This is from today's Inside Variety Highlights: REPRISE RECORDS CHIEF TO LEAVE AFTER SIX YEARS NEW YORK (Variety) - Reprise Records chief Howie Klein is leaving his post and will become an outside consultant to the Warner Music Group beginning in June, sources close to the situation said. Klein is expected to announce the departure this week. Under his watch, the label's roster has included such hitmakers as the Barenaked Ladies, Green Day, Fleetwood Mac and Joni Mitchell. Warner Music will not appoint a replacement for Klein, who has run Reprise since 1995. Instead, day-to-day oversight will be handled by his current boss.
