Fortune's Fool: Edgar Bronfman, Jr., Warner Music, and an Industry in Crisis

by Fred Goodman

Book Overview

In 1999, when Napster made music available free online, the music industry found itself in a fight for its life. A decade later, the most important and misunderstood story--and the one with the greatest implications for both music lovers and media companies--is how the music industry has failed to remake itself. In Fortune's Fool , Fred Goodman, the author of The Mansion on the Hill, shows how this happened by presenting the singular history of Edgar...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743269985
• ISBN13: 9780743269988
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 323 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.5"