During her time there, which began in 2014, she signed and developed a roster of talent,<\/span>\u00a0including artists and producers such as Rog\u00e9t Chahayed, Cuco, Father John Misty, Kali Uchis, <\/b>and Pop Wansel<\/b>. She also played a key role in establishing strategic partnerships with Heavy Duty Publishing <\/b>and 88Rising.<\/b><\/p>\n Before her time at Kobalt, Kinelski worked as Director of Creative Services in the Pop\/Rock division at ASCAP<\/b>, where she was instrumental in signing artists like Big Sean <\/b>and HAIM.<\/b><\/p>\n In her new role at UMPG, Kinelski will focus on identifying, signing, and developing both emerging and established songwriters, artists, and producers. She will work alongside Knoepfle to expand and strengthen UMPG’s US A&R division. Knoepfle was promoted<\/a> to her current role in October.<\/p>\n “I am also deeply grateful for the opportunity to expand my role at UMPG, where I have the honor of working with two of the very best executives in the business: Jody Gerson<\/b> and Jennifer Knoepfle.”<\/p>\n Jamie Kinelski<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cWe are so fortunate to welcome someone as seasoned and well respected as Jamie to UMPG. She is a tremendous asset to the dynamic and fresh executive team we are building, and her vast publishing and leadership experience will be extremely valuable to our company\u2019s continued growth and innovation,\u201d Knoepfle said.<\/p>\n \u201cJamie is a fierce advocate for songwriters, and I look forward to working with her to provide an incredible experience and nurturing environment for the talented creators we work with today, and those we\u2019ll be welcoming in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n Jennifer Knoepfle, Universal Music Publishing\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Commenting on her appointment, Kinelski said: \u201cI am so fortunate to work with some of the most revered songwriters and musical creators in the world, each and every day.<\/p>\n “I am also deeply grateful for the opportunity to expand my role at UMPG, where I have the honor of working with two of the very best executives in the business: Jody Gerson<\/b> <\/a>and Jennifer Knoepfle.<\/p>\n \u201cI couldn\u2019t be more excited to begin this new chapter and take on the important goal of growing our incredible A&R team and working with them to pursue my greatest passion: discovering and mentoring new talent, who remain the lifeblood of our industry.\u201d<\/p>\n UMPG, the global publishing division of Universal Music Group, represents a catalog of songs across all genres. Its roster includes artists and songwriters such as Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Post Malone, Adele, <\/b>and U2<\/b>, among others.<\/p>\n Earlier this week, Universal Music Group<\/b> and Spotify<\/b> inked<\/a> a licensing agreement. It includes a direct licensing agreement between Universal Music Publishing Group<\/a>\u00a0(UMPG)<\/strong>\u00a0and Spotify in the\u00a0United States<\/strong>\u00a0(plus multiple other territories).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jamie Kinelski previously served as Senior Vice President & Head of West Coast Creative at Kobalt since 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":221990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[133576,610,606,648],"class_list":["post-221975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-jamie-kinelski","tag-jennifer-knoepfle","tag-jody-gerson","tag-universal-music-publishing-group"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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<\/i><\/a><\/figure>\u201cJamie is a fierce advocate for songwriters, and I look forward to working with her to provide an incredible experience and nurturing environment for the talented creators we work with today, and those we\u2019ll be welcoming in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n