I.B. BAD’S NAMES IN
THE RUMOR MILL

Sony/ATV, CAA, streaming services, BMG, the Bible and the album format are among the topics considered by our embedded music-biz correspondent in his latest dispatch from the front lines. Said topics provide context clues for the list of names that, as always, concludes I.B.’s column: Janice Min and John Amato, Louis Messina, Adele, Don Passman, Ashley Newton, Larry Jackson and Danny Rose.

HITS LIST: HORSEPOWER
VRRMMMM (5/20a)
HARD LAUNCH: EILISH GOES BIG AGAIN
"Lunch" and other tasty treats (5/20a)
OH, TANNENBAUM! ANOTHER GREAT CAREER HITS THE SKIDS
Another talented journalist trapped in the career cul de sac (5/20a)
NEAR TRUTHS: VARIANTS
Celebrity death match underway on album chart. (5/17a)
ON THE COVER:
HOZIER
Pour some sugar on us. (5/20a)
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.
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