Interviews MBW's Trailblazers series interviews Daouda Leonard, manager of Grimes and founder of Los Angeles-based AI development studio CreateSafe News Horan has sold over 80 million records and toured the globe multiple times as a member of One Direction Interviews MBW interviews Pete Simmons, Universal Music Publishing Group’s UK Head of A&R News Jody Gerson, Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group, to be presented with the award at Abbey Road Studios in London on July 10 Analysis News UMG posts double-digit YoY growth (just!) in its recorded music subscription streaming revenues News Foroutan previously served as Vice President, Creative, at BMI News Simmons joined UMPG as an A&R scout in 2014 News It's not a done deal yet, we hear. But as one source put it "this could now really happen, and it could happen soon – things are moving fast".