Rasta Pasta
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right now.. I would rather have Branca and Mccain taking care of Michael's estates than any of his family members...
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Michael Jackson and John Branca --a Major Wrap Series
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TheChosenOne
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I know I don't have to say this but I want to -
The media's fascination with Michael's wealth is unhealthy and unnatural. This kind of stuff is discussed about businessmen not entertainers. Why the interest? Why the need to 'investigate' and 'expose'? I honestly don't get it.
Personally, I feel that the media and fans need to stop rummaging through Michael's wallet.
The media's fascination with Michael's wealth is unhealthy and unnatural. This kind of stuff is discussed about businessmen not entertainers. Why the interest? Why the need to 'investigate' and 'expose'? I honestly don't get it.
Personally, I feel that the media and fans need to stop rummaging through Michael's wallet.
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can someone write a summary of the points please...it will make it easier..what does it show?
Moonwalker.Fan
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Michael Jackson estate deal
Dealmakers Impact Report 2010
Joel A. Katz
Greenberg Traurig
Katz, former chairman of the American Bar Association's Entertainment & Sports Law Section, is a legal top gun. Key clients include James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett and Willie Nelson, along with music producers, record companies, concert promoters, and such Fortune 500 companies as Microsoft and Coca Cola. He has worked with Nokia developing and implementing European and Middle East deals for its "Comes with Music" program that lets consumers buy a Nokia device with a year of unlimited music tracks, recently hammered out a new ABC deal for the CMA, is negotiating a new Grammy deal with CBS and closed a new Tony Awards deal with the Eye. "It's been a very busy year and very challenging because of all the management changes at many companies," he says.
KEY DEALS: Katz is co-general counsel with John Branca and Howard Weitzman repping the Michael Jackson estate in ongoing negotiations with Sony on the ATV transaction and financing. Also teamed with Branca on the Jackson recording contract of 2009 -- the largest ever negotiated.
SPARE TIME: Golf.
TOP CAUSE: T.J. Martell Foundation.
John Branca
Ziffren Brittenham
The vet music biz lawyer, business advisor and sometime investment banker has repped everyone from Michael Jackson and the Stones to Aerosmith, the Beach Boys, the Doors, Fleetwood Mac and Santana. Branca recently orchestrated the high-profile sale of the fabled Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization and the rights to all their songs and plays, including "Sound of Music" and "South Pacific." He did the Live Nation 360 deals for Shakira and Nickelback, and national touring deals for several bands. "While revenues in the record business have declined, publishing and touring have remained strong," he reports.
KEY DEALS: As co-executor and co-manager of the Michael Jackson estate, Branca been effective in overseeing both the creative side as well as the legal and business side, with such successes as "This Is It" (film and album), the record-breaking album deal with Sony, and merchandising deals. The result? The estate reportedly earned close to $300 million over the past year -- five times what Elvis' estate earned.
SPARE TIME: Italian antiques, vintage baseball cards.
TOP CAUSE: MusiCares.
Rob Stringer
Chairman of the Columbia/Epic Label Group, a Sony division.
A key player in the less-publicized British invasion of execs (he's the kid brother of Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer), Rob Stringer is a self-described "big music fan and fiscal conservative" overseeing a diverse roster that includes Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Aerosmith and Pearl Jam. Since being named chairman in 2006, he's cut costs and steered the group in new directions, including TV and gaming. "You've got to recognize you're in the entertainment business, not just the record business," he says, "and all the changes (in our business) are exciting and a big reason why I moved here."
KEY DEALS: Has been active on deals for "Glee," Nickelodeon's "Big Time Rush" and Jay-Z -- as well as a Michael Jackson computer game -- all part of an "all-inclusive, common-sense" deal with the Jackson estate that extends through 2017 and happens to be one of the biggest music pacts ever signed, worth a quarter of a billion dollars.
SPARE TIME: English soccer team Luton.
TOP CAUSE: "Lots of causes, but I'm very British about it -- I'd never name them."
