It can mean "gossip" or the means by which gossip travels, as in the title of a Marvin Gaye hit
But when Oasis 
released their hit Shakermaker, The New Seekers ... Marvin Gaye's children 
claimed that Williams and Thicke had copied ... Lewis claimed that the title track 
to the 1984 film was suspiciously similar to his song I Want A New Drug.