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Knopper, Steve.
Appetite for self-destruction: the spectacular crash of the record industry in the digital age / Steve Knopper.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Music tradeHistory. 2. Sound recording industryHistory. 3. Compact disc industryHistory. I. Title.
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Cast of Characters
CBS Records
Walter Yetnikoff , president, 19751987
Tommy Mottola , president, 1988
William Paley , CBS Inc., CEO, 19861995; died 2003
Laurence Tisch , CBS Inc., president, director, chairman of the board, 19881990; died 2003
Dick Asher , deputy president, 19791983
Frank Dileo , promotion director, Epic Records, 19791984; manager, Michael Jackson, 19841990
George Vradenburg , senior VP, general counsel, 19801991
Jerry Shulman , market researcher, VP of marketing, Legacy founder, general manager, 19731999
Bob Sherwood , Columbia Records president, 19881990
Sony Music Entertainment, purchased CBS Records, 1988
Walter Yetnikoff , chairman, 19871990
Michael Mickey Schulhof , chairman, 19911995
Tommy Mottola , president, 19891998; chairman and CEO, 19952003
Don Ienner , president, Columbia Records, 19892003; president, US division, 20032006; chairman, 2006
Michele Anthony , senior vice president, executive vice president, chief operating officer, 19902004; president and chief operating officer, 20042006
Al Smith , senior vice president, 19922004
Fred Ehrlich , Columbia Records, vice president, general manager, 19881994; VP, general manager, president, new technology and business development, 19942003
David W. Stebbings , technology director, also for CBS Records, mid1980s1995
Jeff Ayeroff , copresident, WORK Group, 19941998
Jordan Harris , copresident, WORK Group, 19941999
John Grady , Sony Music Nashville, president, 20022006
Phil Wiser , chief technology officer, 20012005
Mark Ghuneim , Columbia Records, VP, 19932003; senior VP of online and emerging technologies, 20032004
Sony Corp.
Akio Morita , cofounder, as Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation, 1946; died 1999
Norio Ohga , various positions, including president, chairman, CEO, 19582003; served as chairman, Sony Music Entertainment, 19901991
Michael Mickey Schulhof , joined mid-1970s; president, CEO, 19931996
Toshitada Doi , headed digital team, beginning in 1980; later executive VP
Marc Finer , director of product communications, late 1970s1988
John Briesch , VP audio marketing, 1981present
Nobuyuki Idei , CEO, 19992005; chairman, 20032005
Sir Howard Stringer , chairman and CEO, American division, 1998present; overall CEO, 2005present
Phil Wiser , chief technology officer, 20052006
Sony BMG
Rob Stringer , UK division, chairman, CEO, 20042006; president, Sony Music, 2006present
Michael Smellie , BMG, chief operating officer, 20012004; chief operating officer, 20042005
Andrew Lack , chairman and CEO, Sony Music, 20032004; chief executive officer, 20042005; nonexecutive chairman, 2005present
Rolf Schmidt-Holz , nonexecutive chairman, 20042005; chief executive officer, 2005present
Thomas Hesse , BMG, chief strategic officer, 20022004; president, global digital business, 2004present
Steve Greenberg , president, Columbia Records, 20052006
Joe DiMuro , BMG and RCA Records, senior VP, 19982004; executive VP of strategic marketing, 20042006
Warner Music/Warner Communications
Steve Ross , Warner Communications, CEO, president, chairman, 19721990; Time Warner, CEO, 19901992; died 1992
Mo Ostin , president, Reprise, then Warner Music, 19671995
Joe Smith , Warner, president, 19721975; Elektra Records, chairman, 19751983
Doug Morris , Atlantic Records, president, 19801990; cochairman and co-chief executive officer, 19901994; Warner Music, president, chairman, 19941995
Ahmet Ertegun , Atlantic Records, founder, 1947; died 2006
Jac Holzman , Elektra Records, founder, 1950; Warner Bros. Records, senior VP, chief technologist, 19731982; Warner Music, consultant, Cordless Records creator, 2005present
Elliot Goldman , Warner Communications, senior VP, 19821985
Bob Krasnow , Elektra Records, president, 19831994
Howie Klein , Reprise Records, president, 19962001
Stan Cornyn , various positions, including senior vice president and founder/CEO of new media, 19581990
Bob Merlis , publicist, senior VP of worldwide communications, early 1970s2001
Jeff Gold , executive VP, general manager, 19901998
Robert Morgado , chairman and CEO, 19851995
Michael Fuchs , chairman and CEO, 1995
Danny Goldberg , chairman, 1995; Atlantic Records, president, 19941995, senior vice president, 19921994
Roger Ames , chairman and CEO, 19992004
Paul Vidich , vice president, strategy, business development, and technology, 19872004
Kevin Gage , vice president, strategic technology and new media, 20002005
Edgar Bronfman Jr. , chairman, chief executive officer, 2004present
AOL Time Warner
Gerald Levin , Time Warner, chairman and CEO, 19932001; AOL Time Warner, CEO, 20012002
Bob Pittman , chief operating officer, 20012002
Barry Schuler , AOL, chairman and CEO, 20002003