Posts Tagged ‘ Beatles ’

Beatles Coming To iTunes

Mar 10th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Music, iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

According to reports, the Beatles will finally be coming to iTunes. Paul McCartney has reached a $400 million agreement with Apple for the distribution of the Beatles’ back catalog.
McCartney, Ringo Starr and the families of late Beatles stars George Harrison and John Lennon will share in the profits. Portions of the multimillion-dollar payout also will [...]



Michael Palin Marks Beatles’ “Help!” DVD Release With Podcast

Nov 21st, 2007 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting

The Beatles’ second feature film, “Help!,” has just been re-released on DVD. To herald the event, “Monty Python” alumnus Michael Palin narrates a podcast series about the 1965 hit movie.
The podcast mixes dialogue from the movie with Palin’s narration and bits of audio from commercials, songs, interviews with individual Beatles, supporting actors, and director Richard [...]

 
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iTunes Gets Paul McCartney’s Album ‚ÄúMemory Almost Full‚Äù

May 15th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Music

Apple today announced that Paul McCartney‚Äôs new album, Memory Almost Full, is now available for digital pre-order, and McCartney’s full catalog of 25 solo albums will be available for the first time digitally on iTunes later this month.
iTunes customers pre-ordering the 13 track album in the US will receive the Dance Tonight music video [...]



Beatles Settle Lawsuit With EMI; Music Coming To iTunes Soon?

Apr 13th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Music

UK’s Daily Telegraph reports that EMI and Apple agreed to settle a dispute over underpayment of record royalties on sales of Beatles records between 1994 and 1999. Executives at Apple Corps and EMI can now sit down and work out a new royalties deal to cover music downloads of their singles and albums through iTunes [...]



The Day That DRM Music Dies?

Apr 2nd, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: General

EMI has announced (above) a special event with Apple to be held today in London. EMI Chief Executive Eric Nicoli will be joined by Apple Chief Executive and co-founder Steve Jobs to make a joint announcement.
Whlie some are speculating that they will announce that the Beatles’s music will be available for the first time as [...]



Apple Close To Beatles iTunes Deal

Nov 27th, 2006 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Music, iPods & Portable Media Players

After years of legal battles with Apple Records over the right to use the name Apple in connection with music, Apple Computer is reported to be close to bringing the Beatles’ catalog into the digital age.
“We certainly will do everything we can to get them on iTunes,” said Apple iTunes VP Eddy Cue earlier in [...]



Beatles Downloads On The Way

Nov 14th, 2006 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Music

The Beatles are moving into the digital age. Their music will be available soon as digital downloads, according to EMI.
EMI hasn’t spilled the details yet, but it has dropped the first hint that the group’s catalog of songs will be made available on the internet. David Munns, head of EMI‚Äôs North American division, told a [...]



Metallica Rocks iTunes

Jul 26th, 2006 | By James Lewin | Category: General

Metallica, one of the most visible holdouts in the world of digital music, is now in the iTunes Music Store.

Metallica famously sued Napster and asked that hundreds of Napster users that had been trading Metallica songs on the network be banned. Metallica’s Lars Ulrich also provided a statement to the US Senate on the issue [...]



Are the Beatles Ready for iTunes?

May 11th, 2006 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Music

Apple, which on May 8 won a trademark dispute with the Beatles over its iTunes music store, wants to get rights to sell the digital version of the band’s songs through the online service.
“We certainly will do everything we can to get them on iTunes,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of iTunes. “The Beatles [...]