Staci D. Kramer
Jul 16, 2009 12:56 AM
Finally, some serious synergy ... CBS (NYSE: CBS) parlayed Wednesday’s appearance by Paul McCartney on The Late Show with David Letterman into a surprise mini-concert from the marquee of the Ed Sullivan Theater—and then into a web-exclusive set. In front of cameras on scaffolds across from the theater where he…
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David Kaplan
Nov 24, 2008 5:44 PM
Sir Paul McCartney has thrown some cold water on hopes that Beatles’ recordings would finally make it to iTunes, saying that negotiations with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Inc. have stalled, AP reported. As has happened many times before, fans of the band’s music thought they might finally be ready for the…
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Staci D. Kramer
Mar 9, 2008 8:59 PM
A rather sketchy story from The Telegraph has started another Beatles-iTunes tizzy. It’s a different law of large numbers—the larger the dollar amount you can attach to a story with the words Beatles and iTunes, the more reverb it gets, whether or not it comes with actual info. The Telegraph…
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David Kaplan
Nov 14, 2007 4:23 PM
Clues to when the Beatles’ catalog would finally arrive online have been trickling out in bits and pieces for the past year. Now, Paul McCartney tells Billboard that he’s “pretty sure” the band’s music would go digital in 2008. Still, he didn’t offer a hint as to what part of…
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David Kaplan
May 10, 2007 11:53 PM
As Paul McCartney prepares to release his first original album available for download sales, he has told Billboard magazine that a deal to distribute the Beatles’ catalog for online downloading is “virtually settled,” Billboard Biz reports. McCartney’s new album, Memory Almost Full, will be his first solo release available for…
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Rafat Ali
Aug 3, 2005 1:10 AM
Ex-Beatles Sir Paul McCartney has pumped an undisclosed sum into London-based online payment system supplier Magex. The investment comes in the same week that Universal is set to begin a trial digital music download service which uses Magex technology. Magex is a secure online payment service spun off from the…
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