In December 2007, Michael Jackson, with the help of attorney Londell McMillan, representing him in the last fraud attempt filed by Transitional Investors LLC, finally found a way to end the relationship with the Fortress Investment. Barclays Bank refinanced the $300 million loan against Sony/ATV from Fortress. In addition, all media report that HSBC lent… Continue reading MICHAEL JACKSON’S BILLION-DOLLAR COMEBACK THAT NEVER HAPPENED: THE PLAYERS’ PACK
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FOR THE RECORDS: THE MICHAEL JACKSON ESTATE VS. IRS TRIAL SUMMARY
Finally, the IRS matter close, and the Michael Jackson Estate can soon go out of the probate court rules after nearly 12 years. In the dispute between the Michael Jackson Estate and IRS, nobody won the judgment case (although the media and some fans saw it as a win-lose battle). The executors of the Michael… Continue reading FOR THE RECORDS: THE MICHAEL JACKSON ESTATE VS. IRS TRIAL SUMMARY
NO MORE ATV: ANOTHER CHAPTER OF MICHAEL JACKSON LEGACY CLOSES
Sony has re-branded its now huge publishing catalog with the original name, after giving it up 26 years ago, since the company established in 1995 a joint venture with Michael Jackson. That merger brought together Sony Music Publishing, an average catalog at that time, with the prestigious Jackson’s ATV that owned the Northern Songs catalog,… Continue reading NO MORE ATV: ANOTHER CHAPTER OF MICHAEL JACKSON LEGACY CLOSES
NEVERLAND IS SOLD, BUT IT WILL ALWAYS BE PART OF MICHAEL JACKSON’S HISTORY
The sale of Neverland - the historic home owned by Michael Jackson - caused quite a stir in the news. At the point that even the Wall Street Journal published an article. US businessman Ron Buckle, the majority shareholder of Soho House, the private restaurant and club chain, bought Sycamore Valley Ranch - for $… Continue reading NEVERLAND IS SOLD, BUT IT WILL ALWAYS BE PART OF MICHAEL JACKSON’S HISTORY
FAKE NEWS ABOUT MICHAEL JACKSON: THE 2006 “NEW YORK TIME” ARTICLE
In the era of full-blown fake news, even newspapers that were once defined as serious have invented whole phone calls out of thin air and script false and groundless dialogues, from eating garlic for treatment to 5G as sources of contagion from covid. Writing and spreading falsehoods to discredit a political force or a character… Continue reading FAKE NEWS ABOUT MICHAEL JACKSON: THE 2006 “NEW YORK TIME” ARTICLE