This video doesn't even deserve any recognition by listening to it, but I forced myself to listen just to hear what "the devil" would say about Michael this time. All I have to say is what respectable human being would agree to have an interview with Howard Stern???<br /><br />It seems that Tommy is financially more desperate than we originally thought...... Just despicable human beings, and this is already more attention than I wanted to give to this video......<br /><br />I'm sorry applehead, no disrespect to you whatsoever.
Have you noticed TM is scraping his troath sometimes with some questions, i noticed it in the previous interview also. It's like he doesn't feel much comfort with these questions.<br />I also saw that he scratched his nose in the 1 first interview at this page, and it was a question about MJ again a question from wich we know for sure TM has to lie.<br /><br />Just an observation...
Yap, ShyBleuEyes, I did notice at about 2 min. on the first video is when he scratches his nose, sure sign of lying. Also in the first video that applehead posted he shifts in his chair and moves several times, a sign that he's feeling uncomfortable. I don't know what it means when he rubs his hands together, he does that a lot, do you know what that means?<br />
<br />Yap, ShyBleuEyes, I did notice at about 2 min. on the first video is when he scratches his nose, sure sign of lying. Also in the first video that applehead posted he shifts in his chair and moves several times, a sign that he's feeling uncomfortable. I don't know what it means when he rubs his hands together, he does that a lot, do you know what that means?<br />
<br /><br /><br />Everything it's/was so damm PLANNED (like a Script maybe :icon_e_confused:), too PLANNED to be truth I have to say :suspect: .All Michael's LIFE will always be an ENIGMA for me.<br />
I don't know why, but the link does not work ...I also opened it on youtube, but... it wouldn't load <br />Applehead250609, you're Romanian, and so am I!!! :bearhug:
Dick Gregory's Comments On Michael Jackson<br />By Bakari Akil II<br /><br />Dick Gregory, activist, health guru, ex-comedian as well as advisor to many influential people is a man who has been a mainstay in American culture for<br />decades. As a friend to Michael Jackson for many years he offered insight to the current situation involving Mr. Jackson and provided a perspective<br />that has not been evident in many media outlets.<br /><br />On a radio show entitled Make it Plain, hosted by WOL's Mark Thompson in Washington, D.C., Dick Gregory stated in response to the mad media frenzy<br />and tilt toward guilt coverage, that those who believe in Michael Jackson's guilt or innocence should first ask for truth to be exposed. Whether it is damaging for Michael Jackson or not, he insisted that truth is the most important aspect of this issue.<br /><br />However, Mr. Gregory does not believe that Mr. Jackson is guilty of the charges and raised many questions concerning the events leading up to the<br />actions of law enforcement and consequent media coverage. He asked why was it necessary for 40 police officers and 20 FBI agents to raid Michael Jackson's property. More specifically,why were FBI agents present, especially since the allegations against Mr. Jackson are not a federal offense? <br /><br />He also questioned the legitimacy of the claim of law enforcement that they did not know of Mr. Jackson's whereabouts and the timing of the raid. <br />According to Mr. Gregory, there is a monetary element to this entire situation. He states that Michael Jackson purchased the Beatles catalog for<br />nearly $48 million and it is now worth $1.5 billion. He also owns the rights to the Elvis catalog and found out after his purchase of the Beatles<br />collection that these rights also included ownership of Little Richard's catalog of which, Michael Jackson promptly called Mr. Richard and returned it to him.<br /><br />His suspicions arise from the fact that Michael Jackson has taken out loans and his lenders wanted collateral, which was none other than his Beatles catalog. Mr. Gregory stated that Michael Jackson did not mind offering that up as collateral because every time he would come out with a record he would make around $500 million from his efforts. For those who doubt those claims, he explained that there is a mischaracterization that occurs when people think about what is success for Michael Jackson. Although he may not achieve the outrageous sales of his more youthful days a majority of successful artists sales would pale by comparison.<br /><br />Mr. Gregory found it odd that every time Michael Jackson is about to come out with an album or moneymaking venture he is hit with a scandal and that this situation is no different. [size=12pt]He also admonished the audience not to forget that Michael Jackson embarrassed SONY and music mogul Tommy Mottola when he claimed that they were racist and that they took advantage of and mistreated Black artists. <br />[/size]<br />[size=12pt]Not holding anything back[/size], Mr. Gregory stated that Rev. [size=12pt]Al Sharpton, who came to the defense of Michael Jackson during this time was soon<br /><br />overwhelmed by media coverage of a video tape which showed individuals attempting to frame him in a drug deal.