Will Sony-BMG Merger Save Michael Jackson?

Roger Friedman of FoxNews.com reports that the proposed merger of Sony Music and Bertelsmann Music Group may wind up saving Michael Jackson. Friedman sais he has “known for some time that Jackson’s advisers had come up with a plan under which Jackson’s 50 percent ownership of Sony/ATV Music Publishing could be used as leverage in a plan to extricate the beleaguered pop star from his financial straits. Now, because Sony might be forced to sell off its publishing unit in order to merge with BMG, the likelihood of that scenario stronger than ever.” The full story at foxnews.com has since been removed.