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Sony/ATV Music wins ASCAP Publisher of the Year Award

The ASCAP Latin Music Awards honor the songwriters and publishers of ASCAP's most performed Latin songs of 2008.

Awards were given in tropical, rock/pop, regional Mexican, pop/ballad, urban and television categories.

The publisher of the year award went to Sony/ATV Music, for the tenth consecutive year.

Sony/ATV had 37 award-winning songs.

Billboard.Biz
 
Extreme Music Inks Deal With Rodney Jerkins

(Darkchild) :cheeky:

March 04, 2009

By Ed Christman, N.Y.

Extreme Music, the worldwide production music library unit of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, has signed songwriter/producer/musician Rodney Jerkins to be an executive producer of nine albums within an 18-month period. The initial three albums are planned for the second quarter of this year.

Jerkins, who recently co-founded music-based social network Music Mogul, has many credits, including Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, Keyshia Cole, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Jackson, Ludacris, Jamie Foxx, Black Eyed Peas, Janet Jackson, Destiny's Child, Gwen Stefani and Will Smith, among others.

He is also represented on Spears' new platinum album "Circus," and is working on P. Diddy's forthcoming release, "Last Train To Paris."

Jenkins, the CEO of Darkchild Productions, Inc, has been been associated with records that have sold more than 160 million copies, according to a news release on the announcement.

In addition, Jerkins is the executive music consultant for the film and the motion picture soundtrack for "Confessions of a Shopaholic." He has also contributed to numerous other movie soundtracks, including "Honey," "Scary Movie 3," "Blue Streak," "My Baby's Daddy," and "Rush Hour" and "Rush Hour 2."

Extreme, headquartered in the United Kingdom, has worked with many major networks, studios, ad agencies and production companies. It also has a long list of hit movies, television shows and television commercials to its credits.

BillboardBiz.com
 
The Beatles To Finally Go Digital With 'Rock Band'

March 05, 2009

By Gary Graff, Detroit

The Beatles will finally go digital on Sept. 9 with the release of the Fab Four edition of the popular "Rock Band" video game.

In a joint statement Thursday (March 5), the Beatles' Apple Corps Ltd., Harmonic and MTV Games said that "The Beatles: Rock Band" -- which was first announced last October -- would be released worldwide for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Wii. The game marks the first time the group and it's publishing affiliates -- EMI Music, Harrisons Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing -- will make the Beatles' music available in the digital realm.

The manufacturers are also promising "exclusive content" for fans who pre-order "The Beatles: Rock Band." The pre-order date will be announced "in the coming months." In addition, they've created instruments for the game modeled after those played by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, although the game will be compatible with existing Rock Band instruments and peripherals.

The game along will carry a $59.99 list price. A version with standalone guitars will run $99.99, while the Limited Edition Premium Bundle will cost $249.99.

No song lists have yet been announced for the project. Thursday's announcement noted that "The Beatles: Rock Band" will let users "experience The Beatles extraordinary catalog of music through gameplay that takes players on a journey through the legacy and evolution of the band's legendary career."

Giles Martin, son of longtime Beatles producer George Martin and co-producer of the Grammy Award-winning "LOVE" project with Cirque du Soleil, is serving as music producer for the Rock Band game.

A web site devoted to the game has been set up at thebeatlesrockband.com.

BillboardBiz.com
 
Reality Of 'Price Discovery' Hitting Publishers
March 05, 2009
By Ed Christman, N.Y.

With the credit crunch and a difficult economy, those involved in the buying and selling of music copyrights are in a period of “price discovery,” peermusic CFO Bill Gorjance said at the Billboard Music & Money Symposium, held today at the St. Regis Hotel in New York.

Price discovery occurs when sellers expect a certain price which buyers are not ready to pay, which usually results in “great disappointment all around.”

Still, he said there are plenty of smaller deals around as his firm is doing plenty of $1 million-sized deals, but only in Europe, not in the U.S.

Sony/ATV Music Publishing chairman/CEO Martin Bandier said that one of the things holding up deals is that his company is not sure where values are now. “You don’t want to pay Y now only to find out that it will be X in a few months,” he said.

That uncertainty creates problems for copyright buyers that are looking to make a quick buck. A lot of the private equity players that entered into the music publishing business really wanted to get into the “exit business,” said ole chairman/CEO Robert Ott. “But the exit has disappeared.”

Still, there are a lot of smaller deals coming down the pike because songwriters are worried about changes in the tax rates, said peermusic’s Gorjance. With higher taxes on the horizon—and if President Barack Obama has his way, the elimination of the capital gains tax—songwriters are nervous. In fact, Sony/ATV’s Bandier said that one of the company’s superstar artists wanted to get an advance on his 2011 royalty payments in 2010, so that whatever changes occur in taxes don't impact his 2011 income.

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i5d4e99d39342e8b8879ee4149e93d547
 
thanks for those very good articles, Ms Mo...

and lets keep our fingers crossed for Michael on this one deal
Squelching a rumor about a music deal




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A bit of drama at Billboard's Music & Money Symposium Thursday afternoon:

During a generally downbeat assessment of the state of the music publishing market, Martin Bandier, chairman and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, mentioned that some great properties are for sale, notably the Rodgers and Hammerstein catalogue. Like an offstage plant, someone in the audience yelled out, "It's been sold!"

Something resembling polite pandemonium ensued. Bandier and others on the panel began looking at each other. A number of those in attendance demanded confirmation. Some agreed it had. Others were skeptical. "Has it closed?" Bandier asked. No one could say for sure, although a lot of individuals appeared to be looking at their BlackBerries for help.

In the rumble of conflicting voices, one of those who believed a sale really had taken place muttered that she knew who the buyer was. "De Raaff," she said, somewhat sotto voce. Nothing more was gained from the outburst, and the panel resumed its none-too-happy talk.

On Friday, I called Andre de Raaff, who heads the Amsterdam-based CP Masters. Through a partnership called "Imagem," CP Masters has been aggressively buying up catalogues, thanks to a €425 million ($538 million) funding from the Dutch pension fund ABP. Most notably, CP Masters paid £126 million (178 million) last year for Boosey & Hawkes, one of the biggest classical music catalogues in the world.
When I told de Raaff the story, he laughed. "A lot of people are looking including ourselves," he said. "These rumors keep getting bigger and bigger. Yes, I've been talking with those people, but I'm not the only one."

The Rodgers and Hammerstein property forms a major chunk of the Great American Songbook. Housed in a division of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization called Williamson Music, the catalogue contains perennial favorites from the authors of "South Pacific," "Oklahoma!" and "The Sound of Music," as well as a host of other writers including Andrew Lloyd Weber, Jerome Kern and Adam Guettel. Williamson owns some copyrights and merely administers others.

Rumors of an auction broke in early September, with the list of perspective buyers including Sony/ATV as well as the other majors: EMI Group Ltd., Universal Music Group (EPA:VIV) and Warner Music Group Corp. (NYSE:WMG). Some suggested the price could eclipse $200 million. However, that number came just before the Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. bankruptcy. As Bandier's panel expressed over and over again, no one really knows what music publishing valuations are these days, especially since some of the froth in the market came from private equity players who now may want to sell, not buy.

