After Napster Deal, BMG Execs Depart
Music & MP3
11/6/2000; 11:10:01 AM

'Just days after German media giant Bertelsmann formed an alliance with Napster, BMG Entertainment's two top executives have announced that they're leaving....

'Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Middelhoff said the timing of the Napster deal and the BMG resignations was coincidental. However, Zelnick had been an outspoken critic of Napster as late as July, when at a conference in Los Angeles, he compared Napster users to thieves.'

Yeah... aren't those sort of resignations always coincidental? Take that as you may...