Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) today announced that Joe Fang has been named as the company’s first-ever Managing Director, China, effective immediately. Based in Beijing, Fang reports to Andrew Jenkins, President, Australia and Asia Pacific Region, UMPG. In his new role, Fang is responsible for the development of UMPG China at its new headquarters in Beijing. He will oversee business strategy and growth of the company’s Chinese language roster in a booming market. He will lead the development of UMPG Hong Kong as the region’s leading music publisher. Under Fang’s leadership, the UMPG China team will work closely with Universal Music Group in China, as well as with local partners to develop cornerstones for the Chinese music industry in a brand-new era.

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), a leading global music publisher, today announced that breakout success story Surfaces have been signed to an exclusive, global co-publishing agreement. Based out of Texas, the duo is made up of Forrest Frank and Colin Padalecki and is signed to 10K Projects. Represented by management team Homemade Projects, Surfaces has more than 23 million monthly listeners on Spotify, has been praised for its genre-bending, feel-good music and are hugely popular on TikTok.

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) today unveiled UMPG Music Solutions, combining its worldwide networks of sync and custom music offerings for film, television and advertising. 

A message from Jody Gerson, Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group, to UMPG songwriters, clients, partners and friends.

Jody Gerson will receive the Abe Olman publisher award at the 51st annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Dinner. The Abe Olman publisher award, which is named after one of the founders of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, is given out each year to a music publisher “who has had a substantial number of songs that have become world-renowned and has furthered the careers and successes of a great number of songwriters.”

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), a leading, global music publisher, today unveiled UMPG Window, a next-generation royalty portal that provides UMPG songwriters and clients with instant access to clear, complete and real-time earnings and data. The UMPG Window app can be installed on iOS and Android platforms.

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Taylor Swift, one of the music industry’s most creatively and commercially successful artist-songwriters in history, signed an exclusive global publishing agreement with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), a leading global music publisher.

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Jody Gerson, Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group, has been named Executive of the Year on the Billboard Power List. The prestigious honor was awarded in recognition that, “Jody Gerson has raised revenue to record levels while navigating a fast-changing market - and lifting up women along the way.”

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UMPG Chairman and CEO was named by Variety as their 2019 Hitmakers’ Executive of the Year. The prestigious honor was awarded due to UMPG’s representing 18 of Variety’s list of the 25 most consumed songs this year.

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has signed breakout superstar DaBaby to an exclusive global administration deal. A Charlotte, North Carolina native, DaBaby is a songwriter/rapper/performer who has become one of the hottest rising sensations in hip-hop today. He is signed to South Coast Music Group (SCMG) in partnership with Interscope, which along with UMPG is owned by Universal Music Group (UMG).