Offering helpful advice to a friend is often human nature at its best. When that advice comes back to bite the very person who offered it in the first place, well, it can be a cruel twist of fate.
Just ask Paul McCartney. McCartney and Jackson became friendly in the mids when they met to discuss possible songwriting collaborations. It was during this period of mutually advantageous collaboration that McCartney reportedly explained to Jackson just how lucrative music publishing rights could be, especially in light of the fact that in the late s, McCartney had lost his stake in Northern Songs, the publishing company he set up with fellow Beatle John Lennon.
McCartney believed his friend to be joking, but in the joke became a reality and the friendship fractured. By the mids the Beatles catalog had come under the ownership of company ATV, which was headed by Australian billionaire Robert Holmes a Court, who appeared ready to offload the prized collection to the highest bidder. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Your Email Leave this field blank. October 29, November 1, Andrew Esoldi.
Roosevelt signs into law the Social Security Act on August 14, Press photographers snapped pictures as FDR, flanked by ranking members of Congress, signed into law the historic act, which guaranteed an income for the unemployed and retirees. Since there was no extradition treaty with Sudan, the French agents sedated and kidnapped Carlos. The Sudanese government, claiming that it had Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox.
Francis Blandy falls into a coma and dies in his home outside London, England. Mary was forced to flee on her own when he refused, but she was From its inception, the Great War was by no means confined to the European continent; in the Far East, two rival nations, Japan and China, sought to find their There's more repacking of Beatle albums in the works. He said that what has helped the Fab Four's staying power is being a first mover.
In marketing terms, that means they were the first in their category and came to symbolize a significant moment in time. They were a transformative band, and that has longevity. Of course, Yoko Ono aside, the business side of things helped end the Beatles' recording career. The death of Epstein in from a prescription drug overdose sent the group, by their own admission, into a business tailspin.
The resulting bickering over managing their financial affairs kept the band members battling each other into the mids. It reached a point where Apple Corps, once listed on the London Stock Exchange in the s, nearly dissolved in But it was kept on to manage the business aspect of the Beatles recording library. It turned out well, as Apple Corps ranked second in on Fast Company magazine's list of the world's most innovative companies in the music industry.
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