MP3.Com Pays Up, MTV Ups Pay, Thyret Stays, WEMI Under The Eye, Napster vs. Offspring And So Much Less
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- MP3.COM SETTLE WITH BMG, WMG, STOCK ROCKS: A hitsdailydouble.com exclusive: MP3.com makes a deal with the devil; now will they be able to pay the price? (6/8)
- MTV UPS MCGRATH, TOFFLER, GIVES SYKES CMT: Judy McGrath and Van Toffler move up in the ranks while VH1 President John Sykes adds a ten-gallon hat to his Barney's ensemble (6/8)EUROPEAN UNION CASTS AN EYE ON WEMI: The European Union puts the proposed Warner Music Group/EMI merger under the microscope. (6/6)
- AHMET ERTEGUN FINE AFTER MEDICAL EMERGENCY: The legendary Atlantic Records co-founder is rushed to a hospital on Memorial Day weekend with an embolism, but doesn't miss a beat (6/7)
- SYLVIA RHONE STAYS HOME: The Elektra Entertainment Chairman issues an interoffice memo saying she's staying put… and hitsdailydouble intercepts it (6/6)
- ENRIQUE SINGS FOR HOWARD: Enrique Iglesias flies in from Italy to prove to the King of All Media (and the world) he's no Milli Vanilli. (5/31)
- THYRET GOES FISHING, DECIDES TO KEEP CASTING: Veteran Warner Bros. exec accepts roger ames',390,400);">roger ames',390,400);">Roger Ames' offer to keep his Burbank account open. (6/7)
- EMINEM FINDS HAPPINESS IN A WARM GUN: Or is it just all part of the marketing plan? (6/9)
- "MILLIONAIRE" TO SPAWN ALBUM, SINGLE: As if Regis Philbin wasn't ubiquitous enough. (6/8)
- OFFSPRING AND NAPSTER PUT UP THEIR DUKES: Will the real copyright infringer please stand up? Who's a parasitic media whore to believe? Napster? Offspring? Or hitsdailydouble.com "Rumor Mill"? (6/5, 6/9)