Brian McKNIGHT - Universal Music Publishing

SUMMER 2000 VOL. 1 NO. 1 

Brian 

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VENGABOYS, NELLY, 

FATBOY SLIM, 

CHEMICAL 

BROTHERS 

& MORE! 

PLUS 

UMPG's NEW 

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SYSTEM 

GOOD REASONS WHY 

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COMMON 

Page 5 

SUMMER 

2000 Fatboy 

A*Teens 

Page 11 

Slim 

Page 11 

Shania 

Twain 

Pages 4,16 

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President’s Message 

W 

elcome to Universal Music Publishing Group's first 

newsletter. It is our desire to provide you with a 

colorful and easy to read information piece that tells 

the story of our newly formed global publishing operation 

and highlights some of the main strengths of our company 

including -- our people, our talent, our catalog and our 

administrative systems. 

We have assembled a global staff operating in 43 offices 

in 36 territories that is amongst the finest in our business. 

Whether it is in the area of helping to 

negotiate international M.O.U.s that set 

the pace of industry agreements, or the 

strength of our Film and TV Department, 

or the far reach and success of our creative 

staff, Universal Music Publishing 

Group is now perceived as a global 

leader. 

Regarding our talent, we are fortunate 

to have in our "family" some of the biggest 

selling artists in the industry, as well as 

some of the most important local talent 

including: Brian McKnight, Shania Twain, 

U2, The Corrs, No Doubt, 3 Doors Down, 

Godsmack, Ice Cube, Chemical Brothers, 

Fatboy Slim, Alanis Morissette, and 

Vengaboys. Our songwriters are achieving 

amazing success as we've recently been named the No. 

1 Country Singles publisher in Billboard with back to back 

No. 1 hits for Faith Hill, George Strait, and Lee Ann 

Womack. UMPG writers continue to have songs on major 

selling albums including new releases by Whitney Houston, 

Sisqo, Ricky Martin, and Christina Aguilera. We also lead in 

such exciting areas as Latin Music, as we are ASCAP's Latin 

Publisher's of the Year (with Latin Writer of the Year, Rudy 

Perez) for the second year in a row! 

At the backbone of our publishing company is its catalog, 

and we are fortunate to have a 

breadth of repertoire covering 

every major genre of music from 

every era. Our catalog contains 

such prestigious names as works 

by Leonard Bernstein, Jerome 

Kern, Henry Mancini, Steely Dan, 

Lynard Skynard, Jimmy McHugh, 

and ABBA amongst others. 

As a result of 

our close ties and 

aggressive mar- 

David Renzer 

keting to all major 

film studios and production companies, 

Universal Music Publishing Group is currently 

represented with music in over 60% of 

all major soundtracks and over 60 top box 

office releases. UMPG Film and TV creative 

services staffs around the world also pursue 

marketing opportunities through our sister 

companies (Universal, UME, UM3, 

Universal Studios) as well as make the most 

of compilation and re-release opportunities. 

Our unique administrative systems also 

give us a competitive edge. While allowing 

us to register our songs electronically on a 

global basis, our highly efficient 3-Hub system yields faster, 

more accurate royalty payments for our songwriters. 

Looking to the future, our newly launched New Media 

Department continues to put us at the cutting edge of marketing 

our songwriters and catalog through such areas as 

our e-newsletter, our soon to be launched new web site, and 

strategic alliances with other e-companies. 

All of the above will continue to position Universal as the 

world's new global leader! We hope you enjoy the newsletter, 

find it informative and we welcome your feedback. 

Brian McKnight 

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Inside This Issue... 

David Renzer 

Worldwide President 

2 UMPG World 

Directory 

3 President’s 

Message 

4,5,6 UMPG North 

America 

7 UMPG Latin 

America 

8,9 Film, TV & 

Advertising 

10,11 UMPG Europe 

12 UMPG S.E. Asia 

UMPG Australasia 

New Media Dept. 

13 Global Awards 

Industry Issues 

14 Staff On The Move 

15 Photo Gallery 

16 Global Administration 

~UMPG~ 

Pg. 3

3 DOORS DOWN ACHIEVES 

PLATINUM MARK 

Band is first to be No. 1 at 4 formats 

New UMPG signing 3 Doors Down shot to the No. 1 position of 

both Billboard's Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock, Heritage 

Rock and Active Rock charts for 3 weeks in a row with their first 

single,"Kryptonite." This is the first time a band has been No. 1 

in 4 formats. Their debut album, The Better Life 

(Republic/Universal), was Certified Platinum 13 weeks after its 

release in February. Both singles, “Kryptonite,” and “Loser” 

continue to rule rock radio. 

THE POWER OF PLATINUM 

UMPG North America 

Signings Generate 

Mega-Hit LP’s 

BRIAN McKNIGHT 

Released in June 1999, 

Brian McKnight's LP, 

Back At One, has been 

a major hit, generating 

sales of over 2.1 million 

units. His first single, 

"Back At One," was an R&B and Pop 

chart topper. Nearly a year later, Marc 

Wills' country cover of the single, "Back 

At One," also went to the top of R&R's 

Country Chart. 

McKnight’s material continues to be 

represented on 5 Billboard charts 

including: Hot 100 Singles Chart (“Back 

At One”); Top R&B Albums; The 

Billboard 200; R&B Hip-Hop Singles 

Chart (“6,8,12”); and Top R&B Albums. 

As his current single, “6, 8, 12,” still 

gets attention, McKnight currently has a 

release on the Nutty Professor II: The 

Klumps soundtrack. He also recently 

produced new music for the ABC 

drama series City of Angels, which 

stars Blair Underwood. 

D’Angelo 

Released on 1/18/00, 

D'Angelo's new platinum 

selling album, Voodoo 

(Virgin), debuted at No. 1 

on the Billboard Top 200. 

The first single, 

"Untitled” (How Does It 

Feel), went to No. 2 on 

R&R's Urban AC charts 

and No. 4 on R&R's 

Urban Top 50. 

GODSMACK 

UMPG’s Godsmack has had enormous success with 

their self-titled, debut LP (Republic/ Universal), which is 

nearing triple platinum. Their three consecutive R&R Top 

5 rock tracks include: "Whatever" (which broke records 

for most consecutive weeks on Billboard Active Rock 

chart), "Keep Away," and "Voodoo" (Active Rock Top 5 

and Alternative Top 10). 

~UMPG~ 

Pg. 4 

BLOODHOUND 

GANG NEARS 

3X PLATINUM 

WORLDWIDE 

Released on 

9/28/99, The 

Bloodhound Gang's 

smash LP, Hooray 

Released in Oct. 

1997, Shania Twain's 

smash crossover LP, 

Come On Over, 

became the all time 

best-selling country 

album, after being 

certified by the RIAA 

for U.S. sale of 17 million 

(with estimated 

worldwide sales of 26 

million). The album 

continues to chart in 

the U.K., France, 

Belgium, and Ireland. 

Also Twain recently 

won 1999 BMI 

Songwriter of the 

Year and Canada’s 

Juno Awards for Best 

Country Female Artist 

and Best Songwriter. 

SHANIA 

for Boobies (Republic/Geffen), has scanned over 3 million copies worldwide including more 

than 950,000 units sold in the U.S. UMPG controls 10.58 songs on the LP, which is also 

on the Billboard Top 200. Bloodhound Gang's tour in support of its latest CD, ''Hooray for 

Boobies,'' will cover most of the U.S. and Europe during the next four months. The band's 

hit single, ''The Bad Touch,'' is in heavy rotation on MTV.

New “American Pie” sheet 

music features Madonna on 

the cover. 

