Universal Music Publishing Group has signed The Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft to an exclusive, global administration deal.
Ashcroft’s songs have seen him receive two Ivor Novello Awards – Songwriter of ...
It’s Ivor Novello Awards day!
Normally that would mean the great and the good of the publishing and songwriting sectors congregating in the Grosvenor House Hotel and, afterwards, The Audley ...
It took on average half a person less to make the UK’s biggest hits last year, as the seemingly irreversible co-writing trend finally showed signs of subsiding.
The average number ...
The new issue of Music Week is out now as we welcome Idles to the cover to celebrate their truly remarkable success story.
Ahead of the release of their highly-anticipated ...
Universal Music Publishing Group has revealed its support strategy for songwriters during the Covid-19 pandemic.
As reported in the latest issue of Music Week, the publisher is responding to ...
UMPG has signed Italian dance act Meduza to an exclusive global publishing agreement.
The producer trio are made up of Luca de Gregorio, Mattia Vitale and Simone Giani. A signing ...
In the bumper end-of-year edition of Music Week, we invited the industry to share their opinions on the moments that defined 2019.
In the first part of our round-up ...
Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has signed Idris Elba to an exclusive, worldwide publishing agreement.
Best known as an actor, Elba is also a musician, songwriter, producer, director and DJ. He ...
Mike McCormack is a publisher on a roll.
The UK MD of Universal Music Publishing Group saw his company post a long-awaited triumph as Publisher Of The Year at the ...
