Concord acquires Snow Patrol singer-songwriter and Ed Sheeran collaborator Johnny McDaid's catalog; Jamie Kinelski joins UMPG ...

Also this week: Jamie Kinelski joins UMPG, the MLC and NAMM beef up their boards and a former WMG comms exec connects with a new PR agency. By Marc Schneider Industry News Editor Welcome to ...

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, ...

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

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

The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) announced that it had launched a takedown initiative against Spotify over ...

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 ...

Explore the legal battle between Spotify and the Mechanical Licensing Collective over the reclassification of Spotify's ...

Spotify has just won in a US court case regarding claims that an attempt to add extra value to their customers was simply a ...

Spotify won a lawsuit filed against the company last year after Spotify began to pay songwriters less after bundling music with audiobooks.