“SO BYE, BYE, 

MISS AMERICAN PIE...” 

Madonna’s cover of Don McLean's 

classic, "American Pie," (100%) saturated 

charts worldwide and was a 

No. 1 single in Germany, the U.K., 

France, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, 

and Chile. UMPG has produced a special 

reissue of the song’s sheet music 

featuring a cover photo of Madonna. 

“It’s a perennial best seller,“ says 

David Renzer, Worldwide President. 

UMPG has launched a campaign to 

market more of McLean’s catalog, which 

includes the timeless song, “Vincent 

(Starry, Starry Night)”, plus “And I Love 

Her So” and others. 

NO DOUBT AND GLEN BALLARD 

LAUNCH RETURN TO SATURN 

Following the raging success of their album, Tragic Kingdom, No 

Doubt’s Return To Saturn (Rel. 4/11/00), produced by Glen Ballard, 

has gone platinum and landed 

Top 20 on the Billboard 200 

since it’s release in April. The 

first single, “Ex-Girlfriend," went 

to No. 1 on R&R’s Alternative 

Rock chart and is also 

Top 20 in 

Australia. The new single, “A Simple Kind of 

Life,” reached No. 5 on the Soundscan Top 

Albums chart and is on R&R’s Alternative 

Top 50 chart. 

Left: Ballard, who has had a 22 year association 

with UMPG, has won five Grammys and 

achieved fourteen No. 1 Billboard singles. 

N E W 

North America 

S I G N I N G S 

Tom Sturges, Executive Vice President of 

Creative Affairs of UMPG’s U.S. Operations, 

recently announced Universal Music Publishing 

Group has signed the following writers to exclusive 

worldwide publishing deals: Ice Cube, 

Common, Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters, 3 

Doors Down, Jason Epperson, Fishbone, 

Anastacia, Eric Foster White, Tony Battaglia & 

Shaun Fisher, Gerald Levert, Monty Powell, LT 

Hutton, Rick Braun, Kandace Love, Ideal, McRen, 

and Judy Collins. 

JASON EPPERSON 

Jason Epperson has signed a 

long-term exclusive songwriter 

and co-publishing deal with 

UMPG. His 

latest success 

is 

Nelly's new 

hit single,"(Hot 

S * * T ) 

Country 

Grammar," 

which he 

Nelly co-wrote. 

The single has scanned over 

243,000 units and was No. 1 on 

Billboard's Hot Rap Singles chart. 

Nelly's new LP, Country Grammar 

(Fo' Real)(Uptown/Universal), was 

released 6/27 and has scanned 

over 400,000 units! 

Sturges 

ICE 

CUBE 

Ice Cube 

was signed 

by UMPG 

to an exclusive 

worldwide 

publishing 

deal in Feb. His latest LP, 

War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace 

Disc), debuted at No. 1 on the 

Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop 

Charts and No. 3 on the Billboard 

200. It has scanned over 745,000 

units to date. Ice Cube’s discography 

boasts several multi-platinum 

solo albums: Amerikkka’s 

Most Wanted, Death Certificate, 

The Predator, Lethal Injection and 

War. 

GERALD LEVERT 

Perennial gold selling artist and R&B mainstay 

Gerald Levert has signed a long-term, exclusive 

songwriter and co-publishing deal with UMPG. His 

new single, "Mr. Too Damn Good," reached No. 3 

on R&R's Urban AC Top 30, No. 20 on Billboard's 

R&B/Hip-Hop singles chart and No. 28 on 

Billboard's AC chart. The single is from the LP, G 

(East West/Epic), which has scanned over 560,000 units. UMPG will copublish 

all subsequent musical compositions composed by Levert. 

UMPG CAPTURES 16 

GRAMMYS 

A 

fter the 42nd Annual Grammy 

Awards in Los Angeles, UMPG 

emerged with 16 awards, wrapping 

up a year of amazing achievements 

for the company, including 

over 100 Grammy nominations. 

Christina Aguilera captured the 

coveted Best New Artist Grammy, 

which reflected the efforts of 

UMPG writing team, Carl Sturken 

& Evan Rogers, as well as UMPG 

writer Travon Potts. Shania 

Twain also seized two awards for 

Best Female Country Vocal Perf. 

and Best Country Song. 

(See Pg. 13 for other awards) 

Sturken & Rogers 

ANASTACIA 

Anastacia’s 

new debut 

d a n c e / 

pop/album, 

Not That Kind 

(Epic/Daylight), 

is due for a big 

U.S. release in 

Sept. The first single, “I’m Outta Love,” 

is Top 20 in 10 foreign countries including 

No. 5 on the Top European singles 

chart. The single has sold over 400,000 

units worldwide and and is receiving 

heavy airplay on MTV and VH1. 

COMMON 

Having scanned over 

300,000 units since 

March, Common’s first 

critically acclaimed 

album, Like Water for 

Chocolate (MCA) has 

been on Billboard’s 

Top 200 for over 8 weeks. 

TAYLOR 

HAWKINS 

OF FOO 

FIGHTERS 

Taylor Hawkins contributed 

to all songs 

on Foo Fighters’ 

There Is Nothing Left 

To Lose, which was released in Nov. 

1999 (Roswell/RCA). The album has 

spent 28 weeks in the Billboard Top 

200 and has already sold in excess of 

1.4 million units. Foo Fighter’s current 

single, “Learn To Fly,” reached No. 1 

on R&R’s Modern Rock charts. 

ERIC FOSTER WHITE 

UMPG signed Eric Foster White in 

February. HIs songs have sold in 

excess of 60 million albums, having 

produced mega-hit songs for teen sensations 

Britney Spears, Jessica 

Simpson, and The Backstreet Boys 

(Jive) amongst others.

Celebrating success at No. 1: 

Above - Bentley (left) with 

Faith Hill; Below (left to 

right) - Pat Higdon, Harry 

Wariner of BMI, Dean Dillon 

(Co-writer with Acuff Rose), 

Carson Chamberlain, Colton 

Chamberlain, Ed Benson of 

CMA and Troy Tomlinson of 

Acuff Rose. 

North America 

UMPG NASHVILLE 

Bentley and Chamberlain 

Celebrate No. 1’s With 

Faith Hill, George Strait 

The week of April 13, UMPG celebrated No. 1 positions 

on six Billboard charts which included Faith Hill's 

single, "Breathe," by songwriter Stephanie Bentley 

(UMPG 50%). The single, “Breathe,” went to No. 1 on 

both Billboard's AC and Adult Top 40 charts and has 

sold over 725,000 copies. Faith Hill’s LP, Breathe, has 

been certified for 3 million U.S. sales. “Stephanie is so 

talented and we predict for her a long, successful 

songwriting career,” said Pat Higdon, Sr. VP/GM of 

UMPG Nashville. 

Although this is Bentley's first big record, she has 

recently enjoyed a 

flurry of activity by 

such artists as Jo 

Dee Messina, Lace 

and Chalee 

Tennison. 

In April, George 

Strait’s song, “The 

Best Day,” written by 

UMPG Nashville’s 

Carson Chamberlain (UMPG 50%) also went to No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country 

Singles chart. The song is featured on Strait’s latest Gold album, Latest Greatest 

Straitest Hits (MCA Nashville). 

FUELED BY MARK SANDERS’ 

“I HOPE YOU DANCE,” NEW LEE ANN 

WOMACK LP DEBUTS AT NO. 1 

Mark Sanders 

UMPG TOPST 

COUNTRY Y & 

AC CHARTS 

I Hope You Dance, Lee Ann Womack's 

first MCA Nashville album, debuted on 

Billboard's Country Album chart at No. 1 

after one week of sales. The first single, "I 

Hope You Dance, " written by UMPG 

writer Mark Sanders (50%), also climbed 

to No. 1 on Billboard Country Singles 

chart and No. 1 on Radio & Records 

Country chart. Sanders has also written an upcoming single by 

Martina McBride (RCA) entitled, "There You Are." 

