Date 12/10/2016 - News People
Jackson, who died in 2009, raked in a bumper $825 million in earnings for the 12 months ending Oct. 1, according to estimates from Forbes. That came mostly from the Jackson estate's $750 million sale of the late singer's remaining stake in the Sony/ATV music publishing catalog - which includes the rights to many Beatles songs - to Sony Corp. Sales of Prince albums soared after the musician died of an accidental drug overdose in April. Reuters is the news and media division of Thomson Reuters.
