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.
Universal Music Publishing artists and writers have been nominated in every category for the 2016 BRIT awards. Adele and Years & Years both have four nominations each. Adele is nominated for British Female Solo Artist, Brit Awards 2016 Album of the Year for‘25’, and Single and Video for ‘Hello’, whilst Years & Years are up for British Group, Breakthrough Act, Single and Video for ‘King’.
SANTA MONICA and BERLIN - Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s leading music company, and SoundCloud, the world’s largest community of music and audio creators with 175 million monthly listeners, today announced they have reached an agreement that creates a host of new creative, commercial and promotional opportunities for UMG’s artists.
SANTA MONICA, January 7, 2016 - Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s leading music company, named renowned producers David Blackman and Scott Landis to lead its development and production of film, television and theatrical projects. Their appointments are effective immediately, and both report jointly to UMG Executive Vice President Michele Anthony and Universal Music Publishing Group Chairman and CEO Jody Gerson, reflecting the unique and important role that publishing and recorded music play in creating film, television and theatrical properties.
Santa Monica, CA (December 15, 2015) - Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has signed an exclusive, global publishing deal to represent the music of pop superstar Demi Lovato. In addition UMPG has formed a joint venture with Safehouse Publishing, the publishing arm of Safehouse Records, which is co-owned by entertainment executive Phil McIntyre, Lovato and Nick Jonas. The announcement was made today by Jody Gerson, Chairman and CEO of UMPG, and Phil McIntyre.
SANTA MONICA, CA (December 8, 2015) - Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) congratulates producer/songwriter Jeff Bhasker on receiving two Grammy nominations for Producer of the Year and Record of the Year for “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars.