{
  "id": 1905211,
  "title": "The Beatles Ink Licensing and Merch Deal With Universal Music Ahead of Biopics",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/the-beatles-ink-licensing-and-merch-deal-with-universal-music-ahead",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-19T09:35:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/global/the-beatles-licensing-merch-deal-universal-music-1236838031/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Beatles rights-holding company Apple Corps has come together with Universal Music Group to ink a wide-ranging licensing and merch deal for all things related to the fab four. It will include physical and digital merchandise, licensing, and e-commerce. “The Beatles embody music’s power to change the world, and that influence makes them one of […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}