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.

WMG Q2 REVENUE UP
NEARLY 7% TO $1.49B
Call it Kyncl culture. (5/10a)
NEAR TRUTHS: INCOMPARABLE
Taylor world is an ecosystem. (5/9a)
HITS LIST: AROUND
THE MAYPOLE
The biz springs into motion. (5/10a)
BEEF BRINGS LAMAR BACK TO SPOTLIGHT
No longer keeping his diss-tance. (5/10a)
TOP 50: TAY'S THREE-PEAT, DUA'S OPTIMISM AND MORE
The most popular POETS in history (5/10a)
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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