[/size]<br />He went even further stating that this type of behavior could be traced to Bill Cosby and the suspicious murder of his son Ennis, who was gunned down while changing the tire of his Mercedes on a California highway. He claims<br />that this happened after Mr. Cosby hinted that he wanted to purchase NBC when it was up for sale.<br /><br />Dick Gregory also alleged that when they showed Michael Jackson in handcuffs, it was symbolic and when they handcuffed him, they handcuffed us<br />all (Black communities). He stated that they allowed Mr. Jackson to board his private plane in Las Vegas, fly back to California and then handcuffed him and immediately took them off when inside the police station. According to Mr. Gregory, law enforcement had not judged him an extreme flight risk if they let him fly in and obviously not a danger if they immediately uncuffed him once inside, so why the posturing?<br /><br />Mr. Gregory further intensified his discourse by reiterating that the value of Michael Jackson's catalog cannot be underestimated and asserted that Mr. Jackson could easily be killed, have it consequently ruled a suicide and thus his collection will be forfeited in lieu of his debt.<br /><br />He further commented that people such as Liz Taylor, whom he knows Michael would rush to their aid in times of need, have not come to his defense or spoke out on his behalf. He also talked about how many people take "Michael" for a joke, yet he is very intelligent and that he knows what is going on.<br /><br />Yet for all his concerns, Dick Gregory stated that Michael Jackson will "come out clean" in this dilemma and he called for people to say a daily<br />prayer for the "truth to come out" about this situation concerning Mr.Jackson at 12:00 P.M., no matter what the time zone. He believes,<br />ultimately, people will be shocked at what that truth is.<br /><br />In the final analysis, many may balk at the comments and observations of Mr. Gregory, believing that governmental officials, media organizations and corporations in the music business may be beyond collusion or conspiracies<br />(when two or more make a conscious effort to bring about a certain reality), which is fine. Yet, free and independent thought that Mr. Gregory exhibits is absolutely necessary, especially in an era<br />where fact and fiction has taken an equal seat in mainstream media and thought.<br /> <br />http://politicalpalace.yuku.com/forum/viewtopic/id/4626#.TeRMBncrySo<br />
Oh dear God, thank you very much Paula for this excellent article. The truth will prevail and everything will come out in the open. I believe everything Dick Gregory said to be true. I had read parts of this before, but not the complete article as you posted. The parts that you've highlighted are very important indeed. They wanted to break him, so that he would give in and they would control him and everything he owned, specially the catalog....<br /><br />This sentence is soooooo significant: this type of behavior could be traced to Bill Cosby and the suspicious murder of his son Ennis, who was gunned down while changing the tire of his Mercedes on a California highway. He claims<br />that this happened after Mr. Cosby hinted that he wanted to purchase NBC when it was up for sale.<br /><br /> I also believe this to be very true: He also talked about how many people take "Michael" for a joke, yet he is very intelligent and that he knows what is going on.<br /><br />My deepest wish is that Michael knew that the same thing was happening in 2009, that he got away from these vultures, and is working so hard to hold them accountable, which will take a very long time and is proving to be extremely difficult.....<br /><br />
<br /><br />Excellent article, thanks for posting paula. That Mr Gregory is a smart man and those are the points and questions that most have ignored but shouldn't. It's sickening to think how badly Michael has been wronged, and other black artists. Racism and greed are a deadly combination. I do strongly believe this is one of the WHYs of the hoax. Strange that all of this seems to have become clearer now that 2012 is out of the way.<br />
Gregory said it so well back in 04. Just shortly after MJ's 'death', Gregory talked of how he talked to MJ about fasting 40 days for closeness to God (most would also say for spiritual power), and that MJ did it at least once just after the 05 trial, and I'm thinking possibly right before his 09 'death' causing his extreme thinness.<br /><br />This was how TS worded Sony's part.<br />
5. Outthinking the Illuminati<br /><br />I have never said that the whole company of Sony is in on the hoax. What I have said is that Michael planned this hoax for many years, and got a few key people in a few key positions. Some of what comes through Sony is part of MJ’s plan, but a lot of it is not.<br /><br />And the statement by MJ, about outthinking Sony, is not being understood with the word “outthink” in mind. Yes, MJ did have some problems with Sony—especially TM, who is long gone. But was it really Sony that MJ was primarily talking about? Would stating in public and on video exactly who you are planning on outthinking, would that really qualify as outsmarting them—or would it be outstupiding them??<br /><br />Do you really think that MJ was talking exclusively (or even primarily) about Sony, when he said that they have manipulated the “history books”? Or perhaps was MJ actually referring to outthinking the Illuminati, and using Sony as a bit of a diversion (although the Illuminati does have its fingers in every big pie, including Sony)?