Congratulations to Universal Music Publishing Group CEO Jody Gerson for her 'Industry Icon' award this weekend.

Spotify has been ramming nearly every subscriber into a cut-rate bundled package — and boasting about the huge royalty savings while fighting publishers tooth-and-nail. Now, there’s serious pushback ...

This week's Executive Turntable features BMI, UMPG, Concord, prairy, ShopKeeper Management, MLC, NAMM, Dept. of Connection and more industry job news.

Concord has acquired a portion of songwriter, musician, and producer Johnny McDaid’s song catalog. As a part of this ...

It’s official: as MBW reported earlier, Spotify and Universal Music Group have inked a new multi-year licensing agreement.

Based in the company’s New York offices, Kinelski will report to UMPG Executive Vice President and Head of US A&R Jennifer ...

Spotify and Universal announced a new deal that sources say improves the payment structure for the streamer's controversial ...

Kinelski has joined UMPG from Kobalt, where she has served as that company’s senior vice president & head of West Coast creative since 2022. She signed and developed a roster of creative talent, ...

Sources close to the UMG/Spotify deal say it offers better pay to UMPG and its songwriters, and it signals that Spotify might be ready to bury the hatchet with U.S. publishers overall. By Kristin ...

Jody Gerson, chairman and CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group, has been elected to the board of directors of Project Healthy Minds, a mental health tech non-profit. Gerson is the first ever ...

Kinelski will also work closely with UMPG Executive Vice President and Head of U.S. A&R, Jennifer Knoepfle, to whom Kinelski reports. Knoepfle said, “We are so fortunate to welcome someone as ...