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kotaku.com - 10/29/2008
Are the Beatles Coming to Rock Band 2 and Not Guitar Hero? [Rock Band 2]
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I just had an alert drop in my mailbox from MTV. Apparently MTV Networks, owners of Harmonix, and Apple Corps Ltd, administrators of The Beatles releases of the 1960s, are holding a press conference tomorrow to make some announcement about an "exclusive agreement to develop a global music ...

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The Beatles heading to Rock Band? - Apple Corps Ltd. and MTV to Announce Exclusive Agreement to Develop Unprecedented Global Music Project
GoNintendo — Apple Corps Ltd. and MTV to Announce Exclusive Agreement to Develop Unprecedented Global Music Project WHAT: Apple Corps Ltd. and MTV to announce an exclusive agreement to develop a global music project. WHO: Jeff Jones, CEO of Apple Corps, Ltd. Judy McGrath, Chairman and CEO of MTV Networks Van Toffler, President of MTV Networks Music/Logo Group WHEN: Thursday, October 30, 2008 2:00 pm UK Time, 10:00 am ET, 7:00 AM PT Link This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 at 3:41 pm and is filed under ...

News Alert Has People Expecting ‘Rock Band: Beatles’ Announcement
MTV Multiplayer — [image] We don’t know. You may have seen the blog posts and news articles about the MTV PR blast that just went out to video game reporters. It hypes the pending announcement involving MTV and the company that owns the Beatles‘ music library, Apple Corps. You might be getting excited that there could be a “Rock Band Beatles” announcement coming tomorrow. And you might think I can say if it’s happening or not, since I work for MTV. But as I said above, we here at MTV Multiplayer don’t know what it’s about. There is an appropriate line drawn between MTV News and MTV ...

Rumor / The Beatles are coming! The Beatles are coming!
That VideoGame Blog — ... confrence that will take place tomorrow with MTV Networks, who own not only Harmonix but also Apple Corps, who in turn are the administrators of The Beatles releases. In said press conference they will make an announcement about an “exclusive agreement to develop a global music project.” The release also listed a PR contact for Rock Band 2. I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer, and putting two and two together is sometimes hard for me, so I have to give some cred to outside sources for putting the whole puzzle together, but it seems like this will ...

News Alert Has People Expecting ‘Rock Band: Beatles’ Announcement [UPDATED]
MTV Multiplayer — ... that "several people familiar with the matter" have informed the publication that music from The Beatles has, indeed, been licensed for use in "Rock Band." We've reached out to MTV Games for comment, but have not yet heard back.] We don’t know. You may have seen the blog posts and ...

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