HERE COMES THE SMILING VIPER: The split-off of Warner Music from Time Warner has been completed, and now Edgar Bronfman Jr is setting out prove that he can run a record label, after all.

His first act has been to shove executives out of open windows, with Atlantic's co-chair Val Azzoli and president Ron Shapiro "stepping down", along with Elektra's Chief Exec Sylvia Rhone.

Of course, technically speaking, Warners is now an indie label.