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Michael Jackson Music Sales Surge Could Last For Months
Billboard ^ | July 02, 2009 07:41 PM ET | Ed Christman, N.Y. and Antony Bruno, Denver

Posted on 07/07/2009 7:22:19 PM PDT by Perdogg

In the days following Michael Jackson's June 25 death, fans flocked to record stores and digital music outlets to purchase one last memory. And merchants say they expect the Jackson sales surge to last for weeks—maybe even months.

"With the around-the-clock coverage and questions about his death, this story will keep going, with every development giving it a new bit of life," says Kerry Fly, VP of purchasing and marketing at wholesaler Eurpac.

(Excerpt) Read more at billboard.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: michaeljackson

1 posted on 07/07/2009 7:22:19 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: al baby; Artemis Webb; Extremely Extreme Extremist; lainie; lewisglad; PennsylvaniaMom; ...

ping


2 posted on 07/07/2009 7:22:54 PM PDT by Perdogg (Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
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To: Perdogg

I seriously doubt it, I give it about another two weeks, and then it will go back to pre-death levels.


3 posted on 07/07/2009 7:23:24 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Perdogg

I don’t think Michael Jackson really cares.


4 posted on 07/07/2009 7:23:57 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Hey America! How's that "hope and change" thing working out?)
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To: Perdogg

Im just glad the big hand aint on the little hand anymore


5 posted on 07/07/2009 7:25:18 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom King of sarcasim)
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To: Perdogg

Maybe this is the stimulus we’ve been looking for!


6 posted on 07/07/2009 7:25:23 PM PDT by PetroniusMaximus
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To: Perdogg

Wonder how much welfare money is supporting Jackson....


7 posted on 07/07/2009 7:27:24 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: dfwgator

His manager was on the tube earlier.

Said Sony had a hundred or more tracks in the can that never got distributed, and many were as good as the stuff he released.

This one ain’t over by a long shot. They’ll milk this puppy till it bleeds.


8 posted on 07/07/2009 7:27:59 PM PDT by djf (Go tell everybody its calm before the storm Can you hear the distant thunder baby....)
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To: PetroniusMaximus
He is not dead he is running away
9 posted on 07/07/2009 7:28:44 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom King of sarcasim)
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To: Perdogg

Maybe my dad didn’t rock the world....But he was real and kind and not weird. How lucky I was!!


10 posted on 07/07/2009 7:31:42 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

Aren’t we all lucky for that. I know I am.


11 posted on 07/07/2009 7:37:28 PM PDT by Perdogg (Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
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To: Perdogg

Hell. They’re gonna parade his body around the country just to get $$$$$ until they can’t anymore . I saw, today, where the funeral procession was just driving around and then stopped for a bite to eat.......leaving the casket in the hearse.


12 posted on 07/07/2009 7:39:25 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Obama. Clear and Pres__ent Danger.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

was the casket open prior to the service?


13 posted on 07/07/2009 7:41:15 PM PDT by Perdogg (Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
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To: Perdogg

It’s gonna be JUST like THIS....I swear. ANYTHING for a buck.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7595102238327850565


14 posted on 07/07/2009 7:41:16 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Obama. Clear and Pres__ent Danger.)
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To: Perdogg

“We underestimated the potential impact of Jackson’s death on the economy”.

J. Biden, sometime in the near future


15 posted on 07/07/2009 7:42:28 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Perdogg

Ah, yessss! Who says there are no green shoots?


16 posted on 07/07/2009 8:00:48 PM PDT by Misterioso (Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. -- Ayn Rand)
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To: Perdogg

i hope the money goes to his kids.


17 posted on 07/07/2009 8:28:54 PM PDT by madamemayhem (there are only two places in the world: over here and over there.)
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“And merchants say they expect the Jackson sales surge to last for weeks—maybe even months.’

According to Harry Reid, the surge was a failure.


18 posted on 07/07/2009 9:01:54 PM PDT by TheRobb7 (You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

I remember that one! And...how about “Beatlemania”?
“It’s not the Beatles. But an incredible simulation”


19 posted on 07/08/2009 5:47:48 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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