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Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) is a North American music publishing company and is part of the Universal Music Group.

It was formerly known as MCA Music Publishing.

Universal Music Publishing is the world's second largest music publishing company, behind Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC is an American music publishing company owned by Sony through Sony Entertainment.

The company was founded as a division of Associated Television (ATV) in 1955 by Lew Grade.

In 1985, Michael Jackson acquired ATV Music Publishing for $47.5 million.

Paul McCartney, who had told Jackson about the importance of owning publishing, admitted he felt somewhat undercut by the purchase, because ATV Music Publishing owned the publishing rights to most of The Beatles' songs, although he did not enter the bidding when it came up for sale in 1984.

In the music industry, a music publisher (or publishing company) is responsible for ensuring the songwriters and composers receive payment when their compositions are used commercially.

Through an agreement called a publishing contract, a songwriter or composer "assigns" the copyright of their composition to a publishing company.

In return, the company licenses compositions, helps monitor where compositions are used, collects royalties and distributes them to the composers.

They also secure commissions for music and promote existing compositions to recording artists, film and television.

Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., is an American music publishing company and a division of the Warner Music Group.

World music is a musical category encompassing many different styles of music from around the globe, which includes many genres including some forms of Western music represented by folk music, as well as selected forms of ethnic music, indigenous music, neotraditional music, and music where more than one cultural tradition, such as when ethnic music and Western popular music intermingle.