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Nice Gig: Warner Execs Grab Gargantuan Salaries

Monday, February 04, 2008
by  presnikoff

Despite a sinking stock and plummeting sales, top executives at Warner Music Group are still enjoying nosebleed compensation packages.  Just recently, publicly-available SEC documents detailed an annual package of $3.4 million for company chief executive Edgar Bronfman, Jr.

Bronfman opted against a bonus package in 2007, a decision prompted by major album sales declines.  But others gladly accepted handsome bonuses, including chief executive of US Recorded Music Lyor Cohen, who pulled a $4.6 million total payday.  Michael D. Fleischer, chief financial officer, banked $3.2 million, while executive vice president Alex Zubillaga pocketed $3.05 million.  Warner/Chappell Music chief executive David H. Johnson landed $1.45 million. 

For the fiscal year ending September 30th, Warner Music reported losses of $21 million.  The label group is planning its review for the quarter ending December 31st on Wednesday.

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