SANTA MONICA, CA - Artist and songwriter Joe Jonas, the front man of Republic Records band DNCE, has signed an exclusive, worldwide publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), it was announced today by Jody Gerson, Chairman and CEO of UMPG.
NASHVILLE, TN (April 06, 2016) - Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) Nashville has signed an exclusive, global publishing deal with songwriter Mark Fuhrer via the company’s joint venture with Droptine Music. The announcement was made today by Kent Earls, Executive Vice President/General Manager, UMPG Nashville.
Los Angeles and Baarn, The Netherlands (April 6, 2016) - Global EDM superstar Martin Garrix has extended his exclusive worldwide publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group, it was announced today by Mark Bremer, Managing Director of Universal Music Publishing Benelux.
LOS ANGELES, CA (March 31, 2016) - As part of Universal Music Publishing Group’s ongoing effort to deliver greater value to songwriters, its production music arm, Universal Publishing Production Music (UPPM), announced today a new agreement with SESAC to enhance UPPM songwriters’ compensation.
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.
SANTA MONICA, CA - The legendary R.E.M., one of the all-time, best-selling bands throughout the world, has reached an exclusive worldwide publishing agreement with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) to represent its amazing catalog of songs, it was announced today by Jody Gerson, Chairman and CEO, UMPG.
SANTA MONICA, CA (February 16, 2016) - Universal Music Publishing Group congratulates our artists, writers and producers who celebrated a fantastic night at the Grammys and took home 25 awards in a wide range of categories.
Besides UMPG’s Coldplay appearance at halftime, UMPG songs were featured in spots for Paypal, Hyundai USA, Pepsi, Marmot, Persil, Carl’s Jr., Taco Bell, the Grammy Awards, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 and X-Men Apocalypse, and in numerous network promos and bumpers.
EuropaCorp Music Publishing reaffirms its confidence in Universal Music Publishing and has agreed to a multi-year extension to its publishing agreement. EuropaCorp Music Publishing is EuropaCorp’s branch dedicated to music publishing. This subsidiary owns approximately 1500 musical works including original soundtracks from EuropaCorp movies such as the Taken trilogy and Lucy (with Scarlett Johansson), as well as works from artists such as Archive, Massive Attack and composer Alexandre Desplat (2015 Academy Award-winner for the Best Original Score for the The Grand Budapest Hotel by director Wes Anderson).
SANTA MONICA, CA (Jan. 15, 2016) - For the 88th Academy Awards, Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) songwriters received three of the five Oscar nominations in the Original Song category.