Fortune's fool : Edgar Bronfman, Jr., Warner Music, and an industry in crisis / Fred Goodman.

Author
Goodman, Fred [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Published/​Created
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2010.
Description
323 p. ; 25 cm.

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Subject(s)
Summary note
Examines the rise of Edgar Bronfman, the CEO of the Warner Music Group, and his attempts to keep his company profitable during a time of dramatic changes in the music industry, brought about by the Internet and the spread of music downloading.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-304) and index.
Contents
  • The opening bell
  • Family business, or, the tale of two Edgars
  • The world's most expensive education
  • The rainmakers
  • A rising tide
  • Lansky and the Hustlers' House of Higher Learning
  • Hurricane Shawn
  • Turf wars
  • Le divorce
  • Redemption song
  • Of animals and treason
  • The "try anything" company
  • Ruling the wasteland
  • The circle game.
Other title(s)
Edgar Bronfman, Jr., Warner Music, and an industry in crisis
ISBN
  • 9780743269988 (alk. paper) :
  • 0743269985 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2009051687
OCLC
424555281
RCP
H - O
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