Universal Music Group Distribution (UMG's marketing/distribution division, fka Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp. until 2006-04-27)
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Universal City, CA, April 28, 2006 – Universal Music & Video Distribution, the award-winning sales, marketing and distribution subsidiary of Universal Music Group, the world’s leading music company, has been renamed Universal Music Group Distribution (UMGD). The announcement was made today by Jim Urie, President of the company. UMGD is organized into three divisions: Universal Music Distribution, the major-label distribution company; Fontana, the independent distribution company; and Visual Entertainment, which handles DVD and other entertainment product.
– http://www.universalmusic.com/corporate/detail/345
Previously known as: Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp. (not for release label use! distributor/manufacturer fka Universal Music & Video Distribution, Inc., renamed as Universal Music Group Distribution in 2006)
Renamed to: UMG Commercial Services, Inc. (US manufacturing and distribution company)