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Finally! Paul McCartney has signed a $400 million deal, which will see the Beatles catalog make its way to iTunes, at long last. UPDATE: While the UPI is a great source, and their story was written as fact, Sony/ATV, holders of much of the Beatles publishing rights, are throwing doubt on any of this being true. The UPI could have been had, too. Consider their source, the Daily Mail. And EMI, who we contacted directly, denies any news, either.
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Paul McCartney Signs $400 Million iTunes Deal For The Beatles Catalog
Finally! Paul McCartney has signed a $400 million deal, which will see the Beatles catalog make its way to iTunes, at long last. UPDATE: While the UPI is a great source, and their story was written as fact, Sony/ATV, holders of much of the Beatles publishing rights, are throwing doubt on any of this being true. The UPI could have been had, too. Consider their source, the Daily Mail. And EMI, who we contacted directly, denies any news, either.
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Space Aliens First to Get DRM-Free Beatles Music?
You may have heard that at 7pm EST on Feb. 4, NASA plans to blast The Beatles' song "Across the Universe" into deep space in order to serenade otherworldly beings hundreds, thousands or millions of light years away with our very best pop music. I have several problems with this. More »
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Sir Paul "Pretty Sure" Beatles Catalog Hits iTunes, Other Stores in 2008
Paul McCartney just told Billboard that digital distribution of the Beatles back catalog is happening in 2008, and that the legal hurdles were already mostly cleared. Of course, he did qualify that with an "I'm pretty sure..." Here's what he told Billboard: More »
i am the walrus
Hi there, Beatles haters. Please skip on down to the next post, and keep listening to that crappy music that will never measure up to the virtuosity and creativity of the musical entity that defined the 20th Century. Okay, now that they're gone, if you are wishful-thinking rumor hater, please leave too. Because this is what we have here—the next unlikely and reheated rumor in the saga of the Beatles and Apple: a Yellow Submarine-like iPod shipping soon with the entire Beatles catalog loaded on board.
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Yellow Submarine iPod Forthcoming, Loaded with Entire Beatles Catalog?
Hi there, Beatles haters. Please skip on down to the next post, and keep listening to that crappy music that will never measure up to the virtuosity and creativity of the musical entity that defined the 20th Century. Okay, now that they're gone, if you are wishful-thinking rumor hater, please leave too. Because this is what we have here—the next unlikely and reheated rumor in the saga of the Beatles and Apple: a Yellow Submarine-like iPod shipping soon with the entire Beatles catalog loaded on board.
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living a life of ease
Microsoft's Paul Allen's $12 Million Yellow Submarine
It appears Microsoft's co-founder is a big fan of things that sink. Obviously an avid Beatles fan, Allen's latest toy is a fully functional 40-foot yellow submarine (not to be confused with a 40-foot Yello Sub, which would be an even worse investment). He's now a member of a small, exclusive clique of ultra-rich underwater explorers; about 100 personal submarines are floating around our oceans. Hopefully it came with better drivers than Vista (zing!). [Paul Allen's New Sub via Valleywag]
mt-who?
EMI, Apple and YouTube Officially In Love Triangle; Warner Music Attempts Solo Project
Apple adds YouTube to Apple TV. EMI tracks are now sold DRM-free on iTunes. The triangle completes itself today, as EMI announced that it would share a bunch of EMI music videos on YouTube, and even "let" users integrate some of EMI's copyrighted material into their own homemade productions. Let's see what happens when (yes, when) that content includes the entire Beatles catalog. More »
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Paul McCartney Teases Us By Releasing Solo Material Online
We're ever so close to getting The Beatles' catalog online for purchase, I swear. Today's update involves Paul McCartney, who is releasing his entire catalog (both solo and, ugh, Wings) to all online stores. It'll be available DRM-free, as it's being released by EMI, which is great to see. More »
wanna hold your mp3s
McCartney Says Beatles Online Deal 'Virtually Settled'
Yes, we know, there have been a half dozen or more false alarms about the Beatles music finally becoming legally available online, but this time, we're hearing it from a former Beatle. Singer-songwriter Paul McCartney told Billboard in an interview that a deal to sell the Beatles catalog online is "virtually settled." More »
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Beatles Might Finally be Coming to iTunes, Maybe
At long last, could The Beatles finally be coming to iTunes? It's been "imminent" many times before, but the famous pop group (have you heard of them?) just settled a $59 million royalty dispute with EMI. That's supposedly the last roadblock between us and being able to buy The White Album on iTunes. More »
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Beatles Catalog Online: Mojo Filtered?
We've heard this so many times, we're reluctant to believe it: Again there are reports that that the Beatles will release their music catalog online. But the deal seems to be groovin' up slowly. No sooner had a tease of "an exciting new digital offering" been released from EMI Group—the label that's handled the Beatles in England since the beginning—when "a source familiar with the situation" said that for some reason the announcement tomorrow morning won't include the Beatles after all. What a letdown! The event was even supposedly going to include a special live performance. More »
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Beatles Album Covers, Starring Lego
You don't have to be a Lego fan to love the creativity and pure genius of the artist who calls himself Digger Digger Dogstar, re-creating Beatles album covers starring Lego and Dogstar's excellent Photoshop skills. More »
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No Beatles iTunes Exclusivity
So we all know that the Beatles songs are going to be available for download. But the head honcho over at Apple Corps, Neil Aspinall, is claiming that there won't be any iTunes exclusivity. That means we can look for Yellow Submarine or Twist and Shout on all the major download services.No exclusive Beatles deal for Apple's iTunes Store [Mac Daily News via Fox News]
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Apple Inc and Apple Corp Finally Hug it Out
Ok, so maybe there was no Super Bowl ad announcing a new iPod, but Apple Inc and The Beatles' Apple Corp do have some news to share this morning. Both companies have finally put an end to their bickering over the Apple trademark. Under the agreement, Jobs' Apple "will own all of the trademarks related to "Apple" and will license certain of those trademarks back to Apple Corp for their continued use." The question now is—how soon before the Fab Four make their way to iTunes? More »
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Beatles 'Let it Bii' Shirt Lacks Words of Wisdom
Nerdy Shirts came up with a lamebrained idea: let's mix up the Beatles with the Nintendo Wii, supposedly combining the best of both worlds. More »
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Rumor: Widescreen Touch iPod, Beatles Edition, To be Announced at Super Bowl?
Yeah, right, Steve Jobs is going to get on the field at half time and announce a new iPod and Beatles collaboration with cheerleaders backing him up. Good one. Wait, what's that? They're going to announce a product by commercial? Yeah, that's even more Apple-like. Uh huh. More »
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Apple Announcing Beatles Catalog During Superbowl?
Our estimate of February 14 for an Apple + Beatles combination seems to be a little off by about a week and a half. The Toronto Sun says Apple's planning a Superbowl commercial announcing something, which may or may not be the partnership between Apple and Apple. More »
8:20 PM on Thu Jan 18 2007
By Jason Chen
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