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ARTS, BRIEFLY; Jackson Collectors Open Their Wallets at Auction

June 28, 2010 Compiled by RACHEL LEE HARRIS This year's auction houses have seen no shortage of high-priced Michael Jackson memorabilia, and this weekend, on the anniversary of his death, collectors once again showed they were willing to pay tribute to the pop star. Among the 200 items being auctioned by Julien's Auctions at the Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, The Associated Press reported,... Full article »

A Year Later, Jackson Estate Is Prospering

June 23, 2010 By BEN SISARIO In death, Michael Jackson has had the comeback he always wanted. His estate, managed by two longtime associates, the entertainment lawyer John Branca and the music executive John McClain, has nearly settled his troubled finances by making a string of big deals: a record-contract extension with Sony, a new Jackson-themed video game, two Cirque du... Full article »

ARTS, BRIEFLY; Jackson's Doctor Fighting To Keep His License

June 14, 2010 Compiled by KATE TAYLOR A fight over whether Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, should keep his California medical license is expected Monday in Dr. Murray's pretrial hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court in his involuntary manslaughter case, which stems from Jackson's death last year. The office of California's attorney general, Jerry Brown, is trying for a fourth... Full article »

Another Deal On Jackson, With Cirque

April 21, 2010 By BEN SISARIO Michael Jackson is getting the Cirque du Soleil treatment. Confirming rumors that have been circulating in the entertainment industry for months, the Jackson estate announced on Tuesday that it had struck a deal with Cirque du Soleil, the acrobatic-theater company based in Montreal, to create two theatrical shows centered on Jackson's music, the... Full article »

In Era of Dwindling Sales, a Megadeal for Jackson's Estate

March 22, 2010 By JOSEPH PLAMBECK Could Michael Jackson break the music industry's megadeal jinx? Throughout the 1990s, as CDs flew off the shelves, record labels routinely signed big artists to multimillion-dollar recording contracts. Some of it was vanity: labels paid a premium to keep a big-name artist rather than risk a few wisecracks in the press for letting a star go to a... Full article »

Jackson's Estate Signs Sweeping Contract

March 16, 2010 By BEN SISARIO Nine months after Michael Jackson's death, his estate has signed one of the biggest recording contracts in history, giving Sony, Mr. Jackson's longtime label, the rights to sell his back catalog and draw on a large vault of unheard recordings. The deal, for about 10 recordings through 2017, will guarantee the Jackson estate up to $250 million in... Full article »

Doctor Is Charged In Death Of Jackson

February 9, 2010 By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD; Rebecca Cathcart contributed reporting. -- Nearly eight months after Michael Jackson died, his personal physician was charged Monday with involuntary manslaughter for providing him with a powerful anesthetic that was ruled a primary factor in his death. At his arraignment at a Los Angeles County courthouse, witnessed by several Jackson family members and a crush of news media from around... Full article »

Charges Against Jackson's Doctor Are Expected Monday

February 6, 2010 By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD The doctor who was treating Michael Jackson when he died suddenly in June will face charges on Monday, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office announced Friday, after a week of news leaks portraying the police and prosecutors as at odds over how his arrest should come about. The police have disclosed in previous court papers that they... Full article »

Jackson's Doctor Negotiating With Prosecutors

February 5, 2010 By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD A lawyer for the doctor who was treating Michael Jackson at the time of his death said Thursday that the doctor planned to surrender to face charges. ''We are presently negotiating with the District Attorneys' office,'' Ed Chernoff, a lawyer for Dr. Conrad Murray, said in a statement posted on his law office's Web site Thursday morning. What... Full article »

The Music They Made

December 23, 2009 Produced by Wm. Ferguson, Joanna Milter, Robert Vargas and Zahra Sethna. A sound collage featuring a sampling of musicians who died in 2009.... Full article »

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