Warner Music Boss Edgar Bronfman Jr. Fined $6.7 million

11:52 AM PST 1/21/2011 by Georg Szalai

A French judge also handed down a suspended 15-month prison sentence, ruling that he manipulated stock prices as a senior executive at Vivendi Universal.

NEW YORK - A French court on Friday fined Warner Music Group chairman and CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. 5 million euros ($6.7 million) and convicted him of “conveying false or misleading information” about Vivendi Universal when he was a top executive there.