Warner Music’s chief expects digital and mobile music services to revitalize his industry.
The company’s chairman and CEO, Edgar Bronfman Jr., has been in the news recently, as he appears Apple’s most vociferous critic, at least in terms of price.
He delivered a keynote speech to mobile and entertainment industry executives at the CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment Conference yesterday. He said: “I believe that the immeasurable value of music – as entertainment, as inspiration, as a means of personal connection and social interaction, and as an emotionally and spiritually nurturing force – music deliverable anytime, anywhere – will transform, in ways none of us can foresee, not only our business and your business, but the way life is lived.”
His glittering image for the future of music shows the importance with which he regards the content-owners maintaining control over price.