Sure, Edgar Bronfman Jr. would like to figure out a way for the music business to make a little more cash from that Guitar Hero all the kids are talking about. The man running the company that makes the plastic-guitar-powered game must sympathize with the Warner Music Group head’s plight, right? Um, no. MORE »
Posts Tagged ‘edgar bronfman’
The “Guitar Hero” People Don’t Think Much Of The Music Biz
the biz
Best Way To Get Into The Music Biz: Be A Bronfman
Sure, we’ve needled Warner Music Group chairman/CEO Edgar Bronfman a bit on this site in the past. And maybe we have been a little too critical. Taking a huge raise while his company crumbles? Who cares? His hometown newspaper essentially declaring him incompetent to run a business? A mere shiny distraction alongside his greatness. Giving sweetheart deals to his relatives to run subsidiary labels that don’t actually release music, as HITS is reporting? Uh oh. MORE »
M.I.A. Announces Engagement After Fretting Over Green Card
A few days after M.I.A. joked about getting Kanye West to marry her so she could get a green card and stay in the U.S. long enough for them to collaborate, the Edmonton Sun claims that she’s going to the tie the knot with Benjamin Brewer, a guitarist for the NY band Exit. Mr. Brewer is also the son of Edgar Bronfman, Jr., the Warner Bros. CEO we can’t get enough of. While there’s been no official statement from MIA or her beau’s rich-as-fuck Canadian family, we wish the alleged couple all the best, and we even have a song recommendation for the wedding reception. MORE »
Least Shocking News Ever: Outlook For Warner Music Lousy
It’s been a rough week for Edgar Bronfman, Jr. First, his hometown newspaper questioned whether he’s cut out for the business world at all, then Standard & Poor’s announced that the company’s credit rating is about as bad as mine. MORE »
the biz
That Edgar Can Sure Run A Record Label!
Edgar Bronfman, CEO of the Warner Music Group, didn’t get the kindest treatment from his hometown Toronto Star this weekend. But then again, looking at his track record as presented by the paper, said treatment probably wasn’t unwarranted. MORE »
What Will Take For This Man To Get Fired?
Perhaps buoyed by the status upgrade for their stock from “revulsion” to “indifference”, HITS is reporting that Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman has been given a new five-year, $1 million-per-year contract, which can be extended indefinitely. MORE »
videodrone
Warner Music Group CEO Makes Kissy Faces In Apple’s Direction
Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman has long been critical of iTunes’ pricing for digital tracks, but now that his stock is in the tank and people are gleefully reeling off the screwups he’s presided over during his tenure at the top, he’s singing a new tune. (OK, maybe he got a free iPhone from someone, since he seems so ready to sing the praises of that device.) MORE »
Warner Music Group CEO Believes In Higher Prices For The People
Edgar Bronfman, CEO of Warner Music Group, has high hopes about the future of music on mobile phones–and even higher hopes about the money people will shell out in order to hear “Fergalicious” in between text-messages to their pals: In a question-and-answer session with reporters and financial… MORE »