De Raaff, for his part, said he's looking not just at Rodgers and Hammerstein but other companies as well. It all comes down to pricing, he said. De Raaff assured us he would "shout it from the rooftop" if he gained possession of the Rodgers and Hammerstein catalogue. More like sing it from the hills. - Matt Miller
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Moonwalking to the Bank

The King of Pop returns to the stage as part of a multimillion-dollar concert deal

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...If Mr. Jackson goes through with the full concert-tour plan, he could be in a position to make an offer for Sony's share of Sony/ATV in about a year and a half, according to people close to the matter, under a buy-sell provision in the partnership agreement...

By Ethan Smith @ WSJ.com with contributions from Aaron O. Patrick
 
Sony/ATV, Granada Developing TV Series

Sony/ATV Music to be a driving force behind new TV Series
March 13, 2009
By Ed Christman, N.Y.

Country songs can sure tell stories. Now the TV production company Granada America wants to make some of those stories into a series of one-hour TV dramas.

The film-producing duo of Mark Roberts and Lorena David ("Strangers With Candy," "Extreme Dating") pitched the project to Granada and will executive-produce it with veteran music supervisor Joel C. High of Creative Control Entertainment. Dubbed "American Storytellers," the series will have access to at least seven songs from Sony/ATV Music Publishing, as well as works by other yet-to-be-named publishers.

"We have worked with them for upwards of two years to find the right songs for the project," says Sony/ATV Nashville president Troy Tomlinson. "The music was to be the driving force behind the series."

The music publisher boasts a formidable country catalog that includes classics by Merle Haggard, Buck Owens and Roger Miller, as well as recent hits by Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney and Rascal Flatts. But Sony/ATV and Granada executives declined to reveal which songs will be used in the series until they secure all remaining publishing and related deals.

"We have a list of songs, which are more episodes than we are making," says Julie Meldal-Johnsen, senior VP of business development at Granada America. "But we'd rather keep the titles under wraps for now."

Top country artists whose songs will be showcased in the episodes may appear on camera as well, she says. Once Granada lines up deals with artists, script writers and directors, it will pitch "American Storytellers" to TV networks, Meldal-Johnsen says. "We want to develop it properly," she says.

Granada America is the U.S.-based production unit of the U.K.-based ITV, one of Europe's largest producers and broadcasters of TV programs. Its U.S. shows include "The Chopping Block" on NBC, "The First 48" on A&E and "Nanny 911" on CMT.

"In any climate, it's wonderful that the songs that you represent are chosen to be used in such a broad outlet as television," Tomlinson says. "But to have it in today's challenging economy, it's even more encouraging.

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Some of you could read this book to be more informed...
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The key notes:

-After the success of Thriller, Michael turned to people closest to him for investment advice, including John Branca.

-Branco suggested that Michael buy a L.A. apartment building which was owned by Sony, which would've made him Sony's landlord but Michael was interested in that, but was passionate about music and copyrights.

-The conversation turned to music publishing. Michael's friendship with Paul further help grew Michael's interest.

-Michael first acquired Sly Stone's songs, Dion's "The Wanderer" and "Runaround Sue", plus Double Diamond catalog. All cost Michael less than $1million

-Over time, Michael would acquire songs by Elvis, Aretha Franklin, and Jerry Lee Lewis classic, "Great Balls of Fire"

-As Branca built up Michael's holdings in copyrights, the execs of CBS shortly came into the picture.

-CBS UK exec Paul Russell- Michael talked to him and Walter Yetnikoff, who told Michael to buy songs instead of Real Estate

-Before Michael considered, there was still an issue that dated back to 1969, that barred McCartney and Yoko Ono from buying the catalog in 1981.
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-The CBS execs had been urging MJJ to invest in publishing, so the move towards ATV would live prove to be an extra bonus for the company

-CBS found a a way through their biggest star, to get the famous publishing catalog, or at least administer it.

-In September 1984, Branca found out ATVwas up for sale and notified Michael, who was estatic. Michael also agreed that they call to inform Ono and McCartney.

-Branca spoke to Ono personally who said she had no interest but was delighted Michael was instead of a huge corporation.

-Branca then called McCartney's rep and brother in law, John Eastman, who said they also had no interest, saying it was too pricey for Paul's interest. There was NO secret that Michael was pursuing the catalog.

-Michael was aware that buying the songs was going to test his good friendship with Paul. Paul Russell raised the issue to Michael's attention when Michael told him he spoke to Paul and told him "You should be buying them. They're your songs." but Paul told him he didn't want to so Michael said he was going to. Paul said "great, you buy it"

-Paul, on the other hand claims he was given no prior knowledge

-Michael bought the catalog in 1985. FIVE times more than the original price and beat out several competitors including Coca Cola and Richard Bronson

The latest news:

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has purchased the catalog of Colombian singer/songwriter/producer Estéfano.

The purchase, negotiated by Jorge Mejia, Sony/ATV's VP for Latin America and US Latin and Martin Bandier, chairman and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, includes all songs from Estéfano's three publishing companies: Blue Platinum Publishing, World Deep Music Publishing and Polydharma.

Sony/ATV had been administering Estéfano's catalog since 1998 Estéfano, whose real name is Fabio Salgado, was initially part of the duo Donato & Estéfano, who had several hit albums with Sony in the 1990s. But his bigger fame came as a songwriter, penning hit tracks for the likes of Gloria Estefan, Jon Secada and Shakira. Later, Estéfano also consolidated himself as a producer as well, writing and producing for artists like Chayanne, Paulina Rubio, Thalia, Marc Anthony and Jennifer López, among many others.

Estéfano won BMI's Latin songwriter of the year award seven times and scored seven No. 1 hits on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart, including Marc Anthon's "Ahora Quien," Chayanne's "Dejaría Todo" and Ricky Martin's "Y Todo Queda En Nada."

Last year, in a widely reported incident, Estéfano was shot in his Miami home and almost died from two gunshot wounds. His handyman was acquitted of attempted murder this past Aug. in Miami.

After recovering, Estéfano returned to writing and producing and is currently working on Paulina Rubio's new studio album. In addition, he penned the new Chayanne track "Amor Inmortal."

Although Sony would not disclose the amount paid to Estefano, sources in the industry calculate it would be at least several million dollars, given the depth of the catalog.
 
Info from other sources:

Sony ATV (Associated Television Corporation) 4,000 song music catalog has
the Beatles songs, "Blowin' in the Wind" by Bob Dylan, "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond and "E-Pro" by Beck as well as many others.
The catalog also includes the works of songwriters including Stevie Nicks, Sarah McLachlan, Destiny's Child, Garth Brooks, Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Lloyd Price, and the Pointer Sisters.
Sony/ATV has also acquired the catalog of Roy Acuff and Fred Rose for $157 million in 2002 which includes the 55,000-title trove of Nashville classics.
These classics include such country music as ''Your Cheatin' Heart'' and ''Tennessee Waltz.'' An archive of songs from the likes of Hank Williams and Roy Orbison is also included.