<br /><br />The idea of the hoax being a cover up for murder has been discussed a lot, and recently it has been discussed in the context of TS possibly being part of this Sony and TMZ affiliated cover up. I have gone into the murder theory several times before, and won’t repeat all those things now. Of course the numerology is very strong against murder; but aside from that, I will make a couple of points here.<br /><br />The family has already said they know who killed MJ, and “it’s all going to come out”. So if Sony, TMZ, and/or TS were involved in this murder plot—and the family has already figured it out—then continuing to promote the hoax concept would only make them look more and more guilty of trying to hide the murder. As soon as Sony, TMZ, and/or TS realized that the family was on to their tracks, they would distance themselves from the hoax theory as far and as fast as possible. Then why has that not happened???<br /><br />Also, here is a very good point from jacilovesmichael: “If he was murdered, then those who murdered him [supposedly including TS] surely wouldn’t want to continue spreading the message [which is exactly what TS does] that he was murdered for.” {http://http://michaeljacksonhoaxforum.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=15976&start=25#p271397}.<br /><br />By the way: I have already said that I do not work for TMZ. I will now say that I do not work for Sony. Do you believe it? If so, then you have your answer; and if you don’t believe this answer, then there’s really no point in asking the question.
These are a few references that Walter Yetnicoff says about tommy Motolla in his book....<br /><br />He gave Motolla his leg up into the big time of the business and promoted him to his second in command. tommy had street smarts, he was a man's man who knew about guns, boats and women. Motolla was still married to his first wife, while conducting an affair with a Japanese star from Sony at the time he was infatuated with and romancing Mariah Carey.[ wow...sounds like a real catch doesn't he ladies!] <br /><br /> Walter also says his own insecurities set him up as an easy target for ass kissers like Motolla.<br /><br />After Walter was sacked from Sony and Motolla was installed in his place, Walter claims he was watched, followed, tailed everywhere he went by Sony. He had lunch with an employee and old friend from Sony and was promptly approached the next day and cautioned by a Sony lawyer not to associate with their people. He says that they were fearful of him because he knew too much. <br /><br />I think Yetnicoff's own words on page 292 of his book speak volumes about Motolla.......<br /><br />"Tommy Motolla has been fire by Sony.....a scandal is brewing ....rumours are flying.......<br />When I got fired the company was making four hundred and fifty million a year in pre-tax bottom line profits. When Motolla got canned, it looked like they were losing two hundred and fifty million a year. Something may be rotten in the state of Denmark. And it could be worse, because if they're not cooking the books, they are certainly warming them up. For example, it was reported they were putting DVD manufacturing revenues into the music operation. But DVD's include a helluva lot more than music." <br /><br /><br />And finally...maybe a trivial fact for some, but speaks volumes about Motollas character in my estimations.....Walter's dog who was a very gentle and friendly, hated tommy and would turn into a growling fur ball every time he came into contact with him. This reminded me of Alister Crowley, the beast, who it is reported that dogs would go crazy as he approached because they sensed the evil he embodied. I guess Michael wasn't exagerating when he called tommy the devil.
They were after Michael since he got the Beatles cat. <br /><br />They bried to kill him twice with both allegations. They failed and then Michael outsmarted them. <br /><br />Dick Gregory: You Don't Know The REAL MJ Pt 1/2..<br /> /><br />Dick Gregory: You Don't Know The REAL M.J. Pt 2/2.<br />
Paula, look at how uncomfortable Michael looks in the picture you posted, and how he is distancing himself from the two. Who is the dude with the glasses? I know the one sitting is Malnik, but I don't know who the one behind them is.<br />
It wasn’t Michael’s fault that 9-11 happened. For him to assume that after those attacks that No ONE was thinking about Michael Jackson I think is rather presumptuous. Many were concerned even more being that it was well known that he was doing concerts in that city when the attacks happened. :icon_rolleyes:<br /><br />I can say this with 100% certainty, there was no promotion or very little in my city even before 9-11 so all that money supposedly spent in doing so didn’t reach Atlanta. <br /><br />I was on the limb about buying this book, but I need to read it in its entirety after that summary. I am familiar with the person who wrote it and we tend to differ on a lot of issues. <br /><br />I vaguely remember reading somewhere that Thalia was smitten with Michael which could have some bearing on how Matolla dealt with Michael at this point in their business relationship. I do recall Sharpton saying something to the affect that he didn’t know that Michael was going to personalize his speech about the industry calling out Matolla. But he said it rather matter-of-factly as if he was surprised by it but not particularly in disagreement.
