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Jody Gerson
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Jody Gerson (born 1961 in Philadelphia) is the Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group. Upon assuming the role on January 1, 2015, Gerson became the first female CEO…
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Jody Gerson (born 1961 in Philadelphia) is the Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group. Upon assuming the role on January 1, 2015, Gerson became the first female CEO of a major music publisher and first chairwoman of a global music company. Gerson serves on the Executive Management Board for Universal Music Group. Gerson was raised in a Jewish family in the Philadelphia area, where her father owned several nightclubs including the Latin Casino whose performers included artists like Frank Sinatra and Diana Ross. She began her career in music publishing at Chappell Music shortly after graduating from Northwestern University, where she started out making tape copies. After six years at Chappell, she moved to EMI Music Publishing to run the company's east coast office before shifting to head up the company's west coast publishing division in 1991. In January 2008, Gerson left EMI to become US Co-President of Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
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2026
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
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2025
Music Box: Happy and You Know It
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2025
Music Box: Wizkid: Long Live Lagos
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2025
Music Box: Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately?
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2024
Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary
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2024
The Beach Boys
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2024
Stax: Soulsville USA
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2023
Uncharted
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2023
Dear Mama
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2023
Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed
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2021
DMX: Don't Try to Understand
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2021
Juice WRLD: Into the Abyss
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2021
Listening to Kenny G
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2021
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
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2020
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
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2014
Drumline: A New Beat
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2006
ATL
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2002
Drumline
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Untitled Diane Warren Drama Project
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