RUMOR MILL
Friday, September 1, 2000
A WEEK OF HARD LABOR
An Even 10 Stories From The Last Week
Before Things Get Serious Again
Before Things Get Serious Again
- THE LONG, COLD SUMMER AT MUSIC RETAIL: Over at Musicland, Hastings and Best Buy, they can't wait for fall, cuz this summer totally sucked. (8/31)
- lenny beer',390,400);">lenny beer',390,400);">LENNY BEER ON RECORDS: Our esteemed Editor In Chief discovers a pair of albums that break with the contemporary norm by being good from beginning to end. Sounds like a good idea—maybe it'll catch on. (8/31)
- DOJ OKAYS CLEAR-CHANNEL-AMFM MERGER: All the radio monolith had to get rid of to get federal for the merger was a few billboards—cool. (8/30)
- MP3.COM TRIAL: JUDGE FREES EDGAR: Clever of MP3.com's attorney's to put Seagram chief edgar bronfman',390,400);">edgar bronfman',390,400);">Edgar Bronfman on the stand as a hostile witness…right? (8/30)
- GETMEDIA GETS GOING, GOING, GONE: It seemed like a good idea at the time, but the pioneering music netco becomes the latest casualty of an increasingly volatile world for e-business. (8/31)
- JAM & LEWIS BOLSTER "NEW" ARISTA: The storied writer/producer duo hook up with their pal L.A. Reid, who continues to reshape Arista in his own image. (8/29)
- ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER (YAWN) CHART: Until the guns of 4Q appear, Nelly will continue to be as dominant as Tiger Woods, as the week's sales chart clearly demonstrates. (8/30)
- SOUNDBREAK UPLOADS NEW CEO: An unexpected shakeup takes place at the very top of the Net radio powerhouse. (8/31)
- NAPSTER COURT DATE SET: Don't miss the next episode of "The Sharing Wars," starring Judge Marilyn Hall Patel, premiering in a San Francisco courtroom the first week in Oct. (8/29)
- MTV AWARDS, PARODY SONG PIT CHRISTINA VS. EMINEM: Next Wednesday's VMAs show promises to be a blonde-on-blonde battle royale between the warring superstars. Oh, boy. (8/28)