http://blogcritics.org/music/article/tommy-mottola-canned-by-sony/<br />by Eric Olsen, on Jan 10, 2003<br />The surprise is not that he is gone, but how long he lasted - the judgment of anyone who would marry Mariah Carey is deeply flawed. I wouldn't marry Mariah Carey with someone else's body:<br />The 14-year reign of Tommy Mottola at Sony Music is over.<br />According to sources at Sony Music, where the phones have not stopped ringing, Mottola only found out he was leaving when he arrived this morning at 550 Madison. "He was told to go see Sir Howard Stringer, and when he got there they handed him a press release," my source said. Mottola was then given a couple of hours to clear out his office. A deal for a record label was, according to sources, Sony's resolution of the last year of his contract.<br />....The Japanese owners of Sony had a lot on their minds when it came to Mottola's future. The talented but volatile music executive personally forced out two of Sony's major stars, Mariah Carey (his ex-wife) and Michael Jackson. In the case of the former, the embarrassing story of Mottola allegedly stealing music from Carey's Glitter album and passing it to Jennifer Lopez didn't help much. Carey was able to use that information as leverage to leave her Sony contract one album early.<br />In the case of Jackson, the complicated goings-on regarding his finances and the Beatles catalog culminated last summer in Jackson riding around Manhattan with a megaphone calling Mottola a racist. If there's one thing companies like Sony don't like, it's public humiliation. And Stringer, who runs Sony Entertainment, and is a class act, was never amused by Mottola's antics.<br />There was also the very public fight over royalties with the Dixie Chicks, and the company's inability to make Celine Dion's recent album more than a middling hit.
http://blogcritics.org/music/article/tommy-mottola-canned-by-sony/<br />by Eric Olsen, on Jan 10, 2003<br />The surprise is not that he is gone, but how long he lasted - the judgment of anyone who would marry Mariah Carey is deeply flawed. I wouldn't marry Mariah Carey with someone else's body:<br />The 14-year reign of Tommy Mottola at Sony Music is over.<br />According to sources at Sony Music, where the phones have not stopped ringing, Mottola only found out he was leaving when he arrived this morning at 550 Madison. "He was told to go see Sir Howard Stringer, and when he got there they handed him a press release," my source said. Mottola was then given a couple of hours to clear out his office. A deal for a record label was, according to sources, Sony's resolution of the last year of his contract.<br />....The Japanese owners of Sony had a lot on their minds when it came to Mottola's future. The talented but volatile music executive personally forced out two of Sony's major stars, Mariah Carey (his ex-wife) and Michael Jackson. In the case of the former, the embarrassing story of Mottola allegedly stealing music from Carey's Glitter album and passing it to Jennifer Lopez didn't help much. Carey was able to use that information as leverage to leave her Sony contract one album early.<br />In the case of Jackson, the complicated goings-on regarding his finances and the Beatles catalog culminated last summer in Jackson riding around Manhattan with a megaphone calling Mottola a racist. [size=14pt]If there's one thing companies like Sony don't like, it's public humiliation.[/size] And Stringer, who runs Sony Entertainment, and is a class act, was never amused by Mottola's antics.<br />There was also the very public fight over royalties with the Dixie Chicks, and the company's inability to make Celine Dion's recent album more than a middling hit.
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<br /><br /><br />I believe this is part of the ongoing battle. Michael publicly humiliated Sony by telling the truth and then shortly afterwards, Michael is (again) publicly humiliated with lies. Their goal was to discredit whatever Michael said, or would say, and ruin him financially with an intent to steal his assets, namely the music catalog but this is not just limited to certain people within Sony.
