Massively talented and we miss him.” During the same interview McCartney admitted that after Jackson’s purchase of the catalog the once friendly duo “kind of drifted apart,” and that, despite rumors to the contrary, there had never been “a big bust-up.” Despite reports, McCartney wasn't left the rights to the catalog after Jackson's deathįollowing Jackson’s untimely death in 2009 at age 50, McCartney talked of his admiration for the “Thriller” singer to Letterman, saying, “He was a lovely man. Jackson’s response to his request was: “Oh Paul, that’s just business."Ī decade after the initial deal, Jackson sold 50 percent of ATV to Sony for $95 million, creating the music publishing company Sony/ATV that today owns rights of not only Beatles songs but others from artists such as Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Hank Williams and Roy Orbison. “I wrote a couple of letters and I said, Michael, don’t you think that after 30 years of being successful to this company you now own, don’t you think I could have a raise?” McCartney told David Letterman in a 2009 interview. The purchase would go on to help Jackson maintain his already lavish lifestyle and by the late 1990s, McCartney believed it was time he received a raise for his part of the songwriting equation. “Paul and I both learned the hard way about business,” the King of Pop wrote in his 1988 autobiography Moonwalk, “and the importance of publishing and royalties and the dignity of songwriting.”
For his part, Jackson remained generally tight-lipped over the incident.
“To be someone’s friend, and then buy the rug they’re standing on.” The rift was so great that McCartney and Jackson barely spoke ever again. “I think it’s dodgy to do something like that,” he once said of the purchase. McCartney called Jackson's purchase 'dodgy'
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