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Meet Google Music's Chief Record Store Geek, Tim Quirk

To make up for its tardiness to the online music store game, Google Music has enlisted bona fide music lovers to help curate its store. It's the Google version of "High Fidelity," with Tim Quirk as Rob Gordon.READ»

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10th Anniversary: George Harrison's Death

From the great beyond come the greatest hits. At least, that's true for pop musicians, who often see posthumous boosts in record sales.READ»

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Anticlimactic Apple! iTunes Unveils the Beatles, But No Streaming Cloud Service

Apple announcements are usually airtight, but today's news leaked early: iTunes will be adding the Beatles to its music store. While many hoped that couldn't be the only announcement (one more thing...?), when hordes of fanboys waited for Apple.com to load Tuesday, they were greeted by John, Paul, George, and Ringo.READ»

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Beatles for Sale! Apple's iTunes Scores Rights to Fab Four Catalog: Report

Steve Jobs is undoubtedly a huge fan of The Beatles. Their music can often be heard playing before Apple's press events. Ironically, the Fab Four are nowhere to be found on iTunes--until now.READ»

Why Apple's Ping Stumble May Help Google Music

The oft-flawless company stumbled in Ping's launch, and the reasons why are representative of Apple's relationship with consumers, record labels, and Google.READ»

The Beatles: Rock Band

"We had to create these 3-D avatars that to the world say the Beatles," says Harmonix creative director Josh Randall, who led the team that produced the new game The Beatles: Rock Band. "We were like, we cannot screw this up." To get ...READ»

Beatles Discography Finally Gets Digital Remastering, Due 9/9/09

Some audiophiles would argue "let it be," but the Beatles' discography is finally being brought fully into the digital 21st Century: Apple Corps Ltd. and EMI Music have just announced that the completely re-mastered ...READ»

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The Beatles Join MTV’s Digital Empire

MTV is on a roll. Just days after announcing a fresh new music video web site comes news that MTV Networks will license songs from the Beatles for an upcoming video game from Harmonix, the makers of Rock Band.READ»