http://blogcritics.org/music/article/tommy-mottola-canned-by-sony/<br />by Eric Olsen, on Jan 10, 2003<br />The surprise is not that he is gone, but how long he lasted - the judgment of anyone who would marry Mariah Carey is deeply flawed. I wouldn't marry Mariah Carey with someone else's body:<br />The 14-year reign of Tommy Mottola at Sony Music is over.<br />According to sources at Sony Music, where the phones have not stopped ringing, Mottola only found out he was leaving when he arrived this morning at 550 Madison. "He was told to go see Sir Howard Stringer, and when he got there they handed him a press release," my source said. Mottola was then given a couple of hours to clear out his office. A deal for a record label was, according to sources, Sony's resolution of the last year of his contract.<br />....The Japanese owners of Sony had a lot on their minds when it came to Mottola's future. The talented but volatile music executive personally forced out two of Sony's major stars, Mariah Carey (his ex-wife) and Michael Jackson. In the case of the former, the embarrassing story of Mottola allegedly stealing music from Carey's Glitter album and passing it to Jennifer Lopez didn't help much. Carey was able to use that information as leverage to leave her Sony contract one album early.<br />In the case of Jackson, the complicated goings-on regarding his finances and the Beatles catalog culminated last summer in Jackson riding around Manhattan with a megaphone calling Mottola a racist. [size=14pt]If there's one thing companies like Sony don't like, it's public humiliation.[/size] And Stringer, who runs Sony Entertainment, and is a class act, was never amused by Mottola's antics.<br />There was also the very public fight over royalties with the Dixie Chicks, and the company's inability to make Celine Dion's recent album more than a middling hit.
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<br /><br /><br />I believe this is part of the ongoing battle. Michael publicly humiliated Sony by telling the truth and then shortly afterwards, Michael is (again) publicly humiliated with lies. Their goal was to discredit whatever Michael said, or would say, and ruin him financially with an intent to steal his assets, namely the music catalog but this is not just limited to certain people within Sony. <br />
<br /><br />Besides that Tommy Mottola was jealous of Michael for the fact that Thalia was somehow in love with Michael :icon_lol:
OMG you guys, I've been missing for almost a week ( had a terrible flu that almost killed me literally) and now I'm finally back, only to find out other interesting facts...I read the article posted by Paula C. - with Dick Gregory...WOW :omg: I also read about Mottolla, and indeed, there are facts that will slowly come to light, and I truly believe and hope that truth will prevail...<br /><br />
http://blogcritics.org/music/article/tommy-mottola-canned-by-sony/<br />by Eric Olsen, on Jan 10, 2003<br />The surprise is not that he is gone, but how long he lasted - the judgment of anyone who would marry Mariah Carey is deeply flawed. I wouldn't marry Mariah Carey with someone else's body:<br />The 14-year reign of Tommy Mottola at Sony Music is over.<br />According to sources at Sony Music, where the phones have not stopped ringing, Mottola only found out he was leaving when he arrived this morning at 550 Madison. "He was told to go see Sir Howard Stringer, and when he got there they handed him a press release," my source said. Mottola was then given a couple of hours to clear out his office. A deal for a record label was, according to sources, Sony's resolution of the last year of his contract.<br />....The Japanese owners of Sony had a lot on their minds when it came to Mottola's future. The talented but volatile music executive personally forced out two of Sony's major stars, Mariah Carey (his ex-wife) and Michael Jackson. In the case of the former, the embarrassing story of Mottola allegedly stealing music from Carey's Glitter album and passing it to Jennifer Lopez didn't help much. Carey was able to use that information as leverage to leave her Sony contract one album early.<br />In the case of Jackson, the complicated goings-on regarding his finances and the Beatles catalog culminated last summer in Jackson riding around Manhattan with a megaphone calling Mottola a racist. [size=14pt]If there's one thing companies like Sony don't like, it's public humiliation.[/size] And Stringer, who runs Sony Entertainment, and is a class act, was never amused by Mottola's antics.<br />There was also the very public fight over royalties with the Dixie Chicks, and the company's inability to make Celine Dion's recent album more than a middling hit.
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<br /><br /><br />I believe this is part of the ongoing battle. Michael publicly humiliated Sony by telling the truth and then shortly afterwards, Michael is (again) publicly humiliated with lies. Their goal was to discredit whatever Michael said, or would say, and ruin him financially with an intent to steal his assets, namely the music catalog but this is not just limited to certain people within Sony. <br />
<br /><br />perhaps it is just me but i read this as sony holding this who thing against mattola not michael. i could be wrong but that's how it reads to me.
