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Irwin Steinberg 1920-2014
By Andy Malt | Published on Tuesday 6 January 2015
Music industry veteran Irwin Steinberg died at his home in Vermont on 29 Dec, it has been announced. He was 94.
Serving in the Air Corps after leaving the University Of Chicago, Steinberg entered the music industry after the Second World War, first serving as CEO of Mercury Records and later at Polygram, a label he was subsequently associated with for three decades.
He latterly moved into music business education, working with Columbia College Of The Arts in Chicago, while offering consultancy to various digital music companies and serving on the board of custom CD compilation firm Musicmaker.com.
Steinberg is survived by his wife Dominique Moyse, three children and four grandchildren.
