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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Aftermath/Interscope's Eminem appears on the cover of our most recent print mag (which also offered our latest New & Developing Artists crop). The hip-hop titan is sure to make some of Q4's loudest noise when his Marshall Mathers LP 2 streets next month. But he'd probably rather look over Detroit's books than have to see his likeness on the cover of our morally bankrupt mag.

The HITS Contents Dungeon Prisoner of the Week is Capitol Music Group chief Steve Barnett. He and his team have co-piloted the rollout of Katy Perry's PRISM—which debuts on our Album Sales Chart tomorrow—with aplomb, and are enjoying massive radio and sales on her smash "Roar." Meanwhile, the Bastille story gets stronger, and the veteran exec marks a marketshare boost over last year. Still, being confined in our Contents corral is a very sticky wicket indeed. (10/28p)