Did Tommy Mottola Buy Credibility From The New York Times?<br /><br /><br />February 19, 2013<br /><br />Tommy Mottola’s memoir Hitmaker: The Man and His Music hit the NY Times Bestseller list in it’s first week of publication at #3. How could this be? Here’s a record executive who hasn’t been with a record company in over a decade writing about a shrinking business and trying to sell his memoir to a shrinking book buying public.<br /> <br />If you’re an old school record industry guy, you’re probably very adept at manipulating the charts. In the pre-Soundscan days, the list of Billboard reporting retailers was a loosely kept secret and simple bribery was used to get many of those retailers to report inflated sales figures. When Soundscan eliminated the shenanigans by actually recording real sales by computer, record executives responded with new ways of gaming the system, like selling Mariah Carey singles at $.29 each, well below standard wholesale price, thus spiking sales, boosting chart positions and helping to establish new records… like outselling the Beatles.<br /> <br />So it makes perfect sense that a record executive could just as easily manipulate the book business and its version of the Billboard charts, the venerable NY Times Bestsellers. Such seems to be the case of Tommy Mottola’s recent autobiography. Upon close inspection, the timeline of the short-lived Hitmaker raises eyebrows. The book was released on Tuesday, Jan. 29. After one full week of sales, Hitmaker enters the NY Times Bestselling Non-Fiction Hardcover list at the Number 3 on Feb. 9 (for the week ending Feb. 17). Pretty impressive, right? The loving Mrs. Thalia Mottola dutifully tweeted the good news (Tommy’s new book #HITMAKER is #3 on the NY Times Best Sellers list – Hardcover Nonfiction! http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/hardcover-nonfiction/list.html … Congrats! @TommyMottola). The book also entered bestseller lists from the LA Times, USA Today and Publishers Weekly at Number 6. According to reports, the next evening, at the Grammy’s, “Hitmaker was given out for free at a Grammy party by the truckload.” The rule of thumb is that once a book appears on the bestseller list, sales spike. But one week later the book had completely disappeared from every bestseller list. Not just dropped to a lower position, but completely gone. Not even in the top 150 bestsellers in USA Today. Vanished.<br /> <br />Gaming the bestseller list is not new. The first high profile case was in 1968 when producer Hal Wallis bought the film rights before the publication of True Grit. Wallis’ studio, Paramount, wanted to get the book on the bestseller list before filming even started, so the publicity department sent its people out to buy every copy of the book and gave them away to the media to build hype. By the time the film started shooting True Grit was Number 2 on the bestseller list, headed for Number 1 and a lengthy run as a bestselling novel.<br /> <br />According to The Economist, “In the late 1980s, the Scientology movement was accused of artificially inflating the sales of books by its founder L. Ron Hubbard to make them appear on the New York Times’s bestseller list—the doyen of lists, of which there are now around 40 in America alone. In 1990, four years after Hubbard’s death, billboards in Los Angeles proclaimed him as the author of ’22 national bestsellers and more to come’.”<br /> <br />Even Sarah Palin got in on the act. Three years ago she used her PAC to spend more than $63,000 for copies of her memoir Going Rogue: An American Life on what the organization described as “books for fundraising donor fulfillment.” The book became a New York Times #1 bestseller in its first week of release, and remained there for six weeks.<br /> <br />So does this mean that Tommy sent his minions around to some key booksellers and bought their entire order then gave them away to Grammy partiers a few days later, who, by the way, were the most likely people to actually buy the book? Unlike the example above, Tommy Mottola is not a well-known figure to the general public. According to several authors of NY Times bestsellers I spoke with, it wouldn’t take much to pull it off. “A guy who thinks like Tommy Mottola and had his kind of money could easily influence the list by buying a thousand or so books from some big-name bookstores and enter in the Times’ Top 10. It could run as little as $27,000, which is peanuts for him”, says one author. Another bestselling author said, “It’s pretty much common sense to pick the stores that are most likely reporting outlets. But what’s rare is to see efforts to rig the charts that don’t have legs. Sounds to me like this is a good case of gaming the system.” Yet another author said “Something’s wrong with this book [Hitmaker]. It’s just not a subject matter that the book buyers are interested in. Tommy Mottola hasn’t been relevant for 10 years. Why would anybody care now? In fact, Mariah Carey’s not relevant either.”<br /> <br />Other than boosting sales, as this chicanery clearly didn’t, what is in it for Tommy? Even though Hitmaker was on the Times list for merely 1 week, he’s now able to refer to himself as a “New York Times bestselling author” …forever.<br /> <br />And they say you can’t buy credibility.<br /> <br /> <br />http://www.waynerosso.com/2013/02/19/tommy-mottola-buys-credibility-from-the-new-york-times/
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