Posts Tagged ‘The Beatles’

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As the collective tech and media press throws up its arms in utter frustration, Paul McCartney said that negotiations have once again stalled regarding whether or not The Beatles‘ catalog of music will be available in Apple’s iTunes Store, according to Wired.

“That is constantly being talked of, we’d like to do it,” McCartney said in a Billboard interview. “We are very for it, we’ve been pushing it… But there are a couple of sticking points, I understand. So the last word I got back was that it had stalled, the whole process. They [EMI] want something we’re not prepared to give them. Hey, sounds like the music business. It’s between EMI and The Beatles. What else is new.”

We’ve been sick of this back-and-forth for a while now; at least since March. At any rate, there it is. Don’t forget; if you want to listen to The Beatles on your iPod or cell phone, you can rip a CD.

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Could this be the first crack in the four major record labels’ facade? EMI, one of the world’s largest record companies, is considering offloading its distribution, sales and marketing operations to one of its three key rivals, Fortune reports, in an effort to reduce its red ink, music industry sources said on Friday.

EMI’s catalog contains stalwarts such as Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Coldplay, and the Beach Boys. The anonymous sources said that EMI would prefer it if they could outsource all of their distribution, as well as license away their jazz and classical music division. No one is talking on the record, but stay tuned; we’ll call ‘em as we see ‘em.

Rumors about a partnership between The Beatles, their label Apple Corps, and Apple’s iTunes Store in order to sell the band’s digital music tracks online have persisted for ages.

We’re still not there yet. But as Ars Technica reports, in a conference call with Apple Corps and MTV-Harmonix yesterday, the companies announced a partnership which will see, for the first time ever, a licensed Beatles video game. “Rather than simply producing downloadable content for Rock Band, Harmonix and the surviving members of the Beatles and their families are working together to create a separate, stand-alone Beatles title.”

The new game will be like a sort of interactive Beatles biography, letting players explore both the music and the band, throughout their entire career. Precious little details are available, save for the fact that Yoko Ono apparently likes it. Could this pave the way for over-the-air downloads and iTunes Store purchases? Unfortunately—as always—we have to keep waiting.