How Elvis, Bowie and Tolkien Made Billions In 2022

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevo ... on-from-the-great-beyond/ :

When Swedish video game company Embracer announced its acquisition of Middle Earth Enterprises in August, they didn’t disclose the deal price, instead opting to share they’d spent $788 million on six acquisitions including Tolkien. But one clever hobbit told Forbes that Embracer spent at least $500 million for Middle Earth Enterprises, a number Embracer didn’t refute. After the deal closes, Embracer will share the shire with a multitude of other companies who own other pieces of Tolkien’s intellectual property, including HarperCollins, Amazon, Warner Brothers/New Line, and the Tolkien Estate, in what’s been described as the most complex IP rights split in history.

Definitely a sloppily written article. If you interpret "person x earned" as "intellectual property created by that individual generated gross income no matter who owns that intellectual property now" then sure, but that's not what they write here.