Still no word from either Beatles company Apple Corps or EMI regarding those stories doing the rounds last week implying that the Fab Four's catalogue was somehow closer to appearing on iTunes because Paul McCartney had given the go ahead in a bid to raise some cash to pay off bitter ex Heather Mills, but Apple Inc - ie the iPod makers - have called the reports "unsubstantiated speculation", which probably means they were definitely true. No, not really. In a very short statement on the reports iTunes would soon be stocking Beatles tracks, and that McCartney, Ringo Starr and the estates of George Harrison and John Lennon would get multi-million pound advances, the IT firm told reporters: "This is not news nor is it a scoop". So there you have it. I refer you all to my overly long polemic on the matter in yesterday's CMU Daily.
Mar 11, 2008
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Apple Inc say no major development on Beatles catalogue
Apple Inc has called reports that the Beatles' catalogue is coming to iTunes 'unsubstantiated speculation', after stories of multi-million pound advances.