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| | Michael Jackson, Sony buy country music publisher. - Jul. 2, 2002 |
 | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pop superstar Michael Jackson and Sony Music have agreed to buy the legendary country music publisher Acuff-Rose, whose 55,000-song library includes works by Hank Williams, Roy Orbison and the Everly Brothers, the seller, Gaylord Entertainment Co., said Tuesday. |
 | | Sony/ATV was formed in 1995 as a joint venture among Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) and Jackson. |
 | | Gaylord is selling Acuff-Rose for $157 million to Sony/ATV, which owns the copyrights and catalogs for music by the Beatles, Miles Davis, Bob Dylan and Pearl Jam, among others. |
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