The Beatles

An Apple Gift for the Holidays: Free Beatles (Book) on iTunes

Peter Kafka in Media on December 9, 2011 at 3:32 pm PT

You’d have to be a Blue Meanie not to enjoy this.

Did the Beatles Just Save the Music Business? No! But Sales Are Up…

Peter Kafka in Media on May 12, 2011 at 3:30 am PT

Still can’t call it a turnaround. But music sales are indeed up in the U.S. this year, and that’s because digital sales have new life again. That can’t be because the Beatles are on iTunes. (Right?)

Retailers Sing the Merits of Social, Local and Mobile in 2010

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 29, 2010 at 9:20 am PT

Three trends accelerated in 2010 that may redefine the way we shop for good: Social, local and mobile. And, in case that’s hard to remember, for short we will refer to it as “so-lo-mo,” like do-re-mi from the “Sound of Music,” except without much “Glee” for retailers.

When Does Amazon and Everyone Else Get the Beatles? Good Question.

Peter Kafka in Media on November 16, 2010 at 8:09 am PT

The Beatles are locked up on iTunes until sometime in 2011. What happens after that? It’s not clear! Which means that Beatles conspiracy theorists have something new to chew on.

Hello, Goodbye! The Beatles Come to iTunes, and Now We Can All Move On

Peter Kafka in Media on November 16, 2010 at 3:30 am PT

That’s right, jaded digerati–getting the Fab Four into the world’s biggest music store won’t change everything. But it’s a good thing! And it also means we can stop guessing about when it will happen. Win win!

Voices

Beatles Music Coming to Apple's iTunes Store

Ethan Smith, Reporter, Wall Street Journal in News on November 15, 2010 at 2:53 pm PT

Steve Jobs is nearing the end of his long and winding pursuit of the Beatles catalog. Apple Inc. is preparing to announce that its iTunes Store will soon start carrying music by the Beatles, according to people familiar with the situation, a move that would fill in a glaring gap in the collection of the world’s largest music retailer.

What’s Apple Announcing Tomorrow: A Subscription Service? ITunes in the Cloud?

John Paczkowski in Mobile on November 15, 2010 at 7:52 am PT

Apple plans to make an iTunes-related announcement Tuesday at 7 am PT. “Tomorrow is just another day,” a notice on Apple.com reads. “That you’ll never forget. Check back here tomorrow for an exciting announcement from iTunes.”

Apple’s Annual Autumn Event Falls on September 1

John Paczkowski in News on August 25, 2010 at 11:05 am PT

The official word has finally come down from Cupertino: Apple has issued a typically cryptic invitation to a special press event at 10 am on September 1, at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco. The only clue as to content is the invitation’s image of a guitar with a cutout of the Apple logo.

Apple Challenges Woolworths Over Logo Similarities

John Paczkowski in News on October 5, 2009 at 5:01 am PT

Woolworths Supermarkets describes its new logo as “an abstract leaf symbol” intended to represent fresh food. But to Apple, the stylized “W” looks far too much like its own namesake fruit, which could be problematic should the supermarket chain someday decide to peddle its own brand of consumer electronics. And so Apple is petitioning IP Australia, the local agency that governs trademarks, to reject the Woolworths application for the mark.