OTHER TOP 10 COUNTRY SINGLES: 

Chely Wright's new album, Single White Female (MCA 

Nashville) has been RIAA Certified Gold. Her Top 10 

country single, "It Was," was written by UMPG writers 

Gary Burr and Mark Wright. 

Higdon 

NEW RELEASES: 

BON JOVI 

Bon Jovi's new LP, Crush (Island), entered 

at No. 1 or 2 in more than 8 foreign countries 

and debuted in the U.S. at No. 9 on 

The Billboard 200. The first single, "It's My 

Life" (Island/IDJMG), has over 1000 spins 

at Top 40 radio and is now on over 90 pop 

stations. 

Jon Bon Jovi 

THE CORRS 

US signing, The Corrs, will release their new LP, “In Blue,” in 

the U.S. on September 12. In July, the new album debuted to 

the top of several album charts in Europe and in Australia. 

(See Europe-Page 11). 

KELLY PRICE 

Kelly Price's first single, "As We Lay," from 

her new LP, Mirror Mirror, is already No. 23 

on R&R's Urban Top 50. The LP has 

scanned 245,000 units since its release in 

June. 

k.d. lang 

k.d. lang's new pop/electronica LP, Invincible Summer, 

(Warner Bros.) was released June 22. The first single, 

"Summerfling," was released to AC and AAA radio. Lang is 

touring with Sting in July prior to her fall solo tour featuring 

Shelby Lynne. 

UMPG TRIVIA CHALLENGE 

Question 1: 

UMPG songwriter Lamont Dozier won a Grammy for 

this song co-writtten and performed by Phil Collins. 

Question 2: 

Who had the 1953 hit with the song entitled, "Hound 

Dog?" 

Question 3: 

Gary Wright had two Top 5 hits in 1976. One was 

Dreamweaver” and the other was...? (Hint: 3rd Party 

had a Top 20 Dance cover in 1997 with this song.) 

Question 4: 

Lynyrd Skynyrd had chart hits with studio and live 

versions of what song? 

Question 5: 

Who sang background on Carly Simon's hit, "You're 

So Vain"...Was it James Taylor, Jackson Brown, 

Mick Jagger, or Michael McDonald? 

For answers see Page 14. 

Gary Burr

KC PORTER WINS 

BMI AWARD 

UMPG's KC Porter received an award from BMI for Most 

Performed Latin Song at the Seventh Annual BMI Latin 

Awards dinner held in Los 

Angles in May. The song was 

"Perdido Sin Ti." 

Frances W. Preston, BMI 

President/CEO, and Del R. 

Bryant, Sr. VP Performing 

Rights and Writer Publisher 

Relations, presented the award 

to KC Porter, David Renzer, 

Worldwide President of UMPG, 

and Ivan Alvarez, Sr. VP. Latin 

America. 

This year Porter has also 

NEW SIGNINGS 

Pictured L to R: Ivan Alvarez, 

UMPG Sr. VP Latin America, 

KC Porter, and David Renzer, 

Worldwide President. 

achieved success with two songs on Santana's multi- 

Grammy winning (11 times platinum) LP, Supernatural. 

Porter also wrote 4 songs for Ricky Martin's self-titled 

album, which has scanned more than 6.5 million units. 

MEXICO 

With complete cooperation of the label, Universal Mexico artist 

Manuel Mijares struck a long-term, worldwide deal with UMPG 

Mexico. Other UMPG Mexico signings include: Regional Mexican 

songwriter Gustavo Adolfo; Daniel Celi and Oscar N. Molina, 

(writers for the popular regional Mexican act, Los Del Garrote); and 

Emmanuelle. 

ARGENTINA 

Argentine rock icon Pappo has signed with UMPG Argentina. 

Pappo is releasing a double-CD tribute album (De La Buena 

Estrella) that features an all-star lineup of guest artists including Los 

Fabulosos Cadillacs, La Renga, Almafuerte, Los Ratones 

Paranoicos, Animal and others. UMPG will control 8 songs on the 

CD. 

MIAMI 

UMPG Latin America announced the signing of Luis Enrique to a 

long-term publishing deal, which includes his entire back-catalogue. 

Having explored more of a pop sound in recent years, Enrique will 

this year release his first Salsa set in years on WEA. 

BRAZIL NEWS... 

This year UMPG Brazil has experienced a total of 50 albums in Rio 

De Janeiro and Sao Paulo's Top 100 album charts. The following 

releases containing UMPG copyrights have been awarded Gold status 

(100,000+ units) in Brazil: Shania Twain's Come On Over, 

Metallica's Millenium, P.O. Box (EMI) for 200,000+ units; Mauricio 

Manieri (Abril Music) for 200,000 + units, Harmonia do Samba 

(Abril Music); Cheiro de Amor (Universal); Chiclete Con Banana 

(BMG); and Martinho Da Vila. Also, Universal Music Brazil has a 

No. 1 hit with the most recent single from Sandy & Junior 

(Universal), who have also earned a Diamond Award for sales of 

over 1.3 million units. 

UMPG WINS ASCAP’S 

LATIN MUSIC PUBLISHER 

OF THE YEAR...AGAIN! 

Rudy Perez named Latin Writer 

of the Year with 8 winning songs 

Renzer (left), and Alvarez (right) 

Celebrate Perez’ Win 

ALVAREZ PROMOTED TO 

SENIOR VP POST 

Latin America 

UMPG's Rudy Perez took home 

the Songwriter of the Year honor for 

a second consecutive year, and 


was named Latin Publisher of the 

Year at ASCAP's eighth annual El 

Premio awards held in Los Angeles 

in May. Perez' winning songs 

included: "De Hoy En Adelante," 

"Despues De Ti...Que?," "Una Voz 

En El Alma," "Completamente 

Tuyo," "Engañame," "Escondidos," 

"Me Has Echado Al Olvido," and 

"Solo Tu’." Other winners included: Desmond Child’s “Living La Vida Loca" 

- Top Pop Balada of 1999, and "Shake Your Bon Bon"; Chein Garcia 

Alonso’s "Esperanza"; Gustavo Adolfo’s "Te Ofrezco Un Corazon" - Top 

Regional Mexicano Song; (Continued on Page 10) 

UMPG CAPTURES 23 NOMS 

FOR 1ST LARAS GRAMMY AWARDS A ARDS 

The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences announced the 

nominations for the 1st Annual Latin Grammy Awards to be held 

September 13, 2000. Universal Music Publishing Group was represented 

by 23 nominations including: Record of the Year - 

"Livin’ La Vida Loca (Spanish Version); Best New Artist for Ivete 

Sangalo, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - "Genio 

Atrapado" by Christina Aguilera and "Llegar A Ti" by Jaci 

Velasquez ; Best Contemporary Pop Album - Vo Imbola by 

Ceca Baleiro and Ivete Sangalo - Ivete Sangalo, and others. 

David Renzer, Worldwide President of Universal Music 

Publishing Group, recently announced the promotion of 

Ivan Alvarez to Senior Vice President, Latin America. 

Based in Miami Beach, Florida, Alvarez's responsibilities 

will involve overseeing the expanded Universal Music Ivan Alvarez 

Publishing Group's Latin American region, which 

includes offices in Brazil (Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), Mexico, Argentina, 

Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru and Ecuador. Alvarez will 

also oversee Universal Musica, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group's 

U.S. - Latin division. 

