The Beatles - finally on iTunes?

Stephen Withers
Tuesday, 16 November 2010 12:55

Your IT - Entertainment

A report from the US implies tomorrow's iTunes-related announcement will include the arrival of music by The Beatles in the iTunes Store.

If the Wall Street Journal is to believed - and that publication often gets the inside running on Apple's plans - The Beatles catalogue is about to arrive at the iTunes Store.

Visitors to the iTunes Store have been greeted with the cryptic announcement "Tomorrow is just another day. That you'll never forget. Check back here tomorrow for an exciting announcement from iTunes." A set of clocks showing 7am in California implies the announcement will be made at 2am Wednesday, AEDST.

The WSJ states that according to unnamed sources "familiar with the situation," the iTunes Store will soon offer The Beatles' music.

Despite the passing of decades since the band split up, The Beatles remain one of the top selling acts in the music business, thanks in part to the recent release of remastered editions of several albums.

The Beatles - or more accurately the band's company Apple Corps - has a long history of litigation with Apple over trademark issues. In 2007, the matter was finally settled with Apple gaining control of the trademarks and licensing them to Apple Corps.

Reports of the imminent arrival of Beatles music at the iTunes Store are nothing new - see page 2.