Recently Sony/ATV Music Publishing’s new head, Martin Bandier has announced that they have now acquired the Leiber Stoller catalog.
This catalog includes the hits like “Hound Dog,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “Stand By Me” and “Love Potion #9.” The company did not reveal the financial aspects of this deal though experts believe that it would be worth around USD 50 million. Among the other songs featured in the Leiber and Stoller catalogue include "Yakety Yak," "Love Me," "Santa Claus Is Back In Town," "I'm A Woman," "I Keep Forgettin'," "Don't," "Spanish Harlem," "Loving You," "Searchin'," "Charlie Brown," "Ruby Baby," "I (Who Have Nothing)," "Trouble," "There Goes My Baby," "Dance With Me," "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care," "You're The Boss," "Saved," "Pearl's A Singer," "Smokey Joe's Café," "King Creole," "Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots (L'Homme a la Moto)," "Bossa Nova Baby," "Down Home Girl" and "Drip Drop."

This year Viacom also sold their catalog to Sony/ATV. This catalog has approximately 125,000 songs ranging from "Moon River" to " Hips Don't Lie"
by Shakira. It also includes songs by Bjork
"It was recently revealed Michael had acquired the rights to some of Eminem's biggest hits, after he purchased Famous Music LLC from Viacom.
Wonder how the Slim Shady feels now that Michael Jackson owns the rights to two of his biggest hits: "Without Me" and "The Real Slim Shady."

Yep Sony/ATV is a 50-50 joint venture so MJ gets the Ka-ching from all of those songs.
" . According to Reuters, "a song earns money for both its writer and copyright owner each time it sells on a recorded format, is played on the radio or covered by another artist." Also, the copyright owner can license the songs to movie studios and advertisers for considerable money."

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Michael as of 1991 when Dangerous was released was making 37% of every album sold.
Then there is the actual deals per album which is unknown since Invincible, case in point Sony says he got at least 20 million up front to do the album and then Mj's 37% for the total sales as well.

Finally Forbes magazine published the true realtionship of the value of the catalog how much he makes, etc.

The current MJ deal with Sony/ATV runs out in 2010 and also, Jackson has as reported in Time magazine quite some time ago that Sony BMG being added to the catalog could up the deal breaker for Jackson.

Ok, Michael technically owes Sony for his borrowing against MiJac catalog, so he owes them for that alone which is at least 100 millllion by now.

Plus also, Sony is the backer of Mj's loans now. 25% will go to Sony of the Sony/ATV if they have to pay the 200 million price tag.

But Sony, and Sony/ATV are trying toi prevent that from happening and have been forcing him to live on a fixed income for the last almost 2 years.

Figure this. On just MiJac he brings in around 35 million dollars. a year off of just sales. Now Sony is taking at least 15 million making Jackson save some, then put the rest towards MiJac.At the end of the year Jackson is given around 15 million even or 2 million a month. I dont remember

Now, Sony/ATV Forbes says that Jackson is gurantted 75 million dollars a year at least at this point. But court papers back in 05 revelaed that Mj makes 100 million gurantted. Now how much of that he is forced to surrender they wont tell me.

But also now Sony/ATV via Forbes own words is valued now at least at 1 billion but could be worth 8 billion by 2010. So either way Jackson wins, if he sells or stays.

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Forbes got some of the information wrong but most of it right. lets make a few things clear.

Sony Guarantee does not mean MJ owes them money, it only means if MJ defaults and has to sell the catalogue then Sony gets in the tank for the cost of the remaining loan.
Lets explain it this way. I want to buy a house, I get my mom to co-sign or guarantee my loan/mortgage, she doesn't give a dime at time of borrowing the loan and doesn't pay anything for the loan its MY loan i make the monthly payments however should I default or be unable to make my payments then my MUM is in for that payment as my guarantor and if she can't then the house goes on foreclosure and the bank makes its money if not my mum would have to pay the difference.... see what i mean? SONY is only impacted if MJ is foreclosed on, and even then, they don't lose a dime, they'd buy off MJ's share (part share they only guaranteed for 25% of the loan) of the outstanding amount.
So first things first, for the fortress loans MJ does not OWE Sony ANY money, they're only impacted if he defaults and the impact on them is one SONY would make sure doesn't come to pass because it would mean the possibility of a 3rd party coming in and buying that portion of MJ's stake or SONY itself would have to buy it at an amount of money they might not have immediately.

Sony/ATV at the time of the loans was much much less valuable than it is now, when the loans moved, Sony/ATV had not bought yet the 3 new catalogues they added to it, those 3 catalogues were bought in total for about 800mil - 1 billion or just about that, i know 2 of them were bought for 300-350mil or more each, the 3rd one was abit less than that i think. That was 2 years go, now they're worth more, way more. the speculation that Sony/ATV could be worth 8billion by 2010 is right on the mark if they fall short it will be because of the current economy and my expectation would be that it'd be worth at least 5-6billion especially since Sony/BMG didn't get the publishing arm they wanted and infact now can only publish song via Sony/ATV.
Remember MJ OWNS 50% of SONY/ATV NO MATTER WHAT always remember that.

2 years ago the fortress loans were 300mil, by end of this year i expect about more than half of that to have been paid off since MJ has been sending all his sony/atv revenue and mijac revenue direct to pay for that loan, its the reason he was short for cash for the neverland loan so that part kept being picked up by others and everything is figured out... and that is only about 30mil (the loan) yet the property is worth between 50-100mil, neverland that is.

Sony BMG with MJ the artist: he doesn't owe them any album or money and has currently no deal with them although they're angling for that deal with him for his new album but he's buying his time.
Thriller 25 was Sony plus idea, MJ agreed to it, mutual benefit, MJ got paid a chunk for it in return for minimal promotion from his part, MJ makes royalties from each song so he made Deal + royalties directly to him via his Mijac coz all his albums are under MiJac which he owns not Sony/ATV. So far the deluxe thriller has sold more than 2mil copies, and this is a double DVD/CD sold at double the cost of a regular CD, this in addition to VISIONARY which was also a one off. MJ agrees to these things coz the masters are not his yet and in the mean time he makes money off it.

Forbes is right in the detail that MJ has a set budget to live on for the past 2 years, he did that as part of the refinancing so that his fortress loan could be paid off. This has been on for 2 years and will continue next year, depending on this years profits and how much the debt has been paid. Theirs a reason you don't hear about the fortress 300mil loan anymore, everything is moving on smoothly only the neverland fortress loan is what you hear about and even that is quite now.

no one ever knows for sure what MJ's deals are good for him.... wonder what next year will be like.

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Jackson's loans are no lon ger under Fortress, they are split between HSBC bank and one another in New York. Sony/Legacy holds the note on the MiJac catalog. So he is paying off a MiJac loan as well. Thats where the owes Sony money. He borrowed gainst earnings, advancments, etc and finally pawned the whole thing. Thats where Sony comes in and Jackson owes THEM directly.
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Its a good thing that he ended up saving Neverlamd because right before the housing market crisis in America. Neverland just the LANd can sell for 100 million dollars.

