Death Row’s next release, by snarly Snoop spinoffs The Dogg Pound, makes Time Warner particularly nervous. Warner Music Group chairman Michael J. Fuchs has been negotiating to end the relationship as early as this week. before that record comes out. Fuchs declined to comment. Sources say an eleventh-hour compromise is unlikely. If Time Warner dumps Interscope, Death Row may sign with Priority, the independent label that released gangsta pioneers N.W.A. Meanwhile, turmoil at the Music Group continues: Warner Bros. Records chairman Danny Goldberg is reportedly on his way out, and ex-Warner execs Doug Morris and Bob Krasnow have started new labels at MCA, where the DreamWorks SKG team has also landed. Now that’s something for a rival company to worry about.
