Sony Denies Effort To Buy Out Jacko’s Beatles Collection

Variety reports Sonic Music has denied reports that the company is trying to buy out Michael Jackson’s share of The Beatles’ song-publishing catalog. A company spokesman told Variety, “We are not in discussions with Mr. Jackson over the sale of his share of the ATV catalog (which includes the Lennon-McCartney compositions) … these rumors are completely baseless.” This may have been a carefully worded response, as the report was they were going to call Jackson on his loan, not buy out his share.