MJ $250m deal
ACTION JACKSON: It appears that selling 31 million albums in a matter of months is enough to inspire a record company to peel the big ones. John Branca, Joel Katz and John McClain have worked out a humungous distribution deal with Sony Music for as many as 10 new Michael Jackson "projects," over the next seven years, including unreleased recordings, DVDs and perhaps even videogames. Said deal could be worth as much as $250 million—the kind of money you don’t see labels tossing round these days. "We and Sony feel that the future for Michael Jackson is unlimited," said Branca in a statement. Added Columbia/Epic chief Rob Stringer: "The audio rights span across different projects. There may be theater. There may be films and movies. There may be computer games—or multimedia platforms that I don't know about today that will happen in 2015." (3/16a)
THE MUSIC OF CLIVE COMES ALIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL
That's what friends are for. (5/1a)
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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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JAMES KING: THE HITS INTERVIEW (PART ONE)
