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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <h3>Dismantling</h3> <p>In April 2015, Universal Music Distribution was dismantled to "create even stronger ties between our centralized teams and labels" according to parent company <a href="/facts/Universal_Music_Group/VufxcUef">Universal Music Group</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Universal Music Group (UMG) & Disney Music Group (DMG) Expand Agreement Globally". PR Newswire. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013. <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/universal-music-group-umg--disney-music-group-dmg-expand-agreement-globally-199163341.html" target="_blank">https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/universal-music-group-umg--disney-music-group-dmg-expand-agreement-globally-199163341.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>McCallaugh, Jim (February 28, 1987). "IVE Is Optimistic About Move To MCA Distribution" (PDF). Billboard. pp. 6, 77. Retrieved April 7, 2024. <a href="https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1987/1987-02-28-Billboard-Page-0006.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1987/1987-02-28-Billboard-Page-0006.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Universal Music Group Distribution brand closes, functions re-homed - Music Business Worldwide". Music Business Worldwide. 2015-04-26. Retrieved 2017-12-25. <a href="https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/universal-music-group-distribution-brand-closed-functions-moved-elsewhere/" target="_blank">https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/universal-music-group-distribution-brand-closed-functions-moved-elsewhere/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>