Lisa Marie Presley Selling Elvis Estate

AP ^ | 12/16/2004 | WOODY BAIRD

[mysto]

I guess Lisa Marie's divorce settlement from Nic Cage and the money from her awful music CD weren't enough...

[A CA Guy]

Her mother took nothing and made a ton of money with Elvis.

I don't know why she is in such debt now?

As far as selling for $100,000,000, that is cheap. Elvis's name would earn the owner billions over 20 years more than likely.

[Cedar]

"You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes."

[sully777]

I have long forgotten the article, but the subject was on the Beatles' inventory, songs, and such versus Elvis' inventory, songs, and such. The writer said that the Beatles management agency paid close attention to marketing whereas Elvis and his later estate jumped the shark long ago. The writer said Elvis' estate should be worth more than the Beatles' holdings, if it wasn't for the Colonel and the Presley family making his memory like so much velvet paintings of dogs playing poker at a roadside bazaar.

Lisa Marie has taken one more step down the road to Elvis oblivion for a few duckets in the present.

[thegreatbeast]

It sure does look like a bad decision from this vantage point. Elvis will sell throughout LMP's life. BTW, I saw a PBS Soundstage show with Lisa Marie and I liked her very much but I have to admit that I haven't bought her CD.

[Figment]

You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes."

You owe the Carl Perkins Estate for that

[weegee]

Scientology is an expensive hobby.

[weegee]

Rock and Roll PING! email Weegee to get on/off this list (or grab it yourself to PING the rest)

[weegee]

Alimony payments to Michael Jackson?

[weegee]

Should have offered his publishing and "likeness rights" (there is no such thing, it is a recent construct that means nothing after you die) on the stock exchange as other musicians have done.

[Flyer]

I may be wrong, because I don't follow these things (that's what you are for), but from casual observation I think Lisa Marie has handled her famous name well.

I would guess she just has better things to do than deal with managing her daddy's name.

[weegee]

Is that a music album, a fashionwear company, or an ad for an Infinity car?

[weegee]

She should have shopped around. Chuy's would have ponied up $5,000 plus free Elvis Memorial Combo enchilada platters for life.

[Flyer]

She should have shopped around

Yeah, I would have offered her a free place to live for life.

[SkyPilot]

Is anyone actually looking for rationale behavior from someone who married this?

[sully777]

"...I'm a grown man!
Chubba chubba chubba chubba chubba chubbie
I don't have any lines to go right here so, chubba teletubbie!
Fella's (WHAT?!) Fella's (WHAT?!)
Grab you left nut, make right one jealous (what?)..."--Just Lose It

Eminem's Mickael Jackson smack down

[dave k]

How can the estate be in debt $25 million? Is this thru her mishandling?

The biggest name in music histry, selling more records today than when he was dead, and Elvis' estate is in debt?

Astounding.

[A CA Guy]

In Michael's dreams, you bet.

Maybe in 18 months of marriage, she might have been stuck with half the cosmetic surgery bill... OUCH.

God forbid she really got stuck with half the debt of her 18 month marriage to Michael, that is possible.

I figure that he has been pulling huge negatives for years.

[the invisib1e hand]

look for the "Elvis" line of clothing...etc.

[Cedar]

LOL