{"id":470304,"date":"2026-06-01T07:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/470304\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T07:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:29:14","slug":"universal-music-publishing-groups-andrew-jenkins-steps-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/470304\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Music Publishing Group’s Andrew Jenkins Steps Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAndrew Jenkins, the President of Australia and the Asia Pacific Region for Universal Music Publishing Group<\/a>, will depart the company on July 1 after nearly two decades in the role, UMPG announced Monday (June 1).<\/p>\n

\n\tJenkins joined BMG Music Publishing International in 1993 as Vice President, was promoted to President of BMG Music Publishing International in 2005, and continued in senior leadership roles when Universal Music Publishing Group acquired BMG Music Publishing in 2006. <\/p>\n

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\n\tIn that time, he oversaw UMPG\u2019s publishing operations and creative teams across Australia, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, played a central role in expanding the company\u2019s regional presence, and was integral to brokering both the SACEM and APRA multi-territory digital licensing arrangements at UMPG \u2014 two agreements that significantly shaped digital licensing in the region.<\/p>\n

\n\tBefore his publishing career, Jenkins began in the music industry at PolyGram in the U.K. in 1981, later serving as General Manager and Senior Director of Polydor Records. Over the course of his career he worked with, signed or helped oversee relationships with artists and songwriters including the Bee Gees, The Cure, Alanis Morissette, Pete Townshend, Robert Plant, Van Morrison, Guy Sebastian and Tom Waits.<\/p>\n

\n\tBeyond his company role, Jenkins held significant industry leadership positions \u2014 serving as Chair of the International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP), as a founding board member of the International Music Publishers Association (IMPA), and as a board member of APRA, AMCOS and AMPAL in Australia.<\/p>\n

\n\tUMPG Chairman and CEO Jody Gerson paid tribute in a statement. \u201cAndrew has been an exceptional leader, colleague and friend,\u201d she said. \u201cHis dedication to songwriters and artists, and his leadership across Australia and the Pacific Region, have left a lasting impact on both our company and the creative community throughout the region.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn his own statement, Jenkins reflected warmly on the journey. \u201cI am in awe of your genius and grateful for your friendship,\u201d he said, addressing collaborators and colleagues. \u201cIt\u2019s been amazing. So, until the next time, thank you all.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tA successor has not yet been announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrew Jenkins, the President of Australia and the Asia Pacific Region for Universal Music Publishing Group, will depart…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[7932,146,85,46,155813],"class_list":["post-470304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-bbnews","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-universal-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}