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January 16, 2007

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Love at last: Could a Beatles-iTunes deal be close?

Posted Jan. 16, ’07, 2:32 PM PT by Scott Silverman
Category | Music

200701161431Our UK Mac brethren are reporting as of today that a Beatles-iTunes deal may have been reached. Strong hints were coming from Steve during his Keynote that the Beatles may be appearing in the iTunes store sometime soon. For example, he played the Beatles song “Lovely Rita” and displayed album art from both Abbey Road and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Now, according to Macworld UK, a Beatles fan website, Abbryrd, is reporting that a “deal between the two Apples has been struck, and it seems likely that the latest album, Love, will be made available through iTunes.” We can only hope that this may be the truth, as the Beatles are one of the last major groups to refuse to sell their music online. Might something be brewing behind closed doors, and is Macworld UK onto something? Or was Steve featuring the Beatles in his Keynote just to earn some brownie points with Apple Corp? Hopefully an answer is only a few months away.


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You forgot about Led Zepplin.

Posted by: James Kerick | January 16, 2007 2:45 PM

You also forgot about Radiohead.

Posted by: cdemeis | January 16, 2007 3:30 PM

i think he means "Zeppelin." check out led-zeppelin.com

Posted by: Ted Kau | January 16, 2007 3:55 PM

My guess is that ol' Stevie thought they would have a deal by the Macworld, so they included the Beatles song in the keynote.

By the time it became evident that they wouldn't have a deal in time, Steve was too far rehearsed to change the song.

Posted by: GCarden | January 16, 2007 10:20 PM

yeah led zeppelin is another major group if they were on itunes then itunes would be perfect well at least closer to perfection.

Posted by: george | January 17, 2007 3:25 PM

The Beatles are not "one of the last major groups to refuse to sell their music online", they are one of the last major groups to refuse to sell their music *on iTunes*.

Posted by: Javier | January 17, 2007 4:35 PM

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