iTunes first with Beatles-approved ringtones Apple took advantage of its current exclusive on The Beatles (iTunes Store) with the first-ever availability of ringtones from the band on iTunes. The initial batch involves ringtones cut from the singles highlight album 1. Picks range from the very earliest songs, such as “Love Me Do,” to “The Ballad [...]
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The Beatles offer ringtones for first time through iTunes
Posted by Gary on February 22, 2012
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Apple promotes The Beatles with ad, free iBook; Samsung again mocks iPhone users
Posted by Gary on December 11, 2011
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By Josh Ong Published: 11:10 PM EST (08:10 PM PST) Celebrating the one-year anniversary of the arrival of The Beatles’ catalog to iTunes, Apple is promoting the band’s music with a new TV ad, while also showcasing a new free “Yellow Submarine” interactive e-book on the iBookstore. Meanwhile, Samsung has released another TV spot mocking [...]
Apple Posts a Beatles iTunes TV Ad: Covers
Posted by Gary on December 10, 2011
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Apple has posted a new TV ad on their YouTube page promoting The Beatles on iTunes. The ad is called “Covers” and shows off many of different album covers from The Beatles in an animated fashion. The ad ends with “The Beatles on iTunes”. The Beatles first appeared on the iTunes store back in November [...]
‘Dramatic’ Growth in Digital Music Sales Due to The Beatles on iTunes?
Posted by Gary on May 13, 2011
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Media research firm Nielsen yesterday revealed that overall music sales in the United States are up 1.6% year-over-year so far in 2011, driven in large part by a 12.4% surge in digital music sales that appears to coincide with the debut of The Beatles on iTunes last November. While physical albums saw a decline in [...]
Unique, lucrative licensing deal brought Beatles to Apple’s iTunes
Posted by Gary on January 7, 2011
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By Slash Lane Published: 03:50 PM EST It reportedly took a one-of-a-kind deal in which the band is directly paid royalties from song sales to bring the entire digital catalog of The Beatles to iTunes. Citing industry sources, Reuters reported Thursday that the parent company of The Beatles, Apple Corps, is receiving royalties directly for [...]
2 million song sales in 7 days prove The Beatles are popular on iTunes
Posted by Gary on November 24, 2010
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A lot of people, including myself, saw the announcement of The Beatles coming to iTunes as a bit of a non-event. The hype was big enough for a new product launch even if it was mostly created by the media and not Apple. But then the sales figures after just a week prove that, for [...]
The Beatles catalog finally available from Apple’s iTunes Store
Posted by Gary on November 17, 2010
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By AppleInsider Staff Published: 09:35 AM EST Legendary music group The Beatles finally arrived on iTunes Tuesday, with tracks from all of the band’s albums available for purchase individually or as complete iTunes LPs [updated]. The tracks went on sale just after 9:30 a.m. Eastern, before Apple’s planned announcement of 10 a.m. All of the [...]
The Beatles Arrive on iTunes Store
Posted by Gary on November 17, 2010
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The Beatles album ‘Help!’ on iTunes Store Ahead of Apple’s announcement the entire Beatles catalog has appeared on the iTunes Store. Alongside 13 remastered Beatles studio albums Apple has also uploaded numerous concert and music videos. The Beatles boxset featuring 256 songs and an iTunes LP mini-documentary and a video of the bands first U.S. [...]