~UMPG~ 

Pg. 7

Film, TV, & Advertising 

The Farrelly Brothers new 

summer comedy, Me Myself 

and Irene, features nine 

UMPG songs including 

“Breakout,” by Foo Fighters 

and classic Steely Dan covers 

by Smash Mouth, Wilco, 

Ivy, Brian Setzer Orchestra, 

Ben Folds Five and others. 

FOR FILM AND 

TV CREATIVE 

SERVICES 

CONTACT: 

IN LOS ANGELES: 

Ph. (310) 235-4719 

TOM EATONtom.eaton@umusic.com, 

or 

MARISA PORTERmarisa.porter@umusic.com 

IN LONDON: 

Ph. (011) 44 20 8752 2600 

BARBARA ZAMOYSKAbarbara.zamoyska@umusic.com, 

or 

LAURENCE KAYElaurence.kaye@umusic.com 

IN AUSTRALIA: 

Ph. (61 2) 9207 0500 

DENISE FRASERfraser@groupwise.polygramcom 

FOR CONTACTS IN 

OTHER TERRITORIES 

SEE THE UMPG 

DIRECTORY ON PAGE 2. 

~UMPG~ 

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UMPG FILM AND TV DEPARTMENT 

PROVIDES CREATIVE SERVICES, 

SYNC LICENSING IN 36 COUNTRIES 

Universal Music Publishing Group's Film and TV Department has been very 

successful this year having songs on more than half of the U.S. Top 100 

soundtracks and copyrights in over 60 top box office releases. 

Besides providing creative services and synchronization licensing for 

UMPG’s writers and catalogue, UMPG also publishes all film scores for 

Universal Pictures. “More than just a licensing department, UMPG's creative 

services teams in Los Angeles, London, Australia and around the world, 

work diligently to provide opportunities for film and TV placement for not only 

classic catalog titles and chart hits, but also for emerging talent,” said Scott 

James, Sr. Vice President of Music for Motion Pictures and Television 

Worldwide, who oversees the division which has shown record growth. 

For example, new British act Apollo Four Forty's (Sony/Epic) single, 

"Stop The Rock," was recently pitched to top music 

supervisors by our Los Angeles team for specific scenes 

in the films Boys and Girls (Miramax) and Gone in 60 

Seconds (Disney). The song had not yet been released. 

Yet as a result of our pitches, in Boys and Girls, an entire 

club dance sequence was choreographed to the song. 

Also, “Stop The Rock” is being used in film trailers and 

the soundtrack album. In Gone in 

60 Seconds, "Stop the Rock" is 

Scott 

James 

on the soundtrack album and in 

trailers for the film as well. 


Group has dedicated people in every territory around 

pursuing Film, Television, New Media and Advertising 

opportunities. The following page features a sampling 

of our recent worldwide activity. 

Photos: 

(above center) 

Walt Disney’s 

Gone In 60 

Seconds; (left) 

Apollo 440’s 

new release, 

“Gettin’ High 

On Your Own 

Supply.” 

UMPG CLOSES DEAL WITH BIG BROTHER 

Amsterdam -- Kees Van der Hoeven, Managing Director for UMPG Holland and European Head of A&R, 

recently closed a deal to control 50% of the music for the hugely successful U. S. and German TV show 

Big Brother, the daily show which follows the lives of 10 people living in a house for 100 days. The main 

TV theme in Germany, "LEB," by 3.Generation (RCA), was released on April 10 and went straight to No. 

1. Van der Hoeven, is confident that this cultural phenomenon will be just as successful in other European 

territories. A British version of Big Brother is scheduled to launch on Channel 4 in the summer. 

WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE 

London -- UMPG recently solidified a world-wide deal with Celador 

Productions to administrate the music composed for TV series, “Who Wants 

To Be A Millionaire," which is the No.1 TV show in the U.K., the U.S. and many 

other countries. The show has been sold to over 70 countries around the 

world. Celador has formed their own record label, with product to be manufactured 

and distributed by Universal Music. The first release will be a CD of 

songs featuring the show's main theme, and a dance version of the theme. 

ELTON JOHN, BON JOVI THEMES FOR JAPANESE TV 

Japan -- "Good Bye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John will be the new theme song of a new Fuji TV series 

entitled, "Taiyo Wa Shizumanai," starring Japanese heart-throb Hideaki Takizawa...Bon Jovi's "Thank You 

For Loving Me," from his new album,Crush (See Page 6), will be the theme song of a new prime-time 

drama on TV Asahi entitled, "Paradise Thirty."

ADVERTISING 

NEW GAP ADS MAKE LEONARD 

BERNSTEIN “COOL” AGAIN 

U.S., Europe and Japan: 

Inspired by the energy and passion 

of the score and choreography 

from "West Side Story," Gap's 

hot Spring global ad campaign 

introduced today's mass audiences 

to the musical genius of 

composer Leonard Bernstein. The 

television spots feature three of 

Bernstein's most famous works: 

"America," "Cool," and "Mambo 

(Dance At The Gym)." In July 

“West Side Story” also became 

the first musical to be produced by 

La Scala in Milan. In December 

1953, Leonard Bernstein became 

the first American to conduct at La Scala. 

Other Territories: "The Dude" by Fatboy Slim 

Régis Ducatillon, has been used 

for the synchronization (Ex-USA, Canada 

and Japan) of Pepsi TC’s the worldwide cinema 

and web campaign. 

Film, TV, & Advertising 

Korea: Aqua's international chart hit, 

"Cartoon Heroes," was licensed in Korea to 

Xerox for a commercial campaign. Their 

second single, "Around The 

World," was used by E-Shop 

for a TV commercial. 

Hong Kong: Fatboy Slim's 

single, "Right Here Right 

Now" was licensed to Tiger 

Beer in Vietnam for a one-year 

commercial campaign. 

Australia / New Zealand: 

"Love Is All Around" (Presley) 

will be used for a three-year 

Australian/New Zealand campaign 

for a household product. 

"In the Neighborhood" by local 

writers Hanson, Roegbu, and Makamueafi 

will be used for a 12-month campaign in 

New Zealand for a communications 

company. 

UMPG SONGS ARE CURRENTLY 

FEATURED IN THE FOLLOWING 

FILMS, TV SHOWS & 

ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS: 

MAJOR MOTION PICTURES: 

Scary Movie, (Miramax), Me, Myself & 

Irene (Twentieth Century Fox), Road 

Trip (DreamWorks), Gone In 60 

Seconds (Disney), The Crow: 

Salvation Dimension/ Miramax),Titan 

AE (Fox), American Psycho (Lions 

Gate), Erin Brockovich (Universal), 

Mission To Mars (Walt Disney), Where 

The Heart Is (20th Century Fox), Snow 

Day (Paramount), The Next Best Thing 

(Paramount),and Price Of Glory (New 

Line). 


Group’s Film and TV Dept. 

produces promotional CD 

compilations of current and 

upcoming singles that are 

serviced to key film and television 

supervisors. 

ADVERTISING: 

Nissan Maxima, Emporio Armani (Fragrance), Black and 

Decker, GM Credit Card, Acura, The Gap, Scope, Coors Light, 

Saturn, Oldsmobile, Direct Bank, AT&T, Levi's, Pepsi, and 

more. 

TELEVISION: 

Roswell, Friends, 2gether, The Sopranos, Providence, Jack 

and Jill, Angel, and Wall to Wall Records. 

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The axis of UMPG's powerful European Connolly 

region lies in London where Paul Connolly, 

Managing Director and Executive VP of Continental Europe, 

oversees the activities of a 34 member U.K. staff and territory 

offices in fourteen countries spanning both Western and 

Eastern Europe. 

