Apple Corps Ltd
Apple Corps Ltd is the London-based multimedia company founded by the Beatles in 1968 that oversees the band's creative and business interests, including administration of their recorded music catalog and their film, theatrical, and book publishing rights.www.applecorps.com
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Sep 17, 2026
Keith OlbermannHOST
But they put him on a studio set.
Keith OlbermannHOST
They put a mic on him, and the next thing he knew, he was on the BBC News Channel answering questions about the lawsuit between Apple Corps and Apple Computer because that fellow who was supposed to do that interview was also named Guy.
Keith OlbermannHOST
And they didn't know the difference between the two Guys, and they took the wrong guy named Guy.
Keith OlbermannHOST
And suddenly, he was being interviewed, and he tried to answer the questions.
JustinHOST
hope to hell not.
JustinHOST
I mean, because we can do 70ths anyways, and we'll probably do them because Apple is a big cash cow, and they know their audience, and their audience, at least one of their major audience, well, two of them, I would say for sure, are sitting in this room that I'm a completist, and I think my son is buying into that, and...
JustinHOST
Really, all it is is a waste of money, but it makes me feel good.
TylerHOST
I wonder if people are starting to gravitate more towards Revolver and Rubber Soul because of the things that they really liked about Sgt. Pepper with the breaking out and experimenting with different recording techniques and different sounds.
Brian WhiteHOST
But back to the 1970s.
Brian WhiteHOST
Todorovsky then cuts a deal with Alan Klein of Apple Corps, the Beatles management company, and secures the funds to make The Holy Mountain, another movie about initiation and alchemy.
Brian WhiteHOST
This is all
Dave WhiteHOST
because John Lennon and Hugo saw the movie and were like, oh my God, man, you got to see this and you got to put it out.
BrianHOST
I am.
BrianHOST
The Apple Corps Limited...
BrianHOST
So this is the, not the Apple...
BrianHOST
The technology company, this is Apple, the record company that some may or may not know, but it was founded by the Beatles.
Red RichardsonHOST
The, the, the whole office was doing rounds.
Red RichardsonHOST
What was it? You know, The Beatles, Apple, when they started that.
Alfie BrownGUEST
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Red RichardsonHOST
And there's-
speaker_4HOST
Within months, the shield is gone and the structural cracks appear.
speaker_4HOST
The band suddenly tries to manage their own sprawling financial affairs and they form Apple Corps.
CassHOST
Oh boy, apple cork.
speaker_4HOST
Yeah, which immediately turns into this idealistic anarchic disaster that just rapidly hemorrhages cash.
Jennifer BeavisGUEST
Hey, record music industry people down in the States where you can download music off of our library.
Jennifer BeavisGUEST
which by the way is a whole other discussion about the Beatles, Apple Corps suing Apple on this whole, anyway, this is a whole other discussion we could do another day.
Jennifer BeavisGUEST
They weren't supposed to be able to do that with the settlement, but they eventually, by the way, they brought it, bought out the name, but Apple, Apple computers did.
Jennifer BeavisGUEST
So iTunes, what they did was they said to the record companies, Hey, we understand there's a royalty that needs to be paid.
speaker_0HOST
British journalist and confidant who became famous as being a press officer for the Beatles.
speaker_0HOST
He helped to shape the public narrative of Beatlemania at the time and also the Apple Corps empire.
speaker_0HOST
Next on the Music History Today podcast, it is September the 8th.
speaker_0HOST
when in 1989, the late great DJ and producer Avicii was born.
Scott AukermanHOST
yes.
Scott AukermanHOST
Not the label, by the way, because I know you're on Apple.
Scott AukermanHOST
Not the tech company.
May DarmonGUEST
But not, I mean, maybe we won't be in Apple anymore, Dave.
Scott AukermanHOST
Yeah.
Scott AukermanHOST
Can you negotiate that? The Beatles to get their recordings off of Apple? Oh, yeah, I think so.
Scott AukermanHOST
You guys owned Apple, though.
May DarmonGUEST
Well, we try.
Chris MolanphyHOST
Though George's reasons for leaving the group for a couple of days in January 69 are murky, reportedly his meager songwriting credits were a factor.
Chris MolanphyHOST
Another factor, the formation of AppleCore, the Beatles' troubled foray into the music business.
Chris MolanphyHOST
George hated the legalities and meetings that were involved in setting up the company and its record label.
Chris MolanphyHOST
The combination of all of these factors led to a creative release.
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Chris MolanphyHOST
The first evidence we had of Sun's deep popularity came in 2010, when the Beatles' full catalog became available for download on Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store.
Chris MolanphyHOST
The arrival of the Beatles on iTunes was a big deal.
Chris MolanphyHOST
Apple Computer and the Beatles' own AppleCore had spent decades haggling over the name Apple.
Chris MolanphyHOST
The Beatles sued Steve Jobs' company multiple times over his use of the name.
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