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Behind the Beatles-iTunes impasse
Behind the Beatles-iTunes impasse
Last we checked, the full catalog of Beatles songs was supposed to be available for sale on the iTunes Store before the end of 2008. Well, it’s not happening this year, according to one of the band’s two surviving members, and for all we know it may never happen. “The ...
Negotiations to put Beatles on iTunes stalled: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
biz.yahoo.com — LONDON (AP) -- Paul McCartney said Monday negotiations on a long-awaited deal to make the Beatles' catalog... available on the online music service iTunes have stalled. "The last word I got back was it's stalled at the whole moment, the whole process," ... (more) Negotiations to put Beatles on iTunes stalled: Financial ...
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appleinsider.com — Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster on Tuesday issued one of his trademark reports to address a number... 'unanswered questions surrounding the Apple story,' such as when the company plans to next update its iPhone and the prospects for an Apple netbook. (more) Piper Jaffray addresses 12 more 'unanswered Apple questions'
Apple sale! All Macs must go!
Apple sale! All Macs must go!
apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com — You know times are tight when even Steve Jobs starts cutting prices. Apple ( AAPL ), which... keeps the tightest reins on list prices in the business, seems to have loosened them significantly this holiday season. Authorized resellers who normally ... (more) Apple sale! All Macs must go!
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Beatles still not on iTunes ... and, who cares?
Yahoo! Tech Advisors — ... ) that negotiations between Beatles record label Apple Corp, EMI, and Apple Inc. have "stalled at the whole moment, the whole process," although "I really hope it will happen because I think it should." McCartney was pretty vague about what's holding everything up ("They [EMI] want something we're not prepared to give them,") but Fortune's Apple blog has a simple explanation: "Paul wants more money." Gotcha. While negotiations drag on … and on … any excitement about the Beatles actually arriving on iTunes has long since evaporated. Why? Because it's not 2004 anymore. Back ...

Beatles family member raises specter of Fab Four music store
Yahoo! Tech Advisors — ... that negotiations between Apple Corp, EMI, and Apple Computer had "stalled" because "they [EMI] want something we're not prepared to give them." The Fortune Apple blog had a memorable translation: "Paul wants more money." What kills me about the whole thing is that the endless wait for the Beatles catalog to go digital had ...

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