Excuse me I take that back... the land was offically valued at 100 million dollars late last year. So if he sells he can make good money

But you are also right on one thing, Sony started tp make him save for the day where his royalties drop. The plan is, that Jackson will have a cash catalog if ever he couldn't afford to live off of his musical earnings. That and also legally, Jackson cant borrow anything with out going to Sony first with the exemption of Neverland because Sony will not get involved with that issue ever again.

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5.11.
Sony/ATV Music Publishing has purchased the catalog of Colombian singer/songwriter/producer Estéfano, Billboard.biz has learned.

The purchase, negotiated by Jorge Mejia, Sony/ATV's VP for Latin America and US Latin and Martin Bandier, chairman and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, includes all songs from Estéfano's three publishing companies: Blue Platinum Publishing, World Deep Music Publishing and Polydharma.

Sony/ATV had been administering Estéfano's catalog since 1998 Estéfano, whose real name is Fabio Salgado, was initially part of the duo Donato & Estéfano, who had several hit albums with Sony in the 1990s. But his bigger fame came as a songwriter, penning hit tracks for the likes of Gloria Estefan, Jon Secada and Shakira. Later, Estéfano also consolidated himself as a producer as well, writing and producing for artists like Chayanne, Paulina Rubio, Thalia, Marc Anthony and Jennifer López, among many others.

Estéfano won BMI's Latin songwriter of the year award seven times and scored seven No. 1 hits on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart, including Marc Anthon's "Ahora Quien," Chayanne's "Dejaría Todo" and Ricky Martin's "Y Todo Queda En Nada."

Last year, in a widely reported incident, Estéfano was shot in his Miami home and almost died from two gunshot wounds. His handyman was acquitted of attempted murder this past Aug. in Miami.

After recovering, Estéfano returned to writing and producing and is currently working on Paulina Rubio's new studio album. In addition, he penned the new Chayanne track "Amor Inmortal."

Although Sony would not disclose the amount paid to Estefano, sources in the industry calculate it would be at least several million dollars, given the depth of the catalog.
 
Moonwalker.Fan said:
Info from other sources:

Sony ATV (Associated Television Corporation) 4,000 song music catalog has
the Beatles songs, "Blowin' in the Wind" by Bob Dylan, "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond and "E-Pro" by Beck as well as many others.
The catalog also includes the works of songwriters including Stevie Nicks, Sarah McLachlan, Destiny's Child, Garth Brooks, Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Lloyd Price, and the Pointer Sisters.
Sony/ATV has also acquired the catalog of Roy Acuff and Fred Rose for $157 million in 2002 which includes the 55,000-title trove of Nashville classics.
These classics include such country music as ''Your Cheatin' Heart'' and ''Tennessee Waltz.'' An archive of songs from the likes of Hank Williams and Roy Orbison is also included.

Recently Sony/ATV Music Publishing’s new head, Martin Bandier has announced that they have now acquired the Leiber Stoller catalog.
This catalog includes the hits like “Hound Dog,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “Stand By Me” and “Love Potion #9.” The company did not reveal the financial aspects of this deal though experts believe that it would be worth around USD 50 million. Among the other songs featured in the Leiber and Stoller catalogue include "Yakety Yak," "Love Me," "Santa Claus Is Back In Town," "I'm A Woman," "I Keep Forgettin'," "Don't," "Spanish Harlem," "Loving You," "Searchin'," "Charlie Brown," "Ruby Baby," "I (Who Have Nothing)," "Trouble," "There Goes My Baby," "Dance With Me," "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care," "You're The Boss," "Saved," "Pearl's A Singer," "Smokey Joe's Café," "King Creole," "Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots (L'Homme a la Moto)," "Bossa Nova Baby," "Down Home Girl" and "Drip Drop."

This year Viacom also sold their catalog to Sony/ATV. This catalog has approximately 125,000 songs ranging from "Moon River" to " Hips Don't Lie"
by Shakira. It also includes songs by Bjork
"It was recently revealed Michael had acquired the rights to some of Eminem's biggest hits, after he purchased Famous Music LLC from Viacom.
Wonder how the Slim Shady feels now that Michael Jackson owns the rights to two of his biggest hits: "Without Me" and "The Real Slim Shady."

Yep Sony/ATV is a 50-50 joint venture so MJ gets the Ka-ching from all of those songs.
" . According to Reuters, "a song earns money for both its writer and copyright owner each time it sells on a recorded format, is played on the radio or covered by another artist." Also, the copyright owner can license the songs to movie studios and advertisers for considerable money."

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Michael as of 1991 when Dangerous was released was making 37% of every album sold.
Then there is the actual deals per album which is unknown since Invincible, case in point Sony says he got at least 20 million up front to do the album and then Mj's 37% for the total sales as well.

Finally Forbes magazine published the true realtionship of the value of the catalog how much he makes, etc.

The current MJ deal with Sony/ATV runs out in 2010 and also, Jackson has as reported in Time magazine quite some time ago that Sony BMG being added to the catalog could up the deal breaker for Jackson.

Ok, Michael technically owes Sony for his borrowing against MiJac catalog, so he owes them for that alone which is at least 100 millllion by now.

Plus also, Sony is the backer of Mj's loans now. 25% will go to Sony of the Sony/ATV if they have to pay the 200 million price tag.

But Sony, and Sony/ATV are trying toi prevent that from happening and have been forcing him to live on a fixed income for the last almost 2 years.

Figure this. On just MiJac he brings in around 35 million dollars. a year off of just sales. Now Sony is taking at least 15 million making Jackson save some, then put the rest towards MiJac.At the end of the year Jackson is given around 15 million even or 2 million a month. I dont remember

Now, Sony/ATV Forbes says that Jackson is gurantted 75 million dollars a year at least at this point. But court papers back in 05 revelaed that Mj makes 100 million gurantted. Now how much of that he is forced to surrender they wont tell me.

But also now Sony/ATV via Forbes own words is valued now at least at 1 billion but could be worth 8 billion by 2010. So either way Jackson wins, if he sells or stays.

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Forbes got some of the information wrong but most of it right. lets make a few things clear.

Sony Guarantee does not mean MJ owes them money, it only means if MJ defaults and has to sell the catalogue then Sony gets in the tank for the cost of the remaining loan.
Lets explain it this way. I want to buy a house, I get my mom to co-sign or guarantee my loan/mortgage, she doesn't give a dime at time of borrowing the loan and doesn't pay anything for the loan its MY loan i make the monthly payments however should I default or be unable to make my payments then my MUM is in for that payment as my guarantor and if she can't then the house goes on foreclosure and the bank makes its money if not my mum would have to pay the difference.... see what i mean? SONY is only impacted if MJ is foreclosed on, and even then, they don't lose a dime, they'd buy off MJ's share (part share they only guaranteed for 25% of the loan) of the outstanding amount.
So first things first, for the fortress loans MJ does not OWE Sony ANY money, they're only impacted if he defaults and the impact on them is one SONY would make sure doesn't come to pass because it would mean the possibility of a 3rd party coming in and buying that portion of MJ's stake or SONY itself would have to buy it at an amount of money they might not have immediately.

