Edgar Berger

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Edgar Berger (2014)

Edgar Berger (born October 19, 1966 in Wolfsburg ) is a German music manager and journalist . Since 2011, as Chairman & CEO International of Sony Music Entertainment , he has been responsible for business outside the United States . Before that, Berger worked for Bertelsmann , RTL and Roland Berger Strategy Consultants . He was a board member of the Federal Association of the Music Industry .

Life

Edgar Berger studied mechanical engineering , economics and philosophy in Braunschweig , Paris and Berlin . He finished his studies with a degree in mechanical engineering and took up a position as a consultant at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants . In 1994 he moved to IA television and later to RTL Television , where he initially for the II RTL telecast The editors worked. From 1998 to 2000 Berger reported as a political correspondent for RTL aktuell from Bonn and Berlin. In 2000 he took up a position at Bertelsmann , initially as director for the so-called Bertelsmann Content Network in Hamburg and New York and from 2001 as its chief operating officer . Under Rolf Schmidt-Holtz, Berger was responsible for networking various corporate areas , and later also for global business development .

In June 2005 Bertelsmann announced that Edgar Berger would head the German subsidiary of Sony BMG . The joint venture with Sony was only launched shortly before, Berger was initially appointed as a member of the management team and from spring 2006 as sole managing director. He became the successor of Maarten Steinkamp . The manager received more attention for his decision to strengthen Sony BMG's location in Munich in addition to Berlin and to focus more on German artists. The remaining shares in Four Music and the rights to TKKG were acquired . Sony BMG also entered the concert business and electronic music distribution in Germany under the leadership of Berger . From 2006 Berger was a member of the board of the German phono associations.

At the beginning of 2009 Edgar Berger took over the management of Sony BMG in Austria and Switzerland in addition to Germany . In 2011 he finally moved from Munich to London , where he was appointed President & CEO International by Doug Morris . Since then he has been responsible for the record label's worldwide operations outside of the United States . He later also took over the position of Chairman of the Board , observers referred to the successor to CEO Doug Morris. Berger was a member of the board of the Federal Association of the Music Industry , to this day he is board member of the cultural group of the German economy . Berger is also a member of the so-called Main Board of IFPI .

Positions

  • In 2006, Berger spoke out in favor of better protection of “ intellectual property ”. In the course of this he also called for the right to private copying to be restricted and for “intelligent recording programs” to be banned on the Internet. Copies should only be made of your own original and no longer by third parties.
  • After the rapper Bushido was signed to Sony BMG, observers accused the company of double standards . Berger argued in 2007 that titles glorifying violence had appeared on previous records for which his label was not responsible. Bushido is a popular youth idol, going through a change. Sony BMG is against defamation and violence and agree with all artists to respect the protection of minors .
  • In 2010, Berger called for Internet service providers to be more obliged to protect “intellectual property”. So far, customers who violate copyrights have also been accepted . The companies are “something like the new post”, which is not allowed to convey anything that is obviously illegal.
  • In 2012, Berger again spoke out in favor of stricter laws against " pirated copies ". He justified his request by saying that around 3.6 billion pieces were sold in 2011, while 40 billion pieces were illegally downloaded. So far it has not been possible to transform the music industry into a "digital business". Berger welcomed the debate about “creative achievement in the digital age” that arose in the wake of the Stop Online Piracy Act .
  • Berger described Germany as a “digital developing country” after GEMA prevented music videos from being made available on YouTube . He spoke out in favor of promoting services such as Spotify or Vevo more in Germany as well. In 2013, Berger admitted that the music industry should have provided corresponding offers more quickly. The large providers themselves were responsible for the market's decline by around half of its volume. After sales rose again, he judged that digital distribution was not a danger to music, but would "save" it.

