The executors of Michael Jackson’s estate asked Discovery Communications Inc. Chief Executive Officer David Zaslav to cancel a televised re-enactment of the pop star’s autopsy.
A Discovery channel in Europe plans to air “Michael Jackson’s Autopsy: What Really Killed Michael Jackson” next month, executors John Branca and John McClain said in a letter released today.
“Your decision to even schedule this program is in shockingly bad taste, insensitive to Michael’s family, and appears motivated solely by your blind desire to exploit Michael’s death,” the executors said in the letter.
Michelle Russo, a Discovery spokeswoman, said the company had no comment. The show is set to air in the U.K. on Jan. 13, CNN reported Dec. 14, citing the network.
Jackson, 50, died in 2009, leaving about $500 million in debt. Since his death, the estate, the owner of interests in songs by the Beatles and other artists, has generated about $275 million.
A posthumous album, “Michael,” was released on Dec. 14 by Sony Corp.
Discovery, based in Silver Spring, Maryland, gained 40 cents to $42.20 in Nasdaq Stock Markettrading. The Class A shares have climbed 38 percent this year. SOURCE
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