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Apple airs new Beatles-themed ad: Covers

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 12th, 2011)

Apple recently aired a new iTunes ad called "Covers." It's an animated compilation of The Beatles album covers set to the song "Magical Mystery Tour." The ad presumably is celebrating The Beatles one-year anniversary on iTunes. Last week Apple also released the free Yellow Submarine animated ...

Beatles Anthology will arrive on iTunes June 14

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jun 1st, 2011)

Apple is now taking pre-orders for The Beatles Anthology, the three double-length albums issued during the mid-90s that releases live recordings, demos and studio sessions of the Fab Four. Each of the Anthology albums will be US$29.99 with a $12.99 Anthology Highlights album. The three main ...

Are The Beatles responsible for music's digital growth in 2011?

by Michael Grothaus (May 12th, 2011)

Nielsen announced yesterday that music sales in the US are up 1.6 percent in 2011. That might not seem like a lot, but for the embattled music industry, any growth is good news. Interestingly, Nielsen seems to ascribe the growth of music sales to The Beatles' deal with Apple. As Nielsen says in ...

Apple files for old Apple Corps trademark

by Mike Schramm (Mar 14th, 2011)

Apple Inc. (formerly known as Apple Computer) must be feeling pretty sure of itself after finally hammering out the Beatles deal for iTunes with Apple Corps. and its associated partners. The company that makes iPhones is now trying to re-secure the Apple logo trademark that Apple Corps. used ...

Get five free songs on iTunes with your American Express card

by Mike Schramm (Feb 11th, 2011)

If you have an American Express card, the company wants to give you five songs on iTunes for free. Just hit up this URL and enter your card information (we double-checked -- it's an official deal, not a scam), and then whenever you buy five songs on iTunes with the same card, you'll get refunded ...

The Beatles just 'LOVE' iTunes

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Feb 1st, 2011)

The Beatles/Cirque du Soleil collaborative "LOVE" is available for pre-order through iTunes. The US$12.99 album will be released on February 8 with two bonus tracks, and based on the page for the album, none of the tracks will be available for individual sale. The documentary behind the show, "All ...

The Beatles sell 5 million songs on iTunes

by Michael Grothaus (Jan 15th, 2011)

The Loop reports that The Beatles have sold 5 million songs and 1 million albums since going on sale in the iTunes Store last November. So far, the most popular Beatles song download is "Here Comes the Sun," while the band's top-selling album is "Abbey Road." Last week we reported that The ...

Beatles receiving direct royalties in iTunes deal

by Chris Rawson (Jan 7th, 2011)

Citing "industry sources," Reuters claims that direct royalties may be part of the deal that finally got The Beatles on iTunes. According to Reuters, "superstar artists" (like The Beatles) typically get 20-25 percent of retail revenues, which would equate to between 18 to 22.5 cents per track sold ...

A video retrospective of Apple in 2010

by Mike Schramm (Dec 24th, 2010)

This quick video retrospective of Apple's fares and fortunes in the past year is pretty good. From the introduction of the iPad to the new MacBook Air and the release of the Beatles on iTunes, this is a very nice little walk through 2010 from Apple's point of view. It's been one heck of a year ...

Beatles sell 2 million tracks via iTunes already

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Nov 23rd, 2010)

Has it really been only a week since the day we would never forget? In that short amount of time, Apple has sold 2 million Beatles tracks and generated 45,000 album downloads via iTunes, Billboard magazine said today. Not bad for a band that was pretty late to the digital music game -- and one ...

The ballad of the Beatles and iTunes (and EMI, too)

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Nov 17th, 2010)

After decades of bickering that's nearly as infamous as the Beatles' breakup, the actual deal that finally united Apple, Inc., Apple Corps and EMI was hammered out in July, the Wall Street Journal reported today. We touched lightly on this history yesterday, but the WSJ outlined the exact route ...

The Beatles invade iTunes charts within 12 hours

by Matt Tinsley (Nov 17th, 2010)

It's been just over 24 hours since the release of The Beatles' complete back catalogue on iTunes and they are already dominating the album charts in a rather unusual way. In fact, as reported by MacObserver, within 12 hours of availability The Beatles had 15 albums placed in the Top 40 best-selling ...

Why you really shouldn't have expected more than Beatles on iTunes today

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Nov 16th, 2010)

We here at TUAW, and those of you who read us and a dozen other Apple or tech blogs each day were certainly amped about a full-page takeover on Apple.com yesterday. We were subsequently a bit let down when the veil lifted to reveal... The Beatles on iTunes. Keep in mind Twitter + Ping happened via ...

Today is just another day I will forget

by Michael Grothaus (Nov 16th, 2010)

When Apple teased "Tomorrow is just another day. That you'll never forget" on their home page yesterday I hoped it was going to be something really cool -- like cloud-based iTunes or a subscription iTunes service. When the news began to leak out that the event was the Beatles coming to iTunes ...

You can't buy me love, but you can buy the Beatles on iTunes

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Nov 16th, 2010)

It slipped out a bit early, but the Beatles complete back catalog is available through iTunes. The individual albums clock in at $12.99 (with the Past Masters and the White, Red and Blue albums are $19.99) while a boxset of the Beatles' entire work is available for $149. Individual tracks are ...