Newspaper threatens legal action against U.K. charts company
By Leah McBride Mensching, Friday 13 July 2007 at 22:04 :: Competition :: #255 :: rss
The Mail on Sunday has threatened legal action against the Official U.K. Charts Company to try and force Prince's new album Planet Earth to be counted on the charts.
The newspaper, which paid Prince an estimated 250,000 pounds for the license, will give away 2.9 million copies of the new album; one will be included in each paper on Sunday. An extra 200,000 copies of the paper will be printed without the CD for foreign and bulk sales.
The Official U.K. Charts Company has refused to add the album to its chart, saying it cannot be proven newspaper sales are “genuine consumer purchases” and could not audit sales accurately.
According to MediaGuardian.co.uk, which has seen a copy of a letter the Mail on Sunday managing director Stephen Miron sent to the charts company this week, Miron demanded the company include Planet Earth on its album chart.
“Given our belief that this album should still be included on the official UK album charts and having responded to your issues, I would urge you to reconsider your previous position as a matter of urgency, before we engage our lawyers for legal advice to force a challenge to this restraint on our trade,” Miron wrote.
After first challenging the promotion, the music chain HMV will sell the newspaper. In addition to the license fee, Prince will also receive royalties from each copy of the newspaper sold.
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