Michael recibio 1 millón de dlls por la entrevista ¨60 minutes¨ ?
Michael Jackson's $1 Million Interview Deal
By SHARON WAXMAN
Published: December 31, 2003
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30 — Michael Jackson struck a deal with CBS to be paid in effect an additional $1 million for both an entertainment special to be broadcast on Friday and his interview on "60 Minutes" this past Sunday, part of yearlong negotiations between CBS and Mr. Jackson, a business partner of his said on Tuesday.
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A spokesman for "60 Minutes" denied that there was any payment for the interview, saying, "CBS News doesn't pay for interviews."
But Mr. Jackson's business associate, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that the "60 Minutes" interview was part of what was originally a $5 million deal to put on an entertainment special for CBS during a sweeps period and that CBS had already advanced the singer $1.5 million of that fee.
CBS postponed the special, which was incomplete, after the authorities issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Jackson on multiple counts of child molesting. But the Jackson associate said that in renewed negotiations, CBS agreed to pay another $1 million to the star to grant the interview so that the network could finally broadcast its entertainment special. It is now scheduled to be broadcast on Friday evening.
"In essence they paid him" for the interview, the Jackson associate said of CBS, "but they didn't pay him out of the `60 Minutes' budget; they paid him from the entertainment budget, and CBS just shifts around the money internally. That way `60 Minutes' can say `60 Minutes' didn't pay for the interview."
It was unclear how much Mr. Jackson will ultimately earn from the programs.
The associate said the talks had involved lawyers for both sides; the CBS president, Leslie Moonves; and Mr. Jackson's new advisers, Mark Geragos, a lawyer, and Leonard Muhammad, a senior official in the Nation of Islam, the black separatist group that other associates of Mr. Jackson say has become involved in his affairs. Nation of Islam officials have denied that, however.
The Jackson associate said he was speaking to the news media because he had not been paid his commission for negotiating the deal and had been denied access to Mr. Jackson since the arrival of Mr. Muhammad.
Mr. Moonves was on vacation and unavailable for comment, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
Another CBS spokesman, Chris Ender, said he had no knowledge of any payment to Mr. Jackson for an interview. "This was not a package deal," Mr. Ender said. "We licensed a special, nothing else. The only time these two projects were linked was in the wake of the charges, when we informed Mr. Jackson's people we couldn't broadcast the special if he didn't address the charges on a CBS news program."
Mr. Moonves is responsible for the news and entertainment divisions at CBS. The line between such divisions has become increasingly blurred at all the networks in recent years. CBS, which is owned by Viacom, was embarrassed in June when news reports said the network had hinted at possibly publishing a book and putting together an MTV special in its pitch for an interview with Pfc. Jessica Lynch, the American soldier who was taken prisoner during the war in Iraq.
ABC ultimately won that interview. But ABC, along with Fox, has also paid millions of dollars for interviews or specials with Mr. Jackson, programs that straddle the line between news and entertainment. Fox has put on two Jackson specials this year, paying the star $5 million for each of those specials, according to two Jackson business partners.
The interviews and specials are major sources of income for the singer, bringing in millions when the show is shown domestically and millions more when they are sold abroad.
A journalist who participated in the making of a Fox special said all access to Mr. Jackson was commonly negotiated for money. "He's a business, so everything he does is run like a corporation," said the journalist, Ian Drew, a reporter for US Weekly. "The things he does always come back to some business deal." Mr. Drew conducted an interview with Debbie Rowe, the mother of two of Michael Jackson's children, that was part of a Michael Jackson special on Fox.
Mr. Drew said that Mr. Jackson's business managers, Ronald Konitzer and Dieter Wiesner, had realized that they could make money from interviews by packaging them as "specials."
"Ronald and Dieter realized they should not give interviews; they should do them as specials," Mr. Drew said. "It's a big money-making venture."
Fuente:
The New York Times
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No se que creer ahora sobre este asunto del pago a Michael por la emisión de la entrevista y lo que más miedo me da es que ya se esta involucrando al Islam en todo esto aunque lo niegan,habrá que ver si esto se habla en otras partes porque tengo entendido que el NYT es un tabloide no? :ein:
Salu2 :ayos:
Michael Jackson's $1 Million Interview Deal
By SHARON WAXMAN
Published: December 31, 2003
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30 — Michael Jackson struck a deal with CBS to be paid in effect an additional $1 million for both an entertainment special to be broadcast on Friday and his interview on "60 Minutes" this past Sunday, part of yearlong negotiations between CBS and Mr. Jackson, a business partner of his said on Tuesday.
