John Lennon

Apple Welcomes the Beatles to iTunes With a New Ad Campaign

Peter Kafka in Media on November 16, 2010 at 7:39 am PT

The big news: Albums and singles. Apple has an ad campaign cued up, of course–you can see some inside.

Imagine the Beatles on iTunes? "Don't Hold Your Breath," Says Yoko.

Peter Kafka in Media on August 6, 2010 at 6:26 am PT

The latest news in the Beatles-to-iTunes non-story: Still a non-story.

Rolling Stone’s Web Failure Wasn’t So Shabby, After All. But Now What?

Peter Kafka in Media on August 31, 2009 at 1:32 pm PT

Conventional wisdom of the day: Magazine mogul Jann Wenner, the man who made his mark with Rolling Stone in the 60s and 70s, and then again with US Weekly in this decade, has blown it on the Web. And now it’s too late for him to catch up. And who knows? It may even be true. But here’s one bit of nuance to chew on: Magazine mogul Jann Wenner has made money–as in, a profit–on the Web for the last five years.

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The Beatles' Surprise E3 Appearance

Yukari Iwatani Kane, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on June 1, 2009 at 1:11 pm PT

Every year, the annual E3 videogame expo kicks off with media briefings by the three console makers: Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony. The trio vie to get the most buzz for their games and products by trying to one-up each other with the most entertaining, star-studded show they can muster up.

Imagine There's a MicroHoo (It's Easy if You Try)

Kara Swisher in News on March 14, 2008 at 12:06 pm PT

OK, we Photoshopped it, but only because we could not get our head around what the official Yahoo/Microsoft post-merger picture might look like.