[Tupelo]

“Don’t tell me Al Sharpton was the Skipper?”

Not Likely. No money in it.
Besides, Sharpton and Rev. Jesse Jackson are too busy trying to move in on any money that might be available from Michael Jackson's estate.
Don't forget, even with his owing a half a billion dollars, he still owned the Beatles music library. That is a ton of money and the sharks already smell the blood in the water. Therefore, Jackson & Sharpton took the first flights to Califoney after they heard of Jackos’s death.

[blam]

"Not Likely. No money in it."

And, it requires you to know something useful/productive.

[Jeffrey_D.]

Actually Sony and MJ “did” own them 50/50.
Sony loaned so much money to MJ that, legally, they could have taken MJ’s percentage. Sony decided that there could be a boycott against them, costing more than that option was worth!