{"id":5961,"date":"2011-11-15T23:18:34","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T23:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/?p=5961"},"modified":"2011-11-15T23:18:34","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T23:18:34","slug":"michael-jackson-gets-the-jackson-five-music-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/11\/michael-jackson-gets-the-jackson-five-music-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson Gets The Jackson Five Music Back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the years after Michael Jackson became an international superstar,   the song \u201cI Want You Back\u201d took on a new,   reflexive sort of meaning for him.<\/p>\n<p>Flush with cash from the stratospheric success of his solo career, Jackson thought seriously about buying the publishing rights to some of the songs he\u2019d recorded years earlier as a member of the Jackson 5\u2013including \u201cI Want You Back,\u201d one of hundreds in Motown\u2019s Jobete catalog, then owned by the legendary Berry Gordy and his sister. Despite serious interest from Jackson, who was \u201clike a son\u201d to Gordy, the music mogul sold a 50% stake in the catalog to EMI for $132 million in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>But dreams often take a lifetime to achieve, and the King of Pop seems to have realized this one posthumously.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On Friday, a Sony-led team of investors purchased EMI\u2019s entire publishing catalog for $2.2 billion. The group includes billionaire David Geffen, the Blackstone Group\u2019s GSO Capital Partners LP, and none other than the estate of Michael Jackson (its stake is nested within Sony\u2019s 38% share of EMI, according to sources close to the negotiations).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The move makes sense for reasons beyond just the sentimental. Michael Jackson\u2019s estate still co-owns the separate Sony\/ATV publishing catalog in a joint venture with Sony; that company, headed by former EMI chief Marty Bandier, will administer the newly-acquired EMI assets on behalf of the investors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zackomalleygreenburg\/2011\/11\/14\/sony-emi-deal-reunites-jackson-5-songs-with-michael-jackson\/\">Forbes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the years after Michael Jackson became an international superstar, the song \u201cI Want You Back\u201d took on a new, reflexive sort of meaning for him. 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