Occupation: Businessman Birth: May 16, 1955
And since discriminating fans can pick and choose exactly what they want to buy, artists and their labels are more conscious than they've ever been o….
It’s the downside of a family business: anything good is because I’m somebody’s son; otherwise, I’m a schmuck..
It strikes me as hubris that Universal will buy EMI. What it will do is create a super-major that will have far too much power... I think when Univer….
You need to look no further than Apple's iPhone to see how fast brilliantly written software presented on a beautifully designed device with a specta….
As my other obligations are beginning to take an inordinate amount of time, I have asked to step down as WMG's board chairman, effective January 31, ….
Commercial success still hasn't come to an artist that isn't signed to a record label. There are very few artists that can succeed without the help o….
To turn $100 into $110 is work. To turn 100 million into $110 million is inevitable..
If you look at the market cap increase in Apple since it created the iPod versus what's happened to the music industry, you have to say Apple got the….
Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very impor….
We must restrict the anonymity behind which people hide to commit crimes. As citizens, we have a right to privacy. We have no such right to anonymity..
The history of the music industry is inevitably also the story of the development of technology. From the player piano to the vinyl disc, from reel….
By packaging a full album into a bundle of music with ringtones, videos and other combinations and variations, we found products that consumers demon….
It's interesting that the book publishing industry, on the iPad, has much more flexibility than the music industry had..
The iPod made music mobile, but today, how many devices do you need to walk around with? You want it on just one. And inevitably that's going to be t….
Any time that you can give the consumer more of what they want, it's a good thing. I said from Day 1 that the unbundling of the album is a good thing..