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

Spotify's new direct deal with the Universal Music Group is good news for publishers and songwriters. Will other companies get to benefit as well?

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

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 ...

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

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

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, ...

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 ...