Sony Made $250 Million Bet on Michael Jackson Before Documentary

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Last year, Sony Music entered a $250 million deal to distribute Michael Jackson’s music for seven years. Now it has to make that deal pay as sex-abuse allegations resurface.

Sony Music Entertainment last year entered a deal worth $250 million for the rights to distribute Michael Jackson’s recordings over seven years, according to a person familiar with the matter. That investment looks riskier following a new documentary accusing the late pop star of sexually abusing young boys.

“Leaving Neverland,” which aired in two parts Sunday and Monday evening on HBO, details the accounts of two men who say Mr. Jackson abused them as children years ago while urging them to keep their relationships secret...

 

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🎶Eat it, eat it.🎶

Music endures, bullshit dont, hbo sucks

Attacking a man who isn't even alive to defend himself. How sad. The media made his life hell for years and they still can't leave him alone.

If Sony didn’t build a clause into the contract to protect themselves, especially in light of past allegations and settlements and the metoo movement, well, that’s pretty poor negotiations on their part.

We’ve always know Jackson was a pedophile. So convenient that everyone got money from his name and now conveniently the truth comes out that everyone already knew. Give me a break. No justice. Whores all. Hypocrites all.

In US anybody can lie in court about sex abuse with impunity. Easy way to big money.

rolandsmartin Every body knew about Michael so let's not act surprised people on the streets knew but people in the ivory towers didn't know come on man really.......just listen to his music he's gone

rolandsmartin U people are the worst!

He . Raped . Children

Any parent who would let their child stay overnight at Neverland alone is as guilty as Michael Jackson

rolandsmartin This is straight bullshit.

Im sure it has nothing to do with MJ owning half of Sonys catalog they had to buy back. Smh

Sony executives: stupid Gaijin are costing us money!

Sony knew about his unnatural obsession and his appetite for small boys for 20 years. I hope they go broke.

Sony just loves predators look how long it took for them to drop r kelly.

Bad Call

Watched all four hours. Sad! Then at the very end, one of the abused filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the MJ estate. Dude said in court, twice, he was not abused! I saw an attempted money grab! Then Okra appeared. Total fail! Lost & found the same 50 lbs. over 40 yrs!

WSJ/FOX'Noise'! TOO BAD that Jackson is not a BALL PLAYER or A PREIST!!! THEN you would put a different 'SPIN' on this post!!!

Woops. Some countries have already banned airplay of Jackson's music.

Michael Jackson is a sexual abuser/child rapist. BAFFLED at how he got away with it for so long, even after flaunting around his victims in public and talking about how he slept with them in the same bed. CREEPY AF.

Disney Hostile Takeover

Most ppl have a difficult time distinguishing the difference btw an entertainer ICON and the 'man'. He was a pedophile FULL STOP. Pedophiles are crawling among the entertainment/music industry. They have millions to give them cover. Epstein, RKelly etc. Take away their money!!!

Is this about companies Sony, capitol , Columbia etc making making money

Good

Sony,Capitol, Columbia and Interscope Records along with some private labels should be raided at 6am by law enforcement. These people stole my intellectual property from a domestic violence robbery and put it out to the public as belonging to their pop pseudocelebrities. Sickos.

Yeah was going to ps4 not knowing

I watched episode 1 last night, and no doubt MJ was a pedophile! Unbelievable

Sex sells. Just not sex with kids.

The truth will out.

2019.... documentaries are the new court of law

Acoso externo a la familia o remasterizacion y venta de algo... el negocio.

MJInnocent!

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