Michael Jackson: secret library of 100 songs could be released – The Times of London
A secret library of over a hundred songs recorded by Michael Jackson could now be released following his death.
One of the singer’s biographers, Ian Halperin, claimed that the unheard songs had been made for his children.
Mr Halperin, author of Unmasked, The Michael Jackson Story said before his death: “He wants to leave them for his kids, a very personal legacy to them. I was told he will not let them come out now.”…
It is rumoured, given the parlous financial situation of his estate, that any such recordings will not be kept private for long…..
The Neverland ranch and Jackson’s final resting place, if made accessible to the public, could also become lucrative tourist attractions….
Michael Jackson Catalog Sales Soar on iTunes, Amazon – Rolling Stone
As the entire world mourns the death of Michael Jackson, many are celebrating the King of Pop’s unparalleled musical legacy. Following the news of Jackson’s sudden passing, Jackson songs and albums immediately begin climbing the sales charts at digital music stores. Over on iTunes, the current top five albums, and seven of the Top 10, are all Jackson releases, with The Essential Michael Jackson, Thriller and Off the Wall all leading the charge. The same goes for the Amazon MP3 store, where Jackson is listed as the service’s top-selling artist of the day…..
Fortune At Stake On Michael Jackson London Concerts – Billboard
Michael Jackson’s planned 50-show run at the O2 Arena in London would have been the highest-grossing single concert engagement. Now it’s a major problem for the promoter AEG Live.
More than $85 million worth of tickets have already been sold for the series of performances, which have the now sadly ironic title “This Is It.” As much as $30 million has already been spent on production, according to sources close to the situation. So what’s at stake for AEG, the world’s second-largest concert promoter, can’t be overstated…..
AEG Facing $85 Million Refund For Michael Jackson Shows – Billboard
The O2 Arena in London, operated by AEG, has informed Michael Jackson fans that details of how to obtain refunds will be revealed “in due course.”
Billboard understands AEG Live will hold a meeting at 9am L.A. time to discuss the situation regarding the 50 dates. As reported yesterday, the promoter and its ticketing partners will have the cost and logistical challenge of refunding more than $85 million on 750,000 ticket sales.
“At this moment our thoughts are with Michael’s children, family and friends. We will announce ticketing details in due course,” said a statement on the O2 Arena Web site…..
Michael Jackson Died Deeply In Debt – Billboard
Michael Jackson the singer was also Michael Jackson the billion-dollar business.
Yet after selling more than 61 million albums in the U.S. and having a decade-long attraction open at Disney theme parks, the “King of Pop” died Thursday at age 50 reportedly awash in about $400 million in debt, on the cusp of a final comeback after well over a decade of scandal…..
Big In Japan: Tokyo Mourns Jackson’s Death – Time
In Tokyo’s bustling Shibuya district, a woman makes a beeline for the Michael Jackson display on the second floor of the HMV music store. Crying under her green knit cap, she reaches for “Visionary,” a black box of video singles from the King of Pop and a few of the Michael Jackson boxed figurines on display. Sho-ma — a dancer whose first exposure to Jackson was the album “Off the Wall” when she was in the third grade — said she first heard the news of Michael Jackson’s death at 8 a.m. at her home in Tokyo. Another fan in the shop, 23-year-old Toshiki Nakamura, pulls out his iPhone and scrolls through a long list of Jackson albums. “I was so shocked when I heard,” he says….
Jackson dies, almost takes Internet with him – CNN
How many people does it take to break the Internet? On June 25, we found out it’s just one — if that one is Michael Jackson.
The biggest showbiz story of the year saw the troubled star take a good slice of the Internet with him, as the ripples caused by the news of his death swept around the globe.
“Between approximately 2:40 p.m. PDT and 3:15 p.m. PDT today, some Google News users experienced difficulty accessing search results for queries related to Michael Jackson,” a Google spokesman told CNET, which also reported that Google News users complained that the service was inaccessible for a time. At its peak, Google Trends rated the Jackson story as “volcanic.”…
Twitter crashed as users saw multiple “fail whales” — the illustrations the site uses as error messages — user FoieGrasie posting, “Irony: The protesters in Iran using twitter as com are unable to get online because of all the posts of ‘Michael Jackson RIP.’ Well done.” The site’s status blog said that Twitter had had to temporarily disable its search results, saved searches and trend topics…..
AOL Confirms AIM Outage After Jackson’s Death – PC Magazine
News of Michael Jackson’s death intersected AOL’s planned update of its AIM service, resulting in AIM going dark for about 40 minutes on Thursday afternoon.
News of the outages was noted on about 5 PM EDT, when many users were either booted off the service or were unable to contact other members…
Michael Jackson’s death swamps Facebook, Twitter, other Internet sites - Mercury News
Reactions to Michael Jackson’s death swamped the Internet on Thursday, topping traffic on Twitter and causing huge spikes of visits to Facebook and other Web sites.
On Twitter, a kind of snapshot barometer of American popular culture, the Jackson news quickly eclipsed attention to Farrah Fawcett’s death and the adultery scandal of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.
“My Twitter search script sees roughly 15 percent of all posts on Twitter mentioning Michael Jackson. Never saw Iran or swine flu reach over 5 percent,” observed Ethan Zuckerman, a fellow at Harvard’s Beckman Center for Internet & Society. He “tweeted” his report…..
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