Former Major Label Chief al Teller on Radio, the Death of the Old Music Industry and the Future

Al Teller ran CBS, Columbia and MCA Records, but in this interview with Ian Rogers on This Week In Music, he shares a visionary view of where the music industry is headed. It starts as a history lesson, but things get interesting around 17:30. Topics include how (sadly) mass-saturation radio play is still the most powerful way to connect with fans, and at 20:45 Rogers asks: “It seems that the music industry always relies on entities that don't actually care about the future of music (Wal-Mart, iTunes)... Do you share that view?."  WATCH THE VIDEO: