RUMOR MILL
Friday, June 30, 2000
LAST WEEK WILL INHERIT
Santana Re-Ups, BMG’s Strauss Pours the Sauce, Creed Battles Bizkit, WMG Rebounds and Messier & Bronfman Break French Bread
A summary of the week's top stories, as brought to you by hitsdailydouble.com:
- SANTANA'S REIGN AT ARISTA CONTINUES: Carlos Santana re-ups with L.A. Reid's Arista as Clive exits the throne. (6/29) BMG'S STRAUSS ZELNICK SPILLS THE SAUCE: And gets it all over HITS' A-1 reporter Marc "Kiss The Chef" Pollack. (6/26)CREED VS. LIMP BIZKIT: Whatever happened to the "Summer of Love"? Creed and Limp Bizkit put the "dysfunctional" in WXRK N.Y.'s "Family Picnic." (6/23)
- BEASTIES/RAGE TAKE IT ON THE ROAD: Gersh and Silva's charges put their foot on the G.A.S. for their "Rhyme & Reason" tour, starting August 2 in Buffalo (6/27) EMINEM, BRITNEY STILL ON TOP, DEFTONES AND BUSTA RIGHT BELOW: The "Pony" rides and Rhymes busts out as we make way for Lil' Kim and Nelly. (6/27)
- WMG MAKES A COMEBACK: WMG boss roger ames',390,400);">roger ames',390,400);">Roger Ames is true, as his team garners five of the Top Ten albums and 90% of the AOL chat room attendance. (6/20)
- CRG CAN'T SEE CLEARLY: CRG shuffles its C2 promotion imprint in a game of musical chairs, as Charlie Walk takes control and promo head Dennis Reese heads for Elektra. (6/28)
- MESSIER & BRONFMAN PARLEZ VOUS MERGER?: Can the rulers of Vivendi and Universal understand what the other is talking about? (6/28)
- WMG-EMI SHAREHOLDERS JUST SAY YES: Now all they have to do is clear the European Commission hurdle. (6/26)
- AOL & INTERTRUST: THEY'LL MANAGE: AOL gets DRM… will everyone live happily ever after? (6/27)
THE MUSIC OF CLIVE COMES ALIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL
That's what friends are for. (5/1a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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