Jacko in talks with New York label execs

Michael Jackson and his lawyer have reportedly been spotted meeting with various music execs at Mr K's New York restaurant presumably about the possibility of them releasing his previously reported new album, which has been in developmet for much of the year. Fox's Roger Friedman also reports that Jacko has expressed an interest in releasing an album via Starbucks' Hear Music, with Friedman citing a source thus: "[Jackson] said, 'My friend Paul McCartney did that'". Which is a big story in itself - the consensus is that Macca hasn't liked Jacko ever since he outbid him to get the Beatles' publishing catalogue back in the day.