Jimmy Baron, blogging from London, writes:
I can't predict whether the new show will succeed or fail but I'll say this...Sean, Leslie, and Jenners are talented people who are gonna live or die by how the company steers them, and unfortunately it doesn' t look good. ...Cumulus ...fired Randy Lane. Randy worked with the (original) Morning X, TJ&L, and the Bert Show (in addition to some of the biggest names in the business) and is considered hands-down probably the best talent coach in the business. Apparently, however, the company felt they could better coach the show in-house. More accurately, they just didn't feel like paying for Lane's services. Typical.
So this should be interesting to watch.
Update 10/19/2006 9:18 PM
A source close to the show informs me that Monti is leaving the show to take a job in Seattle, for personal reasons unrelated to 99X or Cumulus. I removed the excerpt from Jimmy's post referring to Monti's departure in light of this new information.
Update 10/19/2006 10:23 PM
Sean Demery confirms to Rodney Ho that Monti is leaving the show.