Sony/ATV at the time of the loans was much much less valuable than it is now, when the loans moved, Sony/ATV had not bought yet the 3 new catalogues they added to it, those 3 catalogues were bought in total for about 800mil - 1 billion or just about that, i know 2 of them were bought for 300-350mil or more each, the 3rd one was abit less than that i think. That was 2 years go, now they're worth more, way more. the speculation that Sony/ATV could be worth 8billion by 2010 is right on the mark if they fall short it will be because of the current economy and my expectation would be that it'd be worth at least 5-6billion especially since Sony/BMG didn't get the publishing arm they wanted and infact now can only publish song via Sony/ATV.
Remember MJ OWNS 50% of SONY/ATV NO MATTER WHAT always remember that.

2 years ago the fortress loans were 300mil, by end of this year i expect about more than half of that to have been paid off since MJ has been sending all his sony/atv revenue and mijac revenue direct to pay for that loan, its the reason he was short for cash for the neverland loan so that part kept being picked up by others and everything is figured out... and that is only about 30mil (the loan) yet the property is worth between 50-100mil, neverland that is.

Sony BMG with MJ the artist: he doesn't owe them any album or money and has currently no deal with them although they're angling for that deal with him for his new album but he's buying his time.
Thriller 25 was Sony plus idea, MJ agreed to it, mutual benefit, MJ got paid a chunk for it in return for minimal promotion from his part, MJ makes royalties from each song so he made Deal + royalties directly to him via his Mijac coz all his albums are under MiJac which he owns not Sony/ATV. So far the deluxe thriller has sold more than 2mil copies, and this is a double DVD/CD sold at double the cost of a regular CD, this in addition to VISIONARY which was also a one off. MJ agrees to these things coz the masters are not his yet and in the mean time he makes money off it.

Forbes is right in the detail that MJ has a set budget to live on for the past 2 years, he did that as part of the refinancing so that his fortress loan could be paid off. This has been on for 2 years and will continue next year, depending on this years profits and how much the debt has been paid. Theirs a reason you don't hear about the fortress 300mil loan anymore, everything is moving on smoothly only the neverland fortress loan is what you hear about and even that is quite now.

no one ever knows for sure what MJ's deals are good for him.... wonder what next year will be like.

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Jackson's loans are no lon ger under Fortress, they are split between HSBC bank and one another in New York. Sony/Legacy holds the note on the MiJac catalog. So he is paying off a MiJac loan as well. Thats where the owes Sony money. He borrowed gainst earnings, advancments, etc and finally pawned the whole thing. Thats where Sony comes in and Jackson owes THEM directly.
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Its a good thing that he ended up saving Neverlamd because right before the housing market crisis in America. Neverland just the LANd can sell for 100 million dollars.

Excuse me I take that back... the land was offically valued at 100 million dollars late last year. So if he sells he can make good money

But you are also right on one thing, Sony started tp make him save for the day where his royalties drop. The plan is, that Jackson will have a cash catalog if ever he couldn't afford to live off of his musical earnings. That and also legally, Jackson cant borrow anything with out going to Sony first with the exemption of Neverland because Sony will not get involved with that issue ever again.

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Sony/ATV Music Publishing has purchased the catalog of Colombian singer/songwriter/producer Estéfano, Billboard.biz has learned.

The purchase, negotiated by Jorge Mejia, Sony/ATV's VP for Latin America and US Latin and Martin Bandier, chairman and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, includes all songs from Estéfano's three publishing companies: Blue Platinum Publishing, World Deep Music Publishing and Polydharma.

Sony/ATV had been administering Estéfano's catalog since 1998 Estéfano, whose real name is Fabio Salgado, was initially part of the duo Donato & Estéfano, who had several hit albums with Sony in the 1990s. But his bigger fame came as a songwriter, penning hit tracks for the likes of Gloria Estefan, Jon Secada and Shakira. Later, Estéfano also consolidated himself as a producer as well, writing and producing for artists like Chayanne, Paulina Rubio, Thalia, Marc Anthony and Jennifer López, among many others.

Estéfano won BMI's Latin songwriter of the year award seven times and scored seven No. 1 hits on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart, including Marc Anthon's "Ahora Quien," Chayanne's "Dejaría Todo" and Ricky Martin's "Y Todo Queda En Nada."

Last year, in a widely reported incident, Estéfano was shot in his Miami home and almost died from two gunshot wounds. His handyman was acquitted of attempted murder this past Aug. in Miami.

After recovering, Estéfano returned to writing and producing and is currently working on Paulina Rubio's new studio album. In addition, he penned the new Chayanne track "Amor Inmortal."

Although Sony would not disclose the amount paid to Estefano, sources in the industry calculate it would be at least several million dollars, given the depth of the catalog.
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there's no more proof of the reports on Michael's 'debts' than the info you refuse to believe. right now there's an ongoing investigation in america against people from forbes magazine giving bad advice to americans about their finances. so forbes is not believable. and as for time magazine, there is no proof that they are to be believed either.
 
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 Michael Jackson's Neverland To Invest And Partner With MDP Worldwide


February 25, 2002
Press Release
Neverland Entertainment, headed by entertainment legend Michael Jackson and film producer Raju Sharad Patel, have announced the signing of an agreement in principal with Mark Damon's MDP Worldwide Entertainment Inc. to enter into an investment and partnership for all of MDP's film production.
The agreement provides for a capital infusion of approximately USD$15 to USD$20 million in MDP by Neverland which will make them a major shareholder. The closing of the transaction is subject to customary regulatory and other approvals. With the investment by Neverland Entertainment, MDP will operate a new division called Neverland Pictures, which will be the production arm of MDP, and all feature films produced will carry the Neverland Pictures banner. Mark Damon, Chairman and CEO stated​
"with this affiliation, MDP is at the forefront of the independent film industry to significantly increase production and distribution of mainstream, commercial feature films for the global audience."​
Michael Jackson stated:​
"Both Raju and I love the way classic stories can be reinvented for the screen. My favorite movies such as Raju's 'Jungle Book' and 'Pinocchio' were re-imagined as major features, and were produced outside the traditional studio system. Films have always been a passion for me as a fan and as an artist and there is nothing in the world like the magic captured forever in a time capsule like motion picture images. Raju and I are very excited to be joining together with MDP Worldwide and producer, Mark Damon, who has a very successful track record as an independent producer and distributor."​
Raju Sharad Patel added:​
"Michael Jackson and I have been friends for years, and every time we would meet, Michael would express his interest and desire to form an independent film company. Now we have been able together to create Neverland Pictures to make Michael's long cherished dream come to fruition. That dream cannot come true without proper domestic and international distribution affiliations, which this agreement brings."​
Mark Damon said:​
"When my friend Raju Patel brought me together with Michael, I discovered instant rapport with not only one of the greatest creative talents in entertainment history, but also a very savvy entrepreneurial businessman. This partnership will significantly expand MDP's production and financing capabilities as well as bring Michael's creative vision as a filmmaker -- demonstrated in so many pioneering video productions such as Thriller -- to film audiences around the world and we are thrilled to be working with him."​
MDP Worldwide is a leading film entertainment company engaged in the financing, development, production and worldwide distribution of feature films in all media and whose shares are publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Raju Sharad Patel has developed, financed and produced several critical and world wide box office successes, which includes Rudyard Kipling's 'Jungle Book' which was distributed by Walt Disney, the 20th Century Fox cult comedy classic 'Bachelor Party' starring the Academy Award winner Tom Hanks, and 'The Adventures of Pinnocchio' for New Line / Warner.