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A spokesman for "60 Minutes" denied that there was any payment for the interview, saying, "CBS News doesn't pay for interviews."
But Mr. Jackson's business associate, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that the "60 Minutes" interview was part of what was originally a $5 million deal to put on an entertainment special for CBS during a sweeps period and that CBS had already advanced the singer $1.5 million of that fee.
CBS postponed the special, which was incomplete, after the authorities issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Jackson on multiple counts of child molesting. But the Jackson associate said that in renewed negotiations, CBS agreed to pay another $1 million to the star to grant the interview so that the network could finally broadcast its entertainment special. It is now scheduled to be broadcast on Friday evening.
"In essence they paid him" for the interview, the Jackson associate said of CBS, "but they didn't pay him out of the `60 Minutes' budget; they paid him from the entertainment budget, and CBS just shifts around the money internally. That way `60 Minutes' can say `60 Minutes' didn't pay for the interview."
It was unclear how much Mr. Jackson will ultimately earn from the programs.
The associate said the talks had involved lawyers for both sides; the CBS president, Leslie Moonves; and Mr. Jackson's new advisers, Mark Geragos, a lawyer, and Leonard Muhammad, a senior official in the Nation of Islam, the black separatist group that other associates of Mr. Jackson say has become involved in his affairs. Nation of Islam officials have denied that, however.
The Jackson associate said he was speaking to the news media because he had not been paid his commission for negotiating the deal and had been denied access to Mr. Jackson since the arrival of Mr. Muhammad.
Mr. Moonves was on vacation and unavailable for comment, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
Another CBS spokesman, Chris Ender, said he had no knowledge of any payment to Mr. Jackson for an interview. "This was not a package deal," Mr. Ender said. "We licensed a special, nothing else. The only time these two projects were linked was in the wake of the charges, when we informed Mr. Jackson's people we couldn't broadcast the special if he didn't address the charges on a CBS news program."
Mr. Moonves is responsible for the news and entertainment divisions at CBS. The line between such divisions has become increasingly blurred at all the networks in recent years. CBS, which is owned by Viacom, was embarrassed in June when news reports said the network had hinted at possibly publishing a book and putting together an MTV special in its pitch for an interview with Pfc. Jessica Lynch, the American soldier who was taken prisoner during the war in Iraq.
ABC ultimately won that interview. But ABC, along with Fox, has also paid millions of dollars for interviews or specials with Mr. Jackson, programs that straddle the line between news and entertainment. Fox has put on two Jackson specials this year, paying the star $5 million for each of those specials, according to two Jackson business partners.
The interviews and specials are major sources of income for the singer, bringing in millions when the show is shown domestically and millions more when they are sold abroad.
A journalist who participated in the making of a Fox special said all access to Mr. Jackson was commonly negotiated for money. "He's a business, so everything he does is run like a corporation," said the journalist, Ian Drew, a reporter for US Weekly. "The things he does always come back to some business deal." Mr. Drew conducted an interview with Debbie Rowe, the mother of two of Michael Jackson's children, that was part of a Michael Jackson special on Fox.
Mr. Drew said that Mr. Jackson's business managers, Ronald Konitzer and Dieter Wiesner, had realized that they could make money from interviews by packaging them as "specials."
"Ronald and Dieter realized they should not give interviews; they should do them as specials," Mr. Drew said. "It's a big money-making venture."
Fuente:
The New York Times
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No se que creer ahora sobre este asunto del pago a Michael por la emisión de la entrevista y lo que más miedo me da es que ya se esta involucrando al Islam en todo esto aunque lo niegan,habrá que ver si esto se habla en otras partes porque tengo entendido que el NYT es un tabloide no? :ein:
Salu2 :ayos:
..no se pero a mi todo esto no me huele bien,se estan aprovechando de la situación por la que Michael esta pasando,en verdad no se si Michael se este beneficiando económicamente con todo esto,creo que por una parte si ,pero vamos que tampoco hay que descartar que todo esto no ha sido nada bueno para el 
