Berger held the position of chairman and CEO international of Sony Music Entertainment from 2011 to 2017, responsible for business outside the United States,[1] before being replaced by Rob Stringer.

[9] In June 2005, Bertelsmann announced that Edgar Berger had been appointed head of the German subsidiary of Sony BMG.

The joint venture with Sony had only been launched recently, Berger was first appointed as a member of the Board of Management and then, from Spring of 2006, as the sole director.

[10] The decisions he made that received a good deal of attention were strengthening the Munich location of Sony BMG alongside Berlin, and focusing more on German artists.

[13][14] In addition, under Berger's leadership, Sony BMG Germany got involved in the concert business and the digital music distribution.

[28] Berger described Germany as a "developing country in the digital sense",[29] after GEMA prevented the featuring of music videos on YouTube.

The large service providers also carried some responsibility for the decline of the market by approximately half its volume, he said.