Mark Damon has been a leader in the independent film industry for over 25 years. He is one of the original founders of the American Film Market and has produced and distributed over 300 feature films in his distinguished career, including such films as 'Das Boot', '9 1/2 Weeks', 'The Neverending Story', 'Short Circuit', 'Never Say Never Again', 'Prizzi's Honor', 'Cotton Club' and the recently released 'The Musketeer'.

MDP has been rapidly expanding its production and distribution slate and has most recently acquired international rights to the poignant drama 'The United States of Leland' which will be directed by Matthew Ryan Hoge and produced by Kevin Spacey and Bernie Morris for Trigger Street Productions. The film commenced production in Los Angeles on February 4, 2002 and features Ryan Gosling, Don Cheadle, Chris Klein, Lena Olin, Michelle Williams, Jena Malone and Kevin Spacey.

MDP most recently distributed the action adventure film 'The Musketeer', directed by Peter Hyams, this past September that debuted #1 at the North American box office for Universal Pictures. MDP is also currently handling worldwide distribution for the extreme sports action film 'The Extremists', directed by Christian Duguay, which will be released later this year in the United States through Paramount Pictures and the cyber- horror thriller 'Fear.com' directed by William Malone, which will be released in the U.S. through Warner Bros. Both feature films are in the final stages of completion.
The transaction was negotiated on Neverland's behalf by producer Lawrence Mortorff, entertainment attorney Bruce Vann of Kelly, Lytton & Vann, and for MDP by Michael Eliasberg of Kaye, Scholer.

ABOUT MDP WORLDWIDE: MDP Worldwide (Toronto: MDP.A - news, MDP.B - news) is a leading film entertainment company engaged in the financing, development, production and worldwide distribution of feature films in all media. The company has offices in Los Angeles and Montreal and its shares of common stock are publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbols: MDP.A and MDP.B).​
Source: Neverland Entertainment / MDP Worldwide Entertainment Inc. press release
 
Plus this info, what do you know about this?
Does the company still exist?

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Montreal-based MDP Worldwide Entertainment Inc. is hoping to produce several movies starring Michael Jackson, including at least one blockbuster costing more than $60 million.

In a taped address at MDP's annual general meeting on Friday, Jackson explained his interest in working with an independent film production company instead of a major studio:

"The answer is simply that in the independent world I can make the films I want and be as creative as I want," he said, identifying four films he'd like to make.
The first would be 'Wolfed,' inspired by 'An American Werewolf in London,' which was the theme of Jackson's hugely popular 'Thriller' video in the 1980s. It would be filmed partially in Montreal. Michael Jackson would become a major shareholder in the company if the deal closes, as expected, within two months and 'Wolfed' could be out in theatres as soon as 18 months, according to Mark Damon, chairman and majority shareholder of MDP Worldwide.

Source: Montreal/Canadian Press (CP)

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Michael Jackson Plans To Co-Direct Feature Film

'They Cage the Animals at Night' will be produced by Mel Gibson's Icon Productions.


"King of Pop"-turned-king of projects Michael Jackson has another new venture on his hands — co-directing his first feature film.
Jackson and Bryan Michael Stoller will adapt the Jennings Michael Burch book "They Cage the Animals at Night" for the big screen later this year, according to Stoller, who is also penning the screenplay and producing the project along with Mel Gibson's Icon Productions.
Gibson may take on a role in the film, depending on his schedule at the time of shooting, Stoller said, as may Jackson's close friends Marlon Brando and Liza Minnelli.
Jackson — who had a role in 1978's "The Wiz" and will appear in this summer's "Men in Black 2" (see "Michael Jackson Back Onscreen In 'Men In Black 2' ") — may make a cameo in "They Cage the Animals at Night" but will mostly focus on directing as well as writing and recording music for the movie.
Stoller said Jackson brought the project to him because he liked the book, which is a true story about Burch being bounced around from one foster home to another. Stoller described it as "Oliver" meets "Stand by Me" meets "The Cider House Rules."
"Michael felt that he could relate to the script because of the way he grew up, almost without a childhood," Stoller said.
The co-directors met 15 years ago when Stoller introduced Jackson to child actor Brandon Adams, who went on to appear in Jackson's Moonwalker. Their friendship rekindled when Jackson invited Stoller to screen his 1999 film "Undercover Angel," which starred Yasmine Bleeth and Dean Winters, at Neverland Ranch.
"Michael has a phenomenal vision," Stoller said. "He watches movies whenever he can. He's a visionary. Just look at his short films, his music videos, and that gives you an idea of what he can bring visually. Also, he's very sensitive and sincere. And emotionally this is going to help with the direction."
Although Stoller, who is still finishing the script, said everything is in place to begin filming the $20-30 million movie by the fall, Jackson has garnered a reputation for taking his time on projects and often failing to follow through.
A few years ago, Jackson was reportedly set to star in film called "The Nightmare of Edgar Allan Poe" that has yet to be made (see "Michael Jackson Finishing New Album, Eyeing Film Career"). He has also been linked to other movie projects that never got off the ground, such as "Capricious Anomaly in the Sea of Space" and "The Dragon's Candle."
"He's a busy guy. He has so much going on," Stoller said. "But I'm a doer. I'm good at getting things finished. And Michael's been there every time I need him. It's going to happen."
Jackson's spokesperson at Epic Records, which released last fall's long-awaited Invincible (see "Michael Jackson Revisits Old Self, Rails At Press, Tries Bounce On Invincible"), could not confirm the movie, though The Hollywood Reporter printed a statement from the pop star that said he was looking forward to working with Stoller and Icon.
The movie trade magazine also reported that Jackson further ventured into the movie industry by investing $15-20 million in a production and distribution company called MDP Worldwide.
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there's no more proof of the reports on Michael's 'debts' than the info you refuse to believe. right now there's an ongoing investigation in america against people from forbes magazine giving bad advice to americans about their finances. so forbes is not believable. and as for time magazine, there is no proof that they are to be believed either.
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Sony/ATV Nashville signs Keith Stegall to multi-year publishing agreement

By Wendy Lee • THE TENNESSEAN • March 23, 2009

Sony/ATV Nashville, the world's largest publisher of country music, signed songwriter and producer Keith Stegall to a multi-year publishing agreement.
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triggerAd(1,PaginationPage,4); Stegall has nine number one singles to his credit as a writer and has had 42 number one singles as a producer, most recently "Chicken Fried" by the Zac Brown Band.

"Keith is a true music person. He excels at whatever he sets his mind to, from writing to producing to discovering new talent," said Troy Tomlinson, Sony/ATV Nashville's president and CEO. "We are proud to have an opportunity to work with him."

