Michael Jackson's music lives on

Michael Jackson’s music lives on

Oct. 13, 2009 7:14 AM PT

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When Michael Jackson died unexpectedly in June, he left behind a multitude of unreleased recordings. On Monday the single ‘This Is It’ was made public, and Ann Powers, the Times’ pop music critic, gives her initial take here.

Everyone has an angle, it seems. Mark Roesler, an Indianapolis-based lawyer and talent agent, is chairman of CMG Worldwide, a firm that specializes in marketing and licensing of the intellectual property of dead celebrities. He was interviewed on National Public Radio’s ‘All Things Considered’ Monday evening. Listen to what he has to say about this niche here.

-- Claire Noland

Afterword

Claire Noland

Claire Noland, who joined the Los Angeles Times in 1994, became editor of curated email newsletters in spring 2015. She had been in the Obituary Department since 2006, the last six years as editor. Before that, she was an editor in Sports. A California native and graduate of Mount St. Mary’s College in Los Angeles, she worked at the Antelope Valley Press, Los Angeles Daily News and Minneapolis Star Tribune. She left The Times in December 2015.

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