MiJac Catalog Moving To Sony/ATV http://tinyurl.com/4ggtcrg (16-2-2011) Roger Friedman posted the following in his column, Showbiz 411 today: Exclusive: Michael Jackson, even in death, remains in the middle of the current musical chairs deals in the declining record industry. 麥可傑克森就算過世了 仍是在逐漸衰弱的唱片工業交易中占有重要地位 For all these years, Michael’s MiJac Publishing has been administered by Warner Chappell, part of what is now Warner Music Group. MiJac includes not only Michael’s hits that he wrote, like “Billie Jean” and “Beat It,” but a vast number of other hits including those of Ray Charles, Curtis Mayfield, and Sly and the Family Stone. 過去數年 MJ的歌曲版權MiJac Publishing一直接受華納子公司Warner Chappell的管理 包括不只他最有名的歌曲Billie Jean和Beat It同時還有包括Ray Charles, Curtis Mayfield, Sly和Family Stone的歌曲 Warner Chappell doesn’t own MiJac but it administers the rights to it and collects hefty fees. With WMG for sale, and talk of Warner Chappell being sold off, MiJac would seem like an integral part of their story. Warner Chappell並不擁有MiJac但是他有管理權 並且從中抽取高額佣金 最近很多傳言 Warner Chappell將被出售 MiJac似乎也包括在談論範圍 But there’s a hitch that I can reveal to you: MiJac is leaving Warner Chappell and going to become part of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the company that Michael Jackson’s estate co-owns with Sony and contains the Beatles catalog. 但是事實上是MiJac將會拖離Warner Chappell並且變為SONY/ATV的一部分 而MJ遺產公司 和SONY是共同的老闆 According to sources, this arrangement was written into the MiJac contract with Warner Chappell years ago. It would be triggered by the release of the next Jackson album–in this case, the recent “Michael”–and the repayment of loans. 在多年前MiJac和Warner Chappell的合約有寫到 在MJ下一張專輯發行後(也就是Michael 這張專輯) 再加上債務償還完後 MiJac將脫離Warner Chappell The move by MiJac to Sony/ATV is a big deal for many reasons. With both WMG and EMI Music for sale, Sony/ATV could be kicking the tires of each company’ s publishing divisions for purchase. But Warner Chappell might be less interesting to Sony ATV considering they’re already getting Mi Jac. And without MiJac, Warner Chappell–which just had a down quarter–might not look so good to other potential buyers. MiJac轉移到SONY/ATV會是個重要的交易 華納音樂和EMI都將被賣出 SONY/ATV兩者 都可考慮購買 但是在SONY/ATV有了MiJac的版權之後 Warner Chappell的吸引力就低了 很多 而Warner Chappell在少了MiJac之後價值可能在其他潛在購買者演中更低 What may happen now: the newer, and very hot, BMG Music Rights will likely make a play for EMI Music Publishing. EMI Music–the record company, which has the Beatles albums in its catalog–the physical albums and box sets– could then be merged with another record company like Sony Music or, more horrifyingly, Warner Music. Stay tuned. BMG版權公司或許會想購買EMI的版權庫 EMI唱片擁有披頭四專輯的版權 包括實體專輯 和盒裝發行可能會和其他唱片公司合併 有可能是SONY 或是更恐怖的華納音樂 Source: MJFC / showbiz411.com WMG和Warner Music不是同一家公司??? 霧煞煞 -- In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. In a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe. ~~~~By Michael Jackson --

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