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Sony Music Group has finalized a deal to acquire a 50% stake in Michael Jackson's music catalog for $600 million, Billboard reported Friday.

Sony has agreed to acquire half of Michael Jackson ’s catalogue from the star’s estate in what is probably the richest transaction for a single musician’s...

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The deal, which has been gossiped about in the music industry for months, is said to involve Sony purchasing a 50% stake in Jacksons recorded music and songwriting catalogs. That includes not only the estates share of megahits such as "Beat It" and "Bad," but also the music publishing assets that are part of Jacksons Mijac catalog, among them songs written by Sly Stone and tracks made famous by artists such as Ray Charles and Jerry Lee Lewis.

The long-awaited Bob Marley biopic “One Love” will highlight important moments in the musician’s life – his adolescence in Trench Town, his spiritual growth, the attempt on his life. But as a music industry scholar, I wonder if the film is yet another exten...

Sony Music has acquired a major stake in Michael Jackson's $1.2 billion-plus music catalog, in the conclusion of a deal reported by Variety last year.

Michael Jackson's estate sold music rights to Sony at a more than $1.2 billion valuation. The deal includes half his publishing and recorded masters.

When a musician like Bob Marley becomes so commercialized, it’s worth wondering how it happened and if it threatens his artistic legacy.

A Broadway adaptation of Prince's acclaimed movie and soundtrack "Purple Rain" is set to make its pre-Broadway premiere in Minneapolis.

A stage adaptation of Prince’s Purple Rain is expected to wind up on Broadway, but before it hits the Great White Way, it will make its debut in Prince’s hometo