Dealmakers Impact Report 2010
Joel A. Katz
Greenberg Traurig
Katz, former chairman of the American Bar Association's Entertainment & Sports Law Section, is a legal top gun. Key clients include James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett and Willie Nelson, along with music producers, record companies, concert promoters, and such Fortune 500 companies as Microsoft and Coca Cola. He has worked with Nokia developing and implementing European and Middle East deals for its "Comes with Music" program that lets consumers buy a Nokia device with a year of unlimited music tracks, recently hammered out a new ABC deal for the CMA, is negotiating a new Grammy deal with CBS and closed a new Tony Awards deal with the Eye. "It's been a very busy year and very challenging because of all the management changes at many companies," he says.
KEY DEALS: Katz is co-general counsel with John Branca and Howard Weitzman repping the Michael Jackson estate in ongoing negotiations with Sony on the ATV transaction and financing. Also teamed with Branca on the Jackson recording contract of 2009 -- the largest ever negotiated.
SPARE TIME: Golf.
TOP CAUSE: T.J. Martell Foundation.
John Branca
Ziffren Brittenham
The vet music biz lawyer, business advisor and sometime investment banker has repped everyone from Michael Jackson and the Stones to Aerosmith, the Beach Boys, the Doors, Fleetwood Mac and Santana. Branca recently orchestrated the high-profile sale of the fabled Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization and the rights to all their songs and plays, including "Sound of Music" and "South Pacific." He did the Live Nation 360 deals for Shakira and Nickelback, and national touring deals for several bands. "While revenues in the record business have declined, publishing and touring have remained strong," he reports.
KEY DEALS: As co-executor and co-manager of the Michael Jackson estate, Branca been effective in overseeing both the creative side as well as the legal and business side, with such successes as "This Is It" (film and album), the record-breaking album deal with Sony, and merchandising deals. The result? The estate reportedly earned close to $300 million over the past year -- five times what Elvis' estate earned.
SPARE TIME: Italian antiques, vintage baseball cards.
TOP CAUSE: MusiCares.
Rob Stringer
Chairman of the Columbia/Epic Label Group, a Sony division.
A key player in the less-publicized British invasion of execs (he's the kid brother of Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer), Rob Stringer is a self-described "big music fan and fiscal conservative" overseeing a diverse roster that includes Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Aerosmith and Pearl Jam. Since being named chairman in 2006, he's cut costs and steered the group in new directions, including TV and gaming. "You've got to recognize you're in the entertainment business, not just the record business," he says, "and all the changes (in our business) are exciting and a big reason why I moved here."
KEY DEALS: Has been active on deals for "Glee," Nickelodeon's "Big Time Rush" and Jay-Z -- as well as a Michael Jackson computer game -- all part of an "all-inclusive, common-sense" deal with the Jackson estate that extends through 2017 and happens to be one of the biggest music pacts ever signed, worth a quarter of a billion dollars.
SPARE TIME: English soccer team Luton.
TOP CAUSE: "Lots of causes, but I'm very British about it -- I'd never name them."
Branca is a lawyer is normal there are ups and downs...but i'm sure he is a good lawyer and he knows his interest.and Michael was smart to put him in charge because now his interest are the same with Michaels!keeping the legacy intact!
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ur right. MJ was special and good at business and a lot of people can't settle with that. so goes the rubbernecking and denial and insecurity, and unhealthy obsession. relent..and admit he's great and go back to school for themselves. God's with MJ and MJ wasn ashamed to talk about God so he was blessed and still is, in all aspects including finance.
they all wouldn't be so obssessively interested if he wasn't and most other economies are in bad shape.
indeed they should leave him alone, as he continues to be a martyr.
he's the only constant.more than branca, koppleman or anyone else, humanly speaking, and his empire continues and he continues to be constantly unwarrantingly smeared and underrated. none of those people would be in business without him and his continuous freeflowing magical musical empire, and his kids are alright because of the underrated MJ, centrally.
it's never accepted though it's plain to see. why? unanswerable question, and a shame. but it remains, soo..that's all that matters. loud voices aren't necessary, don't mean anything, so it's ok if they don't accompany. preferred, frankly.
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