Are you OK about OK! paying $500,000 for Michael Jackson’s “Death Photo?”
Aptly as the headline asks, how do you feel about tabloid magazine OK! paying $500,000 for the exclusive rights to use a photo some are calling the “Michael Jackson death photo” on both national and international editions?
“Sarah Ivens, OK!’s editorial director, said she thought the photo of the dying Jackson would differentiate the title from the rash of tribute-style covers that have begun hitting newsstands this week.
“It’s a photo that captures the surprise and the upset and the moment of this breaking news story,” Ivens said. “I hope the cover will provoke readers. It celebrated the man, but it also does expose that he was an eccentric character who lived a very controversial life.”
One commenter on PDN was disappointed with the spending given the recent downsizing in the downturn economy, others found it disgraceful and disrespectful, while one admitted to the voyeuristic desire to see everything “warts and all.”
What do you think?
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That’s what is wrong with America. Were on the road to a major depression and we have magazines paying 500K for disgusting pictures.