Web links

  • MusikWoche profile and curriculum vitae
  • Sony Music International website

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Renzo Wellinger: Sony Music promotes Germany boss Edgar Berger. ( Memento from August 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Musikmarkt . August 9, 2011, accessed July 1, 2014.
  2. ^ Wolfgang Spahr: Edgar Berger Named Sony Music's Head of International. . In: Billboard . August 9, 2011, accessed July 1, 2014.
  3. ↑ Edgar Berger. ( Memento of July 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Internationaler Medienkongress 2013 , accessed on July 1, 2014.
  4. ↑ Edgar Berger. ( Memento of the original from August 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: mediabiz , accessed on July 1, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mediabiz.de
  5. ↑ IA disposals . In: Der Tagesspiegel , November 23, 1995.
  6. ↑ Edgar Berger. ( Memento of the original from August 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: mediabiz , accessed on July 1, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mediabiz.de
  7. ↑ Acting COO for Bertelsmann Content Network. ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Horizont Online . January 9, 2001, accessed July 1, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.horizont.at
  8. ↑ Bertelsmann Content Network positions itself as a think tank. In: horizon . May 17, 2001, accessed July 1, 2014.
  9. ↑ Sony Music boss Berger rises. In: N24 . August 9, 2011, accessed July 1, 2014.
  10. ↑ Edgar Berger becomes Sony BMG's new Germany boss. In: Handelsblatt . June 2, 2005, accessed July 1, 2014.
  11. ↑ New Germany boss for Sony BMG . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , June 4, 2005, p. 16.
  12. ↑ Sony Music is building on Munich . In: Der Tagesspiegel , October 19, 2005, p. 24.
  13. ↑ New structure in Berlin . In: Berliner Morgenpost , November 21, 2005, p. 7.
  14. ↑ Tanja Kurz, Michael Beck: Sony BMG buys Four Music . In: Stuttgarter Zeitung , July 18, 2006, p. 16.
  15. ↑ Arndt Ohler: Sony BMG evades into secondary business . In: Financial Times Deutschland , September 21, 2006, p. 5.
  16. ↑ We will no longer limit ourselves to selling music . In: Die Welt , September 19, 2007, p. 14 ( welt.de , accessed July 1, 2014).
  17. ^ German phono associations are repositioning themselves . In: news aktuell , December 11, 2006.
  18. ^ Sony Music . In: Financial Times Deutschland , January 28, 2009, p. 2.
  19. ^ Edgar Berger Named President & CEO, International, Sony Music Entertainment . In: Bloomberg , August 9, 2011, accessed October 14, 2014.
  20. ↑ Music from the mechanical engineer . In: WirtschaftsWoche , August 15, 2011, p. 14.
  21. ↑ Sony Music installs German Crown Prince . In: Financial Times Deutschland , August 10, 2011, p. 2.
  22. Jump up against the clouds . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , August 11, 2011, p. 16.
  23. ↑ Gorny takes over as CEO. ( Memento from January 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) October 5, 2007, July 1, 2014 (PDF, 30 kB).
  24. ↑ Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft: Executive Board ( memento from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on July 1, 2014.
  25. ↑ Our Boards . IFPI, accessed October 14, 2014.
  26. ↑ Hans-Jürgen Jacobs: Better a little, but correct . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . July 10, 2006, p. 15 ( sueddeutsche.de , accessed July 1, 2014).
  27. ↑ Bushido is an idol . In: Der Spiegel , June 25, 2007, p. 93.
  28. ↑ Christina M. Berr and Hans-Jürgen Jakobs: TV show as a career obstacle. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . March 4, 2010, accessed July 1, 2014.
  29. ↑ Thomas Heuzeroth: The Internet must be free, not in vain. In: The world . February 22, 2012, accessed July 1, 2014.
  30. ^ Ole Reissmann, Konrad Lischka: Dispute with the Gema: record bosses rebel against YouTube blockade. In: Spiegel Online . June 16, 2011, accessed July 1, 2014.
  31. ↑ Klaus Boldt: The oil of the digital age. In: Manager Magazin . April 19, 2013, accessed July 1, 2014.
  32. ^ Eric Pfanner: Music Industry Sales Rise, and Digital Revenue Gets the Credit. In: The New York Times . February 26, 2013, accessed July 14, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Berger, Edgar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German music manager and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolfsburg