latin Grammy winner Alejandro Sanz, one of the most important and influential Latin singer/songwriters of the last two decades, has signed an exclusive, worldwide publishing agreement with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), as announced today by Zach Horowitz, Chairman & CEO, UMPG. The multi-year agreement brings Sanz’ entire catalog of songs to UMPG, including the music on his first nine studio albums, as well as songs he writes in the future. Alejandro Sanz has sold over 23 million albums worldwide on his way to becoming one of the most successful global figures in contemporary music. Each of his nine studio albums has gone platinum in his native Spain, Latin America and the United States.