Eric Kronfeld, president and chief operating officer of PolyGram's domestic music division, was released from his contract Tuesday--five months after making an allegedly racist remark in a court deposition.
Kronfeld, who oversaw legal affairs and human relations for PolyGram's U.S. labels, suggested in the Oct. 17 deposition that if record companies were prevented from hiring people with criminal records, no African Americans would be working in the music industry.