Stegall was raised in Shreveport-Bossier area of Louisiana. He currently is in the studio with a new group called The Harters and is working on Clay Walker's follow-up album, among other projects.

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090323/BUSINESS01/90323009
 
it's hard not to say that atv is the largest music publisher, period, then, because country music is the most prolific. add to that, all the other ventures..and...there you have it.
 
Sony/ATV Acquires Savage Garden Catalog
March 24, 2009

By Andre Paine, London

Sony/ATV Australia has acquired the worldwide publishing rights to the Rough Cut Music catalog, including all of Savage Garden's hit songs. Financial terms were not disclosed.

The Sydney-based music publisher's catalog also includes successful songwriters and artists from Australasia such as Evermore, Kisschasy and the Butterfly Effect.

Savage Garden had worldwide success, selling over 25 million albums and 15 million singles written by band members Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones, according to a statement from Sony/ATV. The band's hits, released by Columbia, included "Truly Madly Deeply," "I Knew I Loved You," "I Want You" and "To The Moon And Back." They split in 2001.

"Savage Garden's Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones are world-class songwriters whose music has withstood the test of time," said Martin N. Bandier, Chairman and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, in a statement. "We are delighted that their songs, along with the songs of the well-known Australian groups like Evermore, Kisschasy and The Butterfly Effect are now a part of the ever-growing Sony/ATV roster."

Upon the sale of their catalog, CEO John Woodruff and business partners Karen Hamilton, catalog manager, and GM Keith Welsh, said they were pleased that the catalog had ended up with Sony/ATV.

"We believe that Sony/ATV is exactly the right new home for our writers," said their joint statement. "Marty Bandier was involved with Darren and Daniel in the early days of Savage Garden when he was at EMI, [Sony/ATV Australia managing director] Damian Trotter and his team are excellent music people who we know will give great support to all the writers and artists we have had the pleasure of developing over the years. We thank each and every writer we have worked with - to be actively involved with such talented people is an inspiring way to live."

Sony/ATV also acquired a second company, Second Pressing, as part of the deal. The acquisitions include various administration deals.

Prior to the deal, Second Pressing collected Rough Cut royalties in Australia, while Warner/Chappell handled the rights for the rest of the world. Some of the Warner/Chappell rights to the catalog expired before this deal, at the beginning of 2009.

Damian Trotter added: "Obviously, we are all extremely excited to be custodians of such internationally recognized pop gems as those penned by Darren and Daniel of Savage Garden, but we are also very much looking forward to working with great artists like Kisschasy, Evermore and the many other excellent writers that John, Keith and Karen have developed within the Rough Cut stable and look forward to carrying on their great work in developing and furthering their careers."

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i21fd82b8e716e671ec5318e7f8ab133d
 
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Extreme Music Inks Deal With Rodney Jerkins

(Darkchild) :cheeky:

March 04, 2009

By Ed Christman, N.Y.

Extreme Music, the worldwide production music library unit of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, has signed songwriter/producer/musician Rodney Jerkins to be an executive producer of nine albums within an 18-month period. The initial three albums are planned for the second quarter of this year.

Jerkins, who recently co-founded music-based social network Music Mogul, has many credits, including Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, Keyshia Cole, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Jackson, Ludacris, Jamie Foxx, Black Eyed Peas, Janet Jackson, Destiny's Child, Gwen Stefani and Will Smith, among others.

He is also represented on Spears' new platinum album "Circus," and is working on P. Diddy's forthcoming release, "Last Train To Paris."

Jenkins, the CEO of Darkchild Productions, Inc, has been been associated with records that have sold more than 160 million copies, according to a news release on the announcement.

In addition, Jerkins is the executive music consultant for the film and the motion picture soundtrack for "Confessions of a Shopaholic." He has also contributed to numerous other movie soundtracks, including "Honey," "Scary Movie 3," "Blue Streak," "My Baby's Daddy," and "Rush Hour" and "Rush Hour 2."

Extreme, headquartered in the United Kingdom, has worked with many major networks, studios, ad agencies and production companies. It also has a long list of hit movies, television shows and television commercials to its credits.

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Rush Hour albums were so cool both of them


I hope Dark Child and Teddy Riley work for(with) MJ:angel:
 
Sony ATV music in the charts www.sonyatv.com
"HALO"
(Bogart)
by Beyonce
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"I HATE THIS PART"
(Hector)
by Pussycat Dolls
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"RIGHT ROUND"
(Dillard)
by Flo Rida
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"WHITE HORSE"
(Rose , Swift)
by Taylor Swift
Billboard - Pop Singles #31
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"BEAUTIFUL"
(Akon , O'Donis)
by Akon Featuring Colby O'Donis
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"Love Story"
(Swift)
by Taylor Swift
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"POKER FACE"
(Lady Gaga , Red One)
by Lady Gaga
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"RIGHT NOW"
(Akon , Giorgio)
by Akon
Billboard Pop Singles #13
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"MAD"
(Eriksen)
by Ne-Yo
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"I HATE THIS PART"
(Hector)
by Pussycat Dolls
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"DON'T"
(Beavers)
by Billy Currington
Soundscan – Country Singles #2
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"NO ME DOY PoOR VENCIDO"
(Fonsi , Bryant)
by Luis Fonsi
Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs #1
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"LOVE STORY"
(Swift)
by Taylor Swift
Billboard Pop Singles #4
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"WOMANIZER"
(Briscoe)
by Britney Spears
Billboard Pop Singles #8
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"SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT)"
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by Beyonce
Billboard Pop Singles #2
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MJ Bizniz news... another reason for Michael to keep smiling..

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(CNN) -- For fans of The Beatles, 09/09/09 will mark a new invasion.
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The Fab Four will be made even more so when the remastered Beatles catalogue is released in September.


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Apple Corps Ltd. and EMI Music have announced that as the date for the release of the entire original Beatles catalogue, digitally remastered.

That includes all 12 Beatles albums in stereo, with track listings and artwork as originally released in the UK. The package will also contain the LP version of "Magical Mystery Tour" (initially released as a double-EP in Britain, though available on CD since 1987) and the collections "Past Masters Vol. I and II" combined as one title.

The release marks the first time that the first four Beatles albums are being made available in their entirety on compact disc, and it also coincides with the release of "The Beatles: Rock Band" video game.

Robert Levine, executive editor for Billboard, said the timing is genius in terms of marketing.

"Most bands, when they do a big project like this they pay for publicity," Levine said. "The Beatles got paid for 'Rock Band' and then they are using that for publicity to rerelease a catalogue. It's pretty amazing." Blog: A Beatles fan reflects on the news

Levine pointed out that media have evolved tremendously since 1964, when the band first burst onto the American scene with an appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
Back then, there were only three major television networks, and engineering of albums was much less sophisticated, Levine noted. Previous rereleases have sold well in the past -- indeed, Beatles albums have sold steadily for decades -- and Levine said he expects this one to do even better.



