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THE IDOL DESTROYED: As BMG runs through its offices throwing away stuff to get ready for the Sony merger, German Pop Idol judge Thomas Stein, the head of BMG's Swiss, German and Austrian operations has announced his intention to seek alternative employment. Stein's departure is apparently due to his inability to develop any long-term talent, although to be fair to him, in the current music industry climate nobody seems to be looking much beyond the next chart publication day.