Thriller (Michael Jackson album) video that would appeal to the mass market ended up influencing the way that professionals now market and release their songs. John Landis' production of a mini-movie, rather than the usual short music video, would raise the bar for other directors and producers. Before the success of "Thriller", many felt Jackson had struggled to get MTV airing because he was black. In an effort to attain air time for Jackson, CBS Records President Walter Yetnikoff pressured MTV and declared, "I'm not going to give you any more videos and I'm going to go public and fucking tell them about the
1993 child sexual abuse accusations against Michael Jackson compilations of greatest hits packaged with previously unreleased material were released, including "Number Ones" in 2003, the 4-CD/1-DVD box set "" in 2004 and double-album "The Essential Michael Jackson" in 2005. New agreements between Sony and Michael Jackson saw the release of the singles collection "" in 2006, a 25th anniversary edition of "Thriller" in 2008 and Jackson's final release before his death – the "King of Pop" album celebrating Michael's 50th birthday with tracks voted for by fans. On December 18, 2003, Jackson was formally charged with seven counts of child sexual abuse and two counts of administering an