----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@comcast.net>

>This is just painful ...

Two things:

1) As the article points out, she sold the estate to Robert 
Sillerman's business the Sillerman Companies, NOT to SFX Entertainment 
or Clear Channel, companies that Sillerman's not involved with in any 
meaningful capacity.  So, no, Clear Channel does not "own Elvis."

2) This changes...what, exactly?  Elvis Presley Enterprises (which was 
owned but not run by Priscilla and Lisa Marie) has been aggressively 
marketing EP's image for over a quarter century now, including some 
truly dreadful and tacky merchandise.  What has changed is that a new 
group of businessmen will picking over the corpse, something that's 
been going on unabated since August 1977.

S