"I think if you were to look at pure catalogue, old bands selling old albums, the Beatles are the kings -- commercially as well as artistically," Levine said. "A lot of [music] has been remastered better in the past 22 years, and remastering technology has come a long way."

Piers Hemmingsen, the author of two books on Beatles music and head of the Web site Capitol6000.com, said there has long been a clamor among fans for good, high-quality versions of Beatles songs.

"The technology that was available back then was very limited, and with the newer technology they are able to do far more with what they have than they have ever been able to do before," he said. "For people who are plugged into iPods and the whole digital music scene, it's going to be a lot better for them."

In acknowledgment of the more technologically advanced listeners, each CD will contain, for a limited time, an embedded brief documentary film about the album.

The documentaries contain archival footage, rare photographs and never-before-released studio chat from the Beatles.

The remastering project was four years in the making. Engineers used de-noising technology and cleaned up glitches like electrical clicks and microphone vocal pops, so long as it didn't affect the original integrity of the songs.

They also slightly boosted the volume levels. Andrew Croft, publisher of Beatlology Magazine, said the announcement of the release of the remastered recordings "is long overdue in the Beatles community and for music fans alike."

He also said the quest to improve the original recordings is not new.

Croft said bootleg releases over the years used rare and obscure vinyl pressings from countries like Japan and Germany to compile the best of the best recordings of The Beatles songs, presenting to the public a better sound that Apple could not offer prior to the remastering.

"While the new remasterings will replace a library full of bootlegs of their commercial releases, there remains a massive market for their more obscure tracks, outtakes and
live performances," Croft said.

The 14 remastered albums, along with a DVD collection of the documentaries, will also be available for purchase together in a stereo boxed set.

A second boxed set, "The Beatles in Mono," includes all of the Beatles recordings that were mixed for a mono release. It will contain 10 of the albums with their original mono mixes, plus two additional discs of mono masters (covering similar ground to the stereo tracks on "Past Masters").

The mono "Help!" and "Rubber Soul" discs also include the original 1965 stereo mixes, which have not been previously released on CD. These albums will be packaged in mini-vinyl CD replicas of the original sleeves with all of the original inserts and label designs.

Even with the release date, what is old has become new.

Diehard Beatle-ologists may take note that the release date could be viewed as a nod to the Beatles track "One After 909" from the "Let It Be" album -- or a reference to the White Album's "Revolution 9." (John Lennon, who was born on October 9, occasionally talked about his fondness for the number 9.)

Hemmingsen said making the music more accessible and attractive to a younger audience helps spread Beatlemania to a new generation.

"Their music is catchy, memorable, interesting and listenable," said Hemmingsen, who was a youngster in England when the Beatles hit the scene and has been a fan ever since. "The time that they evolved their music was an interesting time and their music reflected that time."

Levine said the band has always captured fans from across generations.
"The songs have lasted for a long time because they are great songs," he said. "It's just that simple. Those are amazing, amazing albums."



http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/07/beatles.remastered.catalogue/index.html
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The Beatles: ROCKBAND

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At 1:30 or so of this clip, footage from The Beatles: Rock Band goes up on the screen behind Paul McCartney, performing at Coachella on Friday... it offers the longest and clearest look at Rock Band's animations.

http://kotaku.com/5218381/looks-like-beatles-rock-band-footage-from-here--[update]


The Coachella Music & Arts Festival

...It was a night of high emotion, the anniversary of losing Linda, memories of George and John and Liverpool youth, it was a night of conquering a whole new crowd, it was a night of firsts and was the unexpected, unannounced world premiere of the images from the coming Beatle Rock Band game which played on vast screens throughout Got To Get You Into My Life...

http://www.paulmccartney.com/news.php#1599/2009-04
 
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EMI, Sony/ATV Win Big At ASAP Pop Music Awards
April 22, 2009

By Ed Christman, N.Y

Stargate's Mikkel Eriksen and Tor Hermansen were named the songwriter of the year at the 26th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards, held tonight (April 22) at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood. "Bleeding Love," written by Jesse McCartney and Ryan Tedder, was named song of the year. The song is a hit for Leona Lewis.

The publisher of the year award was presented to both EMI Music Publishing and Sony/ATV Music Publishing, as both companies tied with 20 award-winning songs each.

Stargate, which also won the ASCAP songwriter of the year award in 2007, is responsible for penning six of the most performed songs of the past year: Chris Brown's "With You," Ne-Yo's "Closer" and "Miss Independent," Rihanna's "Don't Stop the Music" and "Take a Bow," and Jordin Sparks' "Tattoo."

The top five most performed songs of 2008 were "Apologize," written by Tedder; "Bleeding Love," written by McCartney and Tedder; "Love Song," written by Sara Bareilles; "Low," written by Flo-Rida; and "No One," written by Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, DJ Dirty Harry and Alicia Keys.

Many of the last night's winning songwriters were on hand to collect their awards, according to a press release, including multiple winners Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, who received four awards; Terius "The Dream" Nash, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart and Tedder, who collected three awards each; Brothers, Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson, Andre Merritt, Jason Reeves, and Brian Kennedy Seals, who won two awards each; and Jimmy Jam, who won for "Bust It Baby (Part 2);" Quincy Jones for "Good Life;" Kardinal Offishall for "Dangerous;" Johntá Austin for "With You;" and Webbie for "Independent."

Downtown Music Publishing artist Santi White (aka Santigold) was honored with ASCAP's vanguard award, which recognizes the impact of musical genres that help shape the future of American music.

Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart were presented with ASCAP's Founders Award, which is given to songwriters who have made pioneering contribution to music and are considered influential.

Wyclef Jean was presented with ASCAP's creative voice award, which is a way to honor an ASCAP member or group whose significant career achievements are equally informed by their creative spirit and by their contributions to the role that a creator can play in their community. Wyclef founded Yéle Haiti in 2005 to provide aid and assistance to his native country of Haiti.

The complete list of winners is available at ascap.com.


http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i2b46d200e6140dd0f6421aaf1b29c6db
 
Rasta Pasta said:
...lets keep our fingers crossed for Michael on this one deal
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Rodgers-Hammerstein licensing going to Dutch firm

NEW YORK (AP) — The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization is going Dutch.

Imagem Music Group, a music-publishing investment fund, has agreed to purchase the musical-theater catalog of Broadway giants Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.

Imagem is owned by a large Dutch pension fund known as ABP and CP Masters BV, a European music publisher. No purchase price was given by Imagem or RHO, but the Wall Street Journal, citing unidentified sources, said the sale could bring in as much as $200 million.

The sale gives Imagem not only licensing rights to such Rodgers and Hammerstein classics as "South Pacific," "Oklahoma!" and "The Sound of Music," but the works of more than 200 other writers including Irving Berlin.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iKL6NdBHbqiUWD8ICaELHcUk-HTwD97N00LG0

...Several of the biggest music publishers, including Warner Music Group Corp.'s Warner/Chappell Music and Sony Corp.'s Sony/ATV Music Publishing, had considered buying the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, according to people familiar with the matter. But most dropped out of the bidding because they considered it overpriced, especially for a catalog of Broadway songs.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124027148902036957.html
 
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