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INTERNATIONAL ANDREW JENKINS Executive Vice President of International Andrew.Jenkins@umusic.com UMPG Signs Publishing Agreement with The Really Useful Group To Represent Andrew Lloyd Webber’s New Musical “Love Never Dies” UMPG Extends Publishing Agreement for Andrew Lloyd Webber Catalogue UMPG and Andrew Lloyd Webber have signed a long-term, global music publishing agreement that renews and expands a longstanding partnership between the world’s leading music publisher and the most successful composer of our time. Under these new arrangements with Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group, UMPG will administer and exploit Really Useful’s extensive UMP International recently signed a sub-publishing deal to represent Albert Music in Asia, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. The deal encompasses the entire Albert Music catalogue. Albert Music is one of Australia’s oldest independent publishers and is synonymous with many of Australia’s most celebrated songwriters and musicians. Alberts represents the entire AC/DC and Vanda and Young catalogues as well as exciting new talent like Megan Washington, Old Man River and Shelley Harland, and writer/producers Stuart Crichton, and Michael Szumowski. Tim Prescott, CEO of Albert Music, said: “We are very excited to 20 U M P G | S P R I N G 2 0 1 0 music publishing interests, including their representation for film, TV, advertising and other media. Andrew Lloyd Webber said, “I am delighted to have renewed my partnership with Universal Music. They have been wonderful custodians of my music for over three decades, and it is a relationship that I and my colleagues at RUG value most highly. Together we have taken the music around the world, and it is exciting to be announcing this agreement on the eve of our latest collaboration, the “Love Never Dies” album. I am Universal Music Publishing Group Signs Publishing Agreement with Albert Music, Home of AC/DC Happy Birthday Albert Music on Your 125th Anniversary be entering into this new relationship with UMPG as our sub publisher in many important territories around the world…Apart from the terrific administration resources at UMPG, an extremely important part of this relationship is the emphasis on working closely to develop new markets for our songwriters, new licensing opportunities for our songs and the cre- grateful to my friends at Universal for their loyalty and support over many years, and look forward to working with them in future. “ The renewed worldwide partnership comes on the eve of the debut of “Love Never Dies,” Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new musical. Polydor Records will release the cast recording in March, to coincide with the show’s opening in London’s West End. This will be followed by openings in New York in November 2010 and Australia in 2011, and worldwide release of the album. UMPG ative exploitation of our copyrights.” Albert Music recently held a party at the State Theatre in Sydney to celebrate their 125th anniversary. For a music publishing company to be owned and run by 5 generations of the same founding family is a remarkable achievement and it seemed like the whole of the Australian music business turned up to join the family in the celebrations. Representing UMP were Bob Aird and AndrewJenkins, along with George Ash and PeterKarpinfrom Universal Records. Congratulations go out to Robert Albert, David Albert, and indeed the whole Albert family from all your friends at Universal Music Publishing on this very special anniversary.
“UMPG HAVE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER... They’re EXTREMELY PASSIONATE about the new album and the songs and I’m LOOKING FORWARD TO A LONG RELATIONSHIP.” — ANDREW STOCKDALE OF WOLFMOTHER BOB AIRD Managing Director, UMPG Australia Bob.Aird@umusic.com UMPG Renews and Extends Publishing Agreement With Wolfmother UMPG has renewed and extended its successful relationship with GRAMMY, ARIA, and APRA awardwinning Wolfmother front-man and songwriter record in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada while amassing sales of 5x Platinum in their homeland of Australia. The band’s follow-up album Andrew Stockdale. Through the deal, UMPG will exclu- Cosmic Egg was unleashed globally in 2009. sively represent the songwriting services of Stockdale for “We are excited to be working with Andrew well into the world on a long-term basis. the future,” said Bob Aird, Managing Director, UMPG Wolfmother have already made an indelible mark on Australia. Australian rock history. Wolfmother’s debut self-titled Heath Johns, Director of A&R, UMPG Australia com- album became one of the most internationally successmented, “Andrew is a songwriter of the rarest kind. UMPG ful Australian records of all time, selling in excess of 1.5 has been there since the beginning of the Wolfmother story million copies globally, in the process becoming a Gold and we are thrilled to extend our relationship.” UMPG UMPG Signs Multi-Platinum Songwriter GUY SEBASTIAN Guy Sebastian is one of Australia’s most successful and enduring performers. Guy has released four Platinum and Multi-Platinum studio albums that have cumulatively sold in excess of 700,000 units worldwide. “I’m so thrilled to be able to say that I have finally signed a publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group! It is a milestone in my career and something I’ve been working towards for six years. Songwriting is a big part of my life and UMPG are the No. 1 publishing company in the world, so they are a great fit for me moving forward,” said Guy Sebastian. UMPG Signs Worldwide Deal with ARIA and APRA Winner JESSICA MAUBOY AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND “Songwriting is such an important part of my JOURNEY AS AN ARTIST. If I can be a better writer, I know I can be a better artist. I am truly blessed to have a great team like UMPG BEHIND ME TO HELP ME REACH MY GOALS.” — JESSICA MAUBOY. 2009 marked an incredible arrival as Jessica led the nominations at the ARIA awards; took home her first ARIA for Highest Selling Single; was the most played Australian artist on local radio (with four songs in the Top 14); won her first APRA award; and also starred in her first feature film Bran Nue Dae. S P R I N G 2 0 1 0 | U M P G 21
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