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)
