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...relatively low price tag: the lack of unticketed fans showing up at the Staples Center. City officials and memorial organizers had feared thousands would descend on Los Angeles to pay tribute to Jackson. "People listened to the warning and just stayed home," Michael Roth, vice president of communications for AEG Live told TIME. "There were less than 1,000 fans down here." Due to the unexpectedly low turnout, extra police officers were dismissed and there was simply less of a mess to clean...
...public received $17,000 before experiencing "frequent and prolonged server crashes," according to a press release issued by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's office. The mayor's office has asked fans to revisit the website now that it is up and running again. Roth says the city reached out to AEG to chip in as well. "I know they contacted us initially," he said. "I couldn't tell you how much further it has progressed...
...Randy Phillips, CEO of promoter AEG Live, was directing events offstage when Paris took the microphone. "I lost it," he told TIME afterward. "I almost short-circuited my walkie-talkie crying into it. That made the whole thing personal...
...postings concerning Michael Jackson memorial tickets in an effort to combat scalpers. On the site on Monday night, the only items available under "Michael Jackson Memorial" were T shirts. Still, organizers admitted they couldn't completely stop the blatant profiteering. "For those who take advantage of this," promoter AEG's CEO Tim Leiweke said last week, "shame on you." (See pictures of Jackson's Neverland Ranch...
...associate, in the driveway. Dr. Tohme Tohme, a Jackson associate who has served as a spokesman for him in the past, told the Los Angeles Times that Murray, who has filed for bankruptcy in the past and has financial problems, was hired by Jackson's concert promoter, AEG Live, to live with Jackson and care for him during his upcoming shows. Los Angeles law-enforcement authorities towed Murray's vehicle on Thursday night, saying the car could contain "medications pertinent to the investigation" into Jackson's death...