Warner Music Sells Out

Soundcheck | May 11, 2011

The mega-label behind artists from Cee Lo Green to Green Day, Warner Music Group, recently agreed to be sold to a London-based oil and media conglomerate called Access Industries. We talk with Fred Goodman, author of “Fortune’s Fool: Edgar Bronfman Jr., Warner Music, And An Industry In Crisis,” about the history of Warner and what its sale could mean for the music industry.

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