The success rate of UMPG's local repertoire is very high in 

this competitive region, which is a musical center for talent that 

frequently crosses over to other parts of the world. Having 

implemented a cohesive European creative strategy, UMPG 

has arisen post merger as an aggressive, successful force in 

the industry with a powerhouse of new local copyrights in the 

U.K., France, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Belgium, Holland, Italy 

and Germany. 

With an entrepreneurial vision and effective synergy with the 

Universal labels, UMPG Europe is blossoming in efforts to 

exploit a rich back catalogue and identify worldwide film, television, 

advertising and multi-media synchronization opportunities. 

UMPG SIGNS... 

THE 

CLASH 

UMPG's U.K. office this year struck a deal to represent 

the catalogue of definitive British punk rockers, 

The Clash. The U.K. company now represents such 

classic and musically great tracks such as "Rock The 

Casbah," "Should I Stay Or Should I Go," "London 

Calling," and "I Fought the Law." The Clash's "Rock 

The Casbah" was a hit cover last year by Will Smith, 

which underlines the potential value of the catalogue. 

U.K. TOPS SINGLES & ALBUM CHARTS 

The Chemical Brothers 

U 

MPG’s U.K. territory has attained much success the year 

2000, controlling 23 of the Top 100 selling U.K. singles and 

songs on 35 of the Top 50 selling albums including: Shania 

Twain's Come On Over, Westlife's Westlife, Stereophonics' 

Performance and Cocktails, Five's Invincible and 11 compilation 

albums. 

All Saints’ No. 1 hit single, "Pure Shores" (from the soundtrack 

to the movie, The Beach) has been the biggest hit of 

the year with sales of more than 650,000 units. The song has 

been Top 10 in France, Italy, Holland, Australia and Canada, 

as well as Top 20 in Germany, Spain, Sweden, Netherlands, 

All Saints 

Norway, and Switzerland. All Saints debut album has sold 

over 6 million units worldwide. Other top U.K. singles have included Madonna’s cover of 

Don McLean's "American Pie," Artful Dodger's hit, "Movin' Too Fast," Eiffel 65's "Move Your 

Body," and DJ Luck/MC Neat's "A Little Bit Of Luck." UMPG's platinum albums have included: 

Chemical Brothers' Surrender (double platinum), Fatboy Slim's You've Come a Long 

Way Baby (triple platinum), and the Stereophonics' Word Gets Around (double platinum). 

As a high profile company with an impressive talent roster and nearly 88,000 local 

copyrights, UMPG U.K.'s top local signings include Air, All Saints, Basement Jaxx, 

Beautiful South, Bjork, Boyzone, Chemical Brothers, Cranberries, DJ Shadow, 

Fatboy Slim, Lighthouse Family, Massive Attack, Metallica, Pulp, Roni Size, S Club 

7, Stereophonics, Steve Mac, Suede, Westlife, and Wayne Hector.

SWEDEN/SCANDINAVIA 

Blowing away the competition by 

signing the right local artists and 

writers, UMPG Sweden is No. 1 in 

terms of local repertoire with a substantial 

Swedish language catalogue 

of 68,000 Scandinavian copyrights 

and a local roster which 

includes Aqua, The Cardigans, 

Meja and the songs of ABBA. Led 

by Martin Ingestrom, Managing 

Director of UMPG Sweden, this territory's 

success on the singles and 

album charts has been phenomenal 

this year. 

A*TEENS: Stockholm Records 

act, A*Teens, the ABBA cover band, 

debuted on Sweden's album chart 

at No. 1 with their tribute LP, The 

ABBA Generation, which has sold 

A*Teens 

1.7 million copies worldwide. (The 

first single, "Dancing Queen" gained 

momentum in May with play on Box Breaker and MTV for the U.S. 5/23 LP 

release.) Conversely, the original ABBA's Gold LP, sold nearly 4 million units 

during 1999. The A* Teens are also touring the U.S. in July with Britney Spears. 

BRITNEY SPEARS: Also, through writers Shania Twain and Alexander 

Kronlund, the company has an interest in 3 tracks on teen sensation Britney 

SPANISH FLY 

Madrid -- In April, UMPG Spain had controlling interest in 25 of the 

top 50 albums. Five local artists were recently Top 50 on the 

Spanish Album Chart: Hot Gibraltar rock band, Melon Diesel, 

whose platinum, debut LP, La Cuesta de Mr. Bond (Sony), peaked 

at No. 8; Maria Dolores Predera, whose album, As de Corazones 

(BMG), went platinum; Miguel Bose, whose Lo Mejor de Bose 

(Warner Brothers) went to No. 1 in Spain and Latin America; 

Remedios Amaya, whose LP, Gitana Soy (EMI), peaked at No. 31; 

and Pastora Soler, whose LP, Fuente de Luna (EMI Records), is 

platinum. 

Recently, local signing Los Suaves climbed Spain's album 

charts to No. 8 with the LP, Vispera De Todos Los Santos 

(Universal). This is the best position this veteran band has ever had 

in the albums chart. The label predicts the album is bound for Gold 

status. Strong local new entries on the singles chart come from 

Monica Naranjo's single, "Minage" (Sony), which went to No. 1 and 

Nana Pastori's "Canailla," (BMG) which peaked at No. 2. 

ECHO AWARDS 

André Rieu 

Hamburg --The prestigious Herman Music 

Awards, known as the Echo Awards, was a 

great success for UMPG Germany. UMPG's 

Sabrina Setlur (3-P/Epic) received her 3rd 

Echo, making her the most successful 

German female artist in the history of the 

event. Also, Xavier Naidoo (3-P/ Epic) won 

the Most Successful German Male Artist Echo 

for the 2nd year in a row. Classical hero 

André Rieu won the Crossover Echo. Also, 

Bloodhound Gang received the Echo for 

International Newcomer of the year. 

Western and Eastern Europe 

UMPG SIGNS TOP TALENT THAT CROSSES BORDERS 

Spears' new album, Oops! I Did It Again, which sold 1.43 million copies its first 

week of release in the U.S.! The songs are: "Lucky" (Alexander Kronlund), 

"Don't Go Knocking On My Door" (Alexander Kronlund), and "Don't Let Me Be 

The Last To Know" (Shania Twain). Kronlund also has a co-write on N'Sync's 

new album. 

OTHER NEWS: Recently, 5 new local signings were Top 20 on Sweden's 

album chart including: Hardcore Superstar (No. 7), Markoolio (No. 11), Blues 

(No. 12), Cue (No. 16), and Thomas Rusiak (No. 18). 

THE NETHERLANDS 

UMPG Beats Rivals to Ink Deal 

With Vengaboys 

UMPG's territory of The Netherlands has signed an 

exciting new deal with Violent Music which includes 

international hits from Alice Deejay and Vengaboys. 

Vengaboys' latest album release, The Platinum 

Album, is now Gold in 12 territories, including the UK, Germany and Australia. 

In April, the dance-pop troupe won Holland's Edison Award for Best Single for 

the track, "Going to Ibiza." Lava/Atlantic is releasing the Vengaboys LP in the 

U.S. in September. 

Run by Kees Van der Hoeven, Managing Director and European Head of 

A&R, the Dutch company is No. 1 in local repertoire with a catalogue encompassing 

nearly 20,000 copyrights. The prestigious roster includes violinist/conductor 

André Rieu, platinum band Bløf, and hugely successful writer and producer, 

John Ewbank, who has enjoyed a run of hits (and 1.5 million in album 

sales) with Dutch mega-star Marco Borsato. 

