Beatles Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

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 ...

Wall Street Journal confirms Beatles on iTunes

by Erica Sadun (Nov 15th, 2010)

Ethan Smith of the Wall Street Journal writes that iTunes will soon be carrying the Beatles catalog, according to "people familiar with the situation." According to Smith, this deal was finalized recently -- as late as last week -- between Apple and EMI group. If so, this plays into the ...

Win a limited edition set of Beatles MusicSkins from TUAW

by Steven Sande (Feb 19th, 2010)

Although you still can't get your Beatles fix through the iTunes Store, Apple Corps has made a license agreement with MusicSkins, the maker of music-related vinyl skin products for electronic devices. As a result, you can now purchase Beatles personal device skins featuring the Beatles logo and ...

Rumors: The Beatles on iTunes? Yoko says yes, EMI says not yet

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Sep 8th, 2009)

So, the friend of a friend told me that the Beatles is finally going to be on iTunes tomorrow. Not so fast, EMI immediately countered. In the latest chapter of a saga filled with more "will they, or won't they?" than a shoujo manga, Engadget picked up a 9to5Mac report today stating that Yoko Ono ...

Will the Beatles library finally arrive in iTunes September 9th?

by Steven Sande (Aug 19th, 2009)

As intrepid TUAW reporter Mike Schramm told you a few days ago, Apple has an event planned for September 9, 2009. Pundits are expecting the event to be the usual Apple fall event where the new line of iPods will be announced, but there's something else happening on September 9th that could herald ...

NRK pulls Beatles podcast citing legal concerns

by Robert Palmer (Jan 8th, 2009)

Lost in the din of yesterday's Macworld announcements and video was a story from NRK that they've pulled down the "Our Daily Beatles" podcast -- featuring all 212 songs available for free -- citing contractual obligations with an organization that represents the interests of the recording industry ...

NRK offers free podcast containing every Beatles song

by Robert Palmer (Jan 5th, 2009)

The Beatles could have all their songs on iTunes, but not the way you might think: via a podcast describing the story behind each song, released by a Norwegian broadcasting company. NRK is podcasting its segment called "Our Daily Beatles" that chronologically tells a three-minute story of every ...

Beatles-on-iTunes talks 'stalled' says Paul

by Robert Palmer (Nov 25th, 2008)

Talks between Apple, Inc., Apple Corps, and EMI to bring the Beatles catalogue to the iTunes Store have "stalled," according to a statement by Paul McCartney to the Associated Press. McCartney said, "The last word I got back was it's stalled at the whole moment, the whole process." He told the BBC ...

UK papers say Beatles coming to iTunes, no, really we mean it this time

by Cory Bohon (Mar 8th, 2008)

UK newspapers such as the Daily Mail and the Telegraph are reporting on an expected deal between Sir Paul McCartney and Apple, Inc. to bring the Beatles catalog to iTunes. According to the Telegraph, the deal could be worth as much as £300 million ($600 million US). An Apple Corps label ...

George Harrison solo works now on iTunes

by Mike Schramm (Oct 9th, 2007)

The Beatles are now on iTunes-- kind of. George Harrison has become the last solo Beatle to be added to the iTMS, as iTunes now carries all of his solo work (including "Got My Mind Set on You"-- enjoy having that in your head for the rest of the day). That means that all the Beatles have now had ...

TUAW Best of the Week

by Mike Schramm (Sep 7th, 2007)

What a week for Apple fans. After a slow Labor Day, we got a huge midweek event, new iPods, and what turned out to be the week's biggest story: the iPhone is now $399. MobileChat iPhone AIM Client Debuts Started off the week with not one but two IM iPhone betas. MarsEdit 2.0 Red Sweater's blogging ...

The Beatles don't go on

by Mike Schramm (Sep 5th, 2007)

Well the one rumor that I thought was least likely (that the Beatles were a no go at this morning's event) turned out to be true. There is still no Beatles music available on the iTunes store, either in the WiFi store or otherwise. Not that Steve didn't taunt us. Over and over again, he threw down ...

The Beatles: whatever

by Scott McNulty (Sep 4th, 2007)

The mood in TUAW's secret underground bunker is electric as thoughts of tomorrow's media event float in our heads. New iPods? Probably. Something unexpected? Perhaps. The Beatles in iTunes? Who cares? Yeah, I said it. We have been covering the Beatles in the iTunes Store saga for over 3 years here ...

No Beatles at next week's event?

by Mike Schramm (Aug 30th, 2007)

No Beatles next Wednesday? Like pretty much everyone else, I figured the whole "Beat" goes on thing, not to mention that the third Beatle got added to iTunes recently, all pointed to next week's event as not only showing off new iPods, but Beatles music to play in them (and I wasn't the only one-- ...