Today the laureates of the Polar Music Prize 2018 was announced and it's awarded to Metallica. 

The Killers ‘All These Things That I’ve Done’ syncs flawlessly with Samsung's campaign message “do what you can’t”.

'The Magic Diner Part II', another original short written and directed by Niclas Larsson, starring Alicia Vikander and Anna Wintour. Original score music by Petter Winnberg and Nils Törnqvist.

SANTA MONICA – February 8, 2018 – UMPG, today announced a global administration deal with legendary songwriter-singer Carly Simon. The agreement covers Simon’s acclaimed catalogue, as well all musical compositions controlled by her publishing companies, C’est Music and Quakenbush Music Ltd.

‘Ca Plane Pour Moi', written by UMPG writers Francis Deprijck and Yves Lacomblez, is synced in the Netflix movie 'A Futile and Stupid Gesture'.

STOCKHOLM and SANTA MONICA – Auddly, the song data hub, today announced that Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), has launched a pilot program to streamline song data management and provide songwriters with a digitaltoolbox for music creation.

The family of Irving Berlin, in conjunction with his publishers Concord Music (North America) and Universal Music Publishing Group (rest of World), today announced the launch of a new website to honour the seminal musician in celebration of his 130th birthday. Created to pay tribute to Irving Berlin’s life and legendary works, this is the first time a dedicated digital resource has existed online for the man epitomized by Jerome Kern's famous maxim: "Irving Berlin has no place in American music - he is American music."

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), and Disney Music Publishing (DMP), the music publishing arm of The Disney Music Group (DMG), today announced a new agreement that expands the territories in which UMPG will administer DMP’s catalogues to include the United Kingdom, Ireland, continental Europe, as well as Israel and countries in Africa and the Caribbean.  

Dua Lipa (Tap Publishing) lands five nominations for The Brits – a record for a female artist and the most for any artist in 2018. UMPG writers received 23 nominations in total and Steve Mac will pick up The BRIT Award for Best British Producer.

UMPG announced today the appointment of Marni Condro to Senior Vice President of Film & Television creative synchronization for the U.S., effective immediately.

In her new role leading UMPG’s film and television division, Condro oversees all creative placements of the company’s music catalog in film, trailers, television, TV marketing campaigns, sports and videogames. Condro will be based at the company’s headquarters in Santa Monica and report to Evan Lamberg, President of UMPG, North America.