THE FRENCH CONNECTION 

Paris -- UMPG France has announced the soundtrack from the upcoming 

musical production of Romeo & Juliet entered the French album 

chart at No. 5. At the same time, the first single, "Aimer," was Top 5 on 

the French Singles charts. 

Santi Casariego, managing director of UMPG France, signed a 

worldwide, co-publishing deal with TV Channel 1 (TF1) in May 1999 to 

control songs from the musical, which are written and composed by 

Gerard Presgurvic. One hundred thousand tickets have been pre-sold 

for the show, which will open at the Palais des Congres, beginning 

January 2001. 

NEW CORRS LP 

DEBUTS AT NO. 1 

U.S. signing, The Corrs, 

released their new 

album, “In Blue,” in 

Europe in July. The LP 

has received rave 

reviews (including Album 

of the Week in Music 

Week) and top chart 

positions in Australia, 

Germany, Ireland and the 

UK. The first single, 

"Breathless," entered the 

UK singles chart at #1 

and is Top 10 in Ireland, 

Italy, Spain and Sweden. 

~UMPG~ 

Pg. 11

S. E. Asia / Australasia 

UMPG 

AUSTRALIA 

WINS MAJOR 

APRA AWARDS 

Sydney -- At the Australasian 

Performing Rights Association 

(APRA) Music Awards held in 

Sydney, Australia, UMPG won two 

major awards. The prestigious 

award for 1999 Song of the Year went to UMPG's Powderfinger for the 

song, "Passenger." Peter Hebbes, managing director of UMPG Australia, 

accepted the awards with members of Powderfinger in front of 750 

Australian music industry members. Shania Twain also won the award 

for Most Performed Work for her international hit, "That Don't Impress Me 

Much." Twain won the same award last year for "Still The One." 

NEW SIGNINGS 

Sydney -- UMPG Australia has announced the signing of Indian pop duo, 

Phil & Jerry (Jambo Music), who sold over 1.5 million units of their last 

LP. 

MADISON AVENUE DEBUTS AT NO. 1 

in U.K., WINS BEST NEW ARTIST AT 

INAUGURAL DANCE AWARDS 

Melbourne-based band Madison Avenue (signed to UMPg for the world) 

debuted at No. 1 on the U.K. Charts in May with their single, “Don’t Call 

Me Baby,” which has sold over 200,000 units in Australia. Their second 

single, “Who The Hell Are You,” has since debuted at No. 1 in Australia 

and is nearing platinum status. In July, Madison Avenue also took Single 

Of The Year for "Don't Call Me Baby" and Best New Artist at Australia’s 

Dance Awards. 

NEW HONG 

KONG 

SIGNINGS 

Douglas Chan, 

UMPG regional director 

of S.E. Asia, has 

announced the following 

exclusive 

Douglas Chan writer deals: Local 

producer/arranger 

Joseph Ip, Cecilia 

Cheung, Daniel 

Chan, and Paul 

Wong. Rock-soloist 

Wong (Universal) 

recently debuted at 

No. 1 on the RTHK 

charts after five 

Paul Wong 

weeks of airplay. 

~UMPG~ 

Pg. 12 

Australian band Powderfinger won 

the APRA 1999 Song of the Year for 

“Passenger.” 

SECRET AGENT 

MAN HITS 

JAPANESE TV 

A remake of P.F. Sloan and Steve 

Barri's "Secret Agent Man" is the new 

theme song of "Heisei Meoto 

Chawan," a new drama series on 

Nippon TV, which hit the Japanese 

airwaves earlier this year. Covering 

the song is the group, Secret Agent, a 

newly formed unit by the members of 

the popular Japanese band, Johnny's 

Jr. The song was released as a single 

in March. 

Other UMPG News: 

UMPG LAUNCHES NEW MEDIA 

DEPARTMENT, e-NEWSLETTER 

UMPG has launched a New Media Department to 

implement the company's internet strategies for 

online licensing and the marketing of the talent roster 

and catalogue. 

David Renzer announced, "As a first for the music 

publishing industry, Universal Music Publishing 

Group's New Media Department offers our writers, 

artists and catalogue new and exciting promotional 

opportunities." 

As one of the first initiatives, UMPG has begun 

a monthly music industry e-News bulletin, which is 

being e-mailed to thousands of music industry executives, 

artists, songwriters, media and UMPG offices 

around the world. The online bulletin is available for 

free to industry members and can be subscribed to 

by e-mailing a request to: 

umpg.newmedia@umusic.com 

Based in Los Angeles, the staff 

includes Rebekah Alperin, Director of 

Communications and Marketing, who 

joined UMPG in February 

from Ktel International’s 

online division and 

George Rivera, who was 

Alperin 

recently promoted to 

Director of Technology (see Staff 

Announcements). 

Rivera 

ASCAP LATIN AWARDS -- 

Continued From Page 7 

Luis M. Dueñas' "Dos Gotas De Agua" - Top 

Regional Mexican Song; Mauricio Arcas' "Ponerte 

En Cuatro" - Mejor cancion pop rock; Al Primera’s 

"Casas De Carton;" "Entre La Espada Y La Pared" 

by Joaquin Galan, Francisco Galan and Lucia 

Galan; L. de La Colina’s "Me Quede Con Las 

Ganas;" Humberto Estrada’s "Sin Verte;" and 

Roberto Morales' “Tiembla Mi Piel." 

David Renzer, UMPG Worldwide President stated, 

"I am very proud of the outstanding results of our 

Latin Division including the recent award of UMPG as 

ASCAP'S Latin Music Publisher of the Year for the 

second year in a row.” 

UMPG PLACES SECOND IN 

EUROVISION CONTEST 

Stockholm -- At the 45th annual Eurovision Song 

Contest held in Stockholm in May, UMPG writer 

Brandon Barnes took second place with his song, 

"Solo." 

Universal Music Russia teen artist Alsou performed 

the song live and brought the Globe Arena 

audience to its feet. The contest was broadcast in 

front of a European and Japanese TV audience of an 

estimated 100 million-plus audience.

International Awards 

AUSTRALIA 

APRA Awards: 

Powderfinger (Song of the Year) 

for "Passenger" 

Shania Twain (Most Performed Work) 

for "That Don't Impress Me Much" 

BRAZIL 

Carnaval Do Brazil: 

"Cabelo Raspadinho" 

(Dodo & Osmar Trophy) 

CANADA 

Juno Awards: 

Alanis Morissette (Best Album) 

for Supposed Infatuation Junkie 

Shania Twain for songs: "Man! I Feel Like I 

Woman," "You've Got a Way," and 

"That Don't Impress Me Much" 

Shania Twain (Best Country Female) 

Alanis Morissette (Best Video) "So Pure" 

FRANCE 

French Music Awards: 

UMPG was represented by winners of the 

following awards: (Best Male Artist), 

(Best OST), (Best Pop/Rock LP), 

(Best Newcomer), (Best Band), 

(Best Rap LP), (Best Concert) 

GERMANY: 

Echo Awards: 

Sabrina Setlur 

(Most Successful German Female Artist) 

Xavier Naidoo 

(Most Successful German Male Artist) 

Andre Rieu (Crossover Echo) 

Bloodhound Gang 

(International Newcomer of the Year) 

German Dance Awards: 

Mellow Trax (Best Local Act) 

Basement Jaxx (Best Dance Album) 

for Remedy (Int) 

HOLLAND 

Edison Awards: 

Paul de Leeuw (Best Local Male) 

for his LP, Stille Liedjes 

Bløf (Best Local Group) 

Shania Twain (International Female) for 

her LP, Come On Over 

Live (International Group) 

for their LP, The Distance To Here Basement 

Jaxx (Intl. Dance) 

for their LP, Remedy 

Vengaboys (Best Single) 

"Going To Ibiza" 

HONG KONG 

Jacky Cheung 

(1999 HK Best Selling 

Album of the Year) for Someone 

Keith Chan (1999 RTHK Best Composition 

of the Year) for "Weather Will Change" 

U.K. 

