{
  "id": 1905968,
  "title": "The Beatles’ Apple Corps & Universal Music Group Set Merchandise Partnership",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/the-beatles-apple-corps-universal-music-group-set-merchandise",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-19T09:16:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/the-beatles-apple-corps-universal-music-group-partnership-1237045043/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Universal Music Group (UMG) will handle all worldwide physical and digital merchandise, licensing, and e-commerce related to The Beatles as part of a new long-term partnership with Apple Corps. The deal between the two entities was confirmed this morning. UMG already handles The Beatles’ music catalog and notably brought the band’s recordings to streaming sites […]",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}