It wouldn't be a right to not talk about the Beatles/iTunes speculations at least once a month, so here is this months edition of the daytime soap-opera that is the greatest band of all time and Apple.
The United Press reported on Saturday that Paul McCartney had reached a $400 Million deal with Apple to put the entire Beatles catalog on iTunes which would also involve EMI, Sony, and Michal Jackson (the majority holder of Beatles' publishing rights). Also getting in on the action: Ringo Starr as well as the families of George Harrison and John Lennon.
However, Billboard reports today that this is totally unfounded and has no factual support. Apple has dismissed these claims as "unsubstantiated speculation."
So who to believe? Well, talks of the Beatles finally being on the iTunes catalog have been going on since, well, since the creating of iTunes and were recently very hyped for the last Macword in January '08. In the Billboard article, they report how McCartney personally told them that a deal with iTunes was "virtually sealed" and that George Harrison's widow, Olivia, confirmed this back in June of 2007; yet we still have no Beatles on iTunes (no, McCartney's songs don't count).
Until I see an official report from Apple/iTunes with the songs available for purchase and I actually myself purchase a song through the giant online store and it plays flawlessly, then, and only then, will I believe any of this hype. We've had so many stories over the past few years of the Beatles coming to iTunes that I've become immune to any story that involves both parties. However, that doesn't mean I won't continue to report the hype, I mean, c'mon, it's fun.
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