Brits 2000: 

S Club 7 (Best Newcomer) 

Chemical Brothers (Best Dance Act) 

Robbie Williams (Best Single and Video) for 

"She's The One" 

Notting Hill (Best Soundtrack) 

IFPI Platinum Awards: 

Boyzone, By Request (3 million units) 

The Corrs, Talk On Corners (5 million units) 

Elton John, Love Songs (5 million units) 

U2, The Best of 1980-1990 (5 million units) 

MTV Europe Awards: 

Boyzone (Best UK/Eire Ac & Best Album) 

Fatboy Slim (Best Dance Act) 

Q Magazine Awards: 

Chemical Brothers (Best Album) 

Basement Jaxx (Best New Artist) 

Stereophonics (Best Live Act) 

U.S. 

Grammy Awards: 

Santana 

(Album of the Year) Supernatural 

UMPG songs: "El Farol" and "Primivera" 

written by K. C. Porter, "Wishing it Was" 

by King/Simpson/Mark 

(Best Pop Instrumental Performance) 

for K.C. Porter's "El Farol" 

Metallica (Best Hard Rock Performance 

for "Whiskey in the Jar," written by 

Lynott/Bell/Downey 

Whitney Houston (Best Female R&B Vocal) 

"It's Not Right, But It's Okay," 

written by Toni Estes 

TLC (Best R&B Album) 

UMPG song: "I'm Good At Being Bad," 

written by multiple writers 

Shania Twain (Best Female Country Vocal) 

for "Man, I Feel Like a Woman," and 

(Best Country Song) "Come On Over," 

Others: (Best Country Album), (Best Male 

Country Perf.), (Best Contemporary Jazz 

Perf.), (Best Jazz Vocal Perf.), (Best Jazz 

Perf.) (Best Trad. Blues Album), (Best Trad. 

R&B Perf.) (Best Record Packaging), and 

(Best Engineered Album), & (Non-Classical). 

Latin Grammy (LARAS Award 

Nominations 

See Pg. 7 

Soul Train Awards: 

Mary J. Blige (Best Female R&B Album) 

& (Ent. of Year Award) 

ASCAP Rhythm & Soul: 

"All Night Long" (Todd Gaither), 

"Angel of Mine" (Travon Potts) 

"Red Alert" (Felix Buxton, Simon Ratcliffe) 

"Satisfy You" (Kelly Price) 

SOUTH AFRICA 

SAMA Awards: 

Jimmy Dludle 

(Best Jazz Album) & (Best S.A. Male Artist) 

Industry Issues 

Q&A with 

Crispin Evans 

Crispin Evans is Universal Music Publishing Group’s 

Senior V.P. of International Legal and Business 

Affairs. 

Crispin Evans 

Question I: Crispin, you were instrumental in the negotiations 

that led to the Cannes Accord. Can you give 

us an update as to what this achieved and what you 

see as the future for this agreement? 

Answer: The Cannes Agreement has, in my view, 

achieved a number of positive results. Not only have 

European copyright societies brought down the levels of 

their commissions, but this has been done without any 

deterioration of services. The societies now operate in a 

more transparent manner in a number of different regards 

and the levels of administration have improved. I do not 

wish to paint a completely rosy picture however. There are 

still a number of significant problems and we have a lot of 

work to do to overcome these. Our objective is not antisociety 

but is better descrived as trying to achieve transparent 

cost benefits for ourselves and the writers that we 

represent. So far as the future is concerned, the agreement 

currently has about a year to go and we have already 

commenced discussions about a continuation which will 

incorporate a number of additional issues. 

Question II: Can you give us an update on the BIEM/ 

IFPI negotiations? 

Answer: The current BIEM/IFPI agreement is scheduled 

to terminate at the end of June this year. Both organizations 

have been in discussions concerning the future but 

it is too early to say how these will turn out. However, I 

know that a number of important issues have been aired. 

Question III: What is the progress of the IMJV? 

Answer: IMJV is a very significant process for all publishers 

and the writers that they represent. This partnership 

of ASCAP, MCPS/PRS and BUMA/STEMRA will provide 

a back office administrative function which can be shared 

between the societies without any reduction of rights 

ownership of representation by the societies themselves. 

If the business of exercising copyright on a national basis 

were to begin today from a blank sheet of paper, it would 

use this type of shared administrative system which is not 

dissimilar in vision to systems belonging to credit card 

companies, airlines, etc. The potential for cost-saving is 

great and, of course, any benefit will be seen as additional 

income for rights owners. At present the system is still 

being designed by the Partnership and it is hoped that 

they will move towards the build phase quite soon. 

Question IV: What steps are being taken by Universal 

Music Publishing Group to combat piracy on the 

internet? 

Answer: Our activities in this area are usually confined to 

support of the copyright societies and their efforts on our 

behalf. Of course when we find unauthorised users or 

sites we attempt to have them stopped or taken down. 

We have supported the initiatives of the various copyright 

societies in terms of litigation and day to day policing. 

As is well known, this is not an easy issue because 

today’s pirate is likely to be tomorrow’s legitimate copyright 

user and legitimate payer of royalties.

Staff Announcements 

Fuhrmann 

Edwards 

Helsinger 

McLean 

Ross 

Zwirn 

UMPG NY & LA Creative 

Department Staffing 

Now Complete 

Tom Sturges, Executive Vice President of Creative Affairs for 

UMPG's U.S. operations, has announced the completion of 

Universal Music Publishing Group's New York and Los 

Angeles creative staffing. 

Commented Sturges: "Our creative team (and its new 

additions) is very well-suited to the task at hand. With experience 

in A&R, label and artist management, marketing, promotion, 

publicity and production, they bring strong individual 

skills and group passion to the continuing development of our 

writers and catalogues. We look forward to the many challenges 

that remain before us." 

New additions to the creative department: 

Andrew Fuhrmann has been appointed Vice President 

of Creative Affairs - East Coast. Fuhrmann joins Universal 

from the highly successful Notation Music Publishing/W&R 

Group, which he co-founded in 1993 along with owners Ric 

Wake and Denise Rich. As Notation's Senior VP Creative 

Operations, Fuhrmann's efforts contributed to the recording 

of Notation published titles by such multi-platinum selling 

artists as Jennifer Lopez, Mark Anthony, Trisha Yearwood, 

Celine Dion, Mary J. Blige and Aretha Franklin. In addition, 

Fuhrmann has been an A&R executive for Arista, Epic and 

Capitol/EMI Records and was responsible for signing and 

development of artists including Katrina And The Waves and 

Taylor Dayne. 

In February, Maani Edwards was appointed Director of 

Urban Music, West Coast. In this new position, Edwards is 

responsible for finding and developeing songwriters, artists 

and producers. Previously, Edwards was Creative Director at 

Edmonds Music Publishing. He also worked as head of 

Urban Music for Interscope Music and was Creative 

Manager, Urban (West Coast) for BMG Music Publishing. 

With 10 years experience in the music business, Gary 

Helsinger recently joined UMPG as Director of A&R, West 

Coast. Gary was formerly the Director of Talent Acquisitions 

at Chrysalis Music Group, A&R rep. for Lava/Atlantic 

Records, and tour manager for A Perfect Circle (Virgin). He is 

product manager for Fishbone, Sierra Swan (Dollshead), 

Christian Lane, Guster, Crash Test Dummies, and Monster 

Magnet 

Al "Butter" McLean has been appointed Director of A&R 

- Urban and R&B. McLean started his career at Uptown 

Records as a Scout/Production assistant and moved to Island 

Records in 1993. He later worked at Warner Brother Records 

as an A&R manager, at Jellybean Music Publishing as 

Director Of Music Publishing and finally H.O.L.A. Records as 

Senior Director of A&R, where he signed platinum artists 

Voices of Theory and Veronica. 

In February, April Ross joined UMPG as Creative 

Coordinator. Ross, who most recently held the position of 

Manager of A&R Administration at A&M Records. 

Damon Zwirn recently joined the company as Executive 

Assistant to Andy Fuhrmann. 

ON THE MOVE! 

Sammis 

LOS ANGELES: UMPG Worldwide President 

David Renzer recently announced the promotion 

of Mike Sammis to Sr. Vice President of Finance. 

He will retain the title of Chief Financial Officer of 

Universal Music Publishing Group. Sammis was 

largely responsible for the successful 

integration of MCA and 

Polygram's administrative systems 

into UMPG's new centralized 

global administrative system 

(see pg. 16). Dana Kasha-Murray has been promoted 

Director of Creative Services. Kasha- 

Murray's signings have included Oleander, Tony 

Battaglia And Shaun Fisher. 

Maretta Shaughnessy has been 

promoted to Manager - Special 

Markets and Income Tracking. 

Tyler 

Brazie 

Shaughnessy recently transferred to the Income 

Tracking Department from the Copyright 

Department. George Rivera has 

been promoted to Director - 

Technology of the New Media 

department. Brian Rafeedy has 

joined the company as Manager 

of End User Support, replacing 

Rivera. Doris Tyler has been 

promoted to Special Projects 

Coordinator/Asst. to the 

President reporting to David 

Renzer. Kevin Krivashei has 

Kasha- 

Murray 

Rafeedy 

been promoted to Manager - Income Tracking. 

Mark Trux has been promoted from Finance 

Clerk to Financial Analyst. Asuncion Fierros has 

been appointed Finance Clerk/Assistant. 

NEW YORK: Rebecca Wright has been promoted 

to Creative Manager, East Coast. Jack 

O'Connell has been promoted to Creative 

Coordinator. Peter Shea has been promoted to 

Assistant to Kim Franciewicz and Rebecca Writer. 

NASHVILLE: In April, Molly Reynolds joined the 

Nashville creative team as Creative Director. She 

most recently served as 

Wright Associate Director of A&R for 

Capitol Records. Tammy Helm 

has been promoted to Manager of Administration. 

In her new position, she oversees copyright, royalty 

and print activities related to the Nashville 

roster. Katie Dalton has been promoted to 

Associate Manager of Creative Services. 

Reynolds 

U.K.: Steven Jones has been appointed Senior 

A&R Manager. He was previously A&R Editor of Music Week. 

SOUTH AFRICA: Ryan Hill has joined UMPG as 

Copyright Assistant. 

HOLLAND: Oscar Ombach has been appointed 

creative manager. Together with Peter Birkhoff, he 

will be responsible for the A&R/creative dept. in 

Holland. 

ANSWERS TO 

UMPG TRIVIA I. 

Question 1: 

“Two Hearts” 

Question 2: 

Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton 

(Elvis’ version was in 1956) 

Question 3: 

“Love is Alive” 

Question 4: 

“Freebird” 

Question 5: 

Mick Jagger 

UMPG Trivia Challenge was 

complied by Scott James. 

Ombach 

MALAYSIA: Jack Teo has 

joined UMPG as Publishing 

Manager. 

MEXICO: Antonio Rebollar has been appointed 

General Manager for UMPG Mexico replacing 

Cristina Quiñones, who has moved to Universal 

Music Mexico‘s import/export department. 

Rebollar was most recently as the head of Azteca 

Music Publishing. 

Rebollar

Flash Back 

Universal Music Publishing Group executives visited k.d. lang in the studio 

as she was putting finishing touches on her new album, “Invincible 

Summer.” The LP was released June 22 and received critical acclaim in 

reviews by Rolling Stone, Billboard and others. Lang toured with Sting 

for 9 dates in July before embarking on her solo tour with Shelby Lynne. 

Pictured (left to right): Gary Gilbert, Lang’s attorney, David Renzer, 

UMPG Worldwide President, Lang, and Tom Sturges, UMPG Executive 

VP of Creative Affairs. 

UMPG writer Stephanie Bentley 

was recently presented a 

plaque commemorating her 

No. 1 AC and Country hit, 

“Breathe.” Pictured (left to 

right): Mark Brown, UMPG 

Nashville - Creative Director, 

Pat Higdon, Sr. VP/GM of 

UMPG Nashville, Bentley, David 

Renzer, and Tom Struges. 

Brian McKnight was recently presented with a platinum 

plaque to commemorate the sale of more than 2 million 

copies of his Motown album, “Back At One.” Shown 

from left ro right are: Zach Horowitz, President/COO of 

Universal Music Group; McKnight; David Renzer, and 

Herb Trawick, McKnight’s manager. 

UMPG CONFAB ‘99 

Universal Music Publishing Group and 

Universal Studios recently began a series 

of luncheons to introduce key executives 

from the film and TV community to some of 

the stellar songwriters signed to the publishing 

company. The most recent luncheon 

featured Grammy-winning music creator 

Glen Ballard. Also shown (left to right) 

are: David Renzer, Scott Stuber, Executive 

VP, Universal Motion Picture Group, Scott 

James, UMPG Sr. VP Film, Television and 

New Technologies, Harry Garfield, Sr. VP 

Music of Universal Pictures, Glen Ballard, 

Marisa Porter, UMPG Assoc. Dir. of Motion 

Picture and TV, and Tom Eaton, UMPG 

Assoc. Dir. of Motion Picture and TV. 

Universal Music Publishing Group News is designed 

and published by the UMPG New Media Department 

in Los Angeles, CA., USA. Contact: Rebekah Alperin 

Ph: (310) 235-4900. Subscribe by sending to e-Mail 

requests to: umpg.newmedia@umusic.com. 

New signing Markoolio (above with 

co-producers and UMPG staff) is 

currently the best selling local artist 

in Sweden, his recent single 'Mera 

Mal' is No. 1 on the singles chart 

and has sold 3x platinum. Sahara 

Hotnights' (right) debut album 

(BMG) has just gone gold. 

* All photography this page 

by Doris Tyler, except for 

UMPG Sweden photos by 

Carl Linder. 

UMPG Sweden 

Signs Markoolio, 

Sahara Hotnights 

~UMPG~ 

Pg. 15

WHEN THE WORLD SINGS YOUR SONG 


TAKES CARE OF BUSINESS 

When Shania Twain’s smash LP, Come On 

Over, became an international sensation, 

Universal Music Publishing Group’s 

state-of-the-art administrative system 

was in place to ensure her faster song 

registrations and collections from every 

corner of the globe. 

UMPG’s seamless administrative process 

allows for: 

! faster, more accurate 

royalty payments 

! unique centralized data 

processing in 3-hub 

locations 

! global income tracking 

! immediate electronic 

circulation of copyright 

information to our 

offices in 38 countries 

Shania Twain - Come On Over 

Est. 26 Million Sold Worldwide 

If you’re looking for the right music 

publisher to provide creative services 

and administrative excellence, think 

of Universal Music Publishing Group - 

The New Global Leader. 


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