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BusinessWeek
August 6, 2009
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Video Games: Will The Beatles Rock MTV? Viacom is counting on the Fab Four to rejuvenate MTV Networks' flagging Rock Band video franchise.   |
Popular Mechanics
June 26, 2009
Kyle Orland |
The Beatles--Rock Band: Questions For Lead Designer Chris Foster What's key is that it's a game really about the Beatles and telling their story. |
Wired
September 14, 2007
Chris Kohler |
Full-On Rock Band Makes Jamming Follow-Up to Guitar Hero Rock Band, the new video game by Harmonix, allows you to play in your own band without the instruments. |
Inc.
October 2008
Don Steinberg |
Just Play As the makers of the games Guitar Hero and now Rock Band settle into their success - check that, their utter domination of the world's basements and dorm rooms - it's worth asking why the first hit was so painfully long in coming. It seems they had forgotten something: fun. |
The Motley Fool
October 14, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Music Games Aren't Child's Play There's grown-up money to be made as Guitar Hero and Rock Band give the music industry a much-needed makeover. |
The Motley Fool
September 9, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Smashing Plastic Guitars The guitar games keep coming, but consumers don't seem to care anymore. |
The Motley Fool
November 26, 2008
Tim Beyers |
Sgt. Pepper Stuck In Nowhere Land Negotiations between the Beatles' record company and label EMI, which owns the rights to the group's recordings, have stalled. This means the Beatles won't be coming to iTunes anytime soon. |
Salon.com
July 25, 2000
Frank Houston |
Sir George Martin He was the only "fifth Beatle" who really deserved the title -- without him the '60s' greatest group might never have happened. |
Popular Mechanics
September 8, 2009
Seth Porges |
Rock Band's Beatles Take on Guitar Hero 5's Eclectic World Another year, another dueling release from the Rock Band and Guitar Hero franchises. |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
EA Wants to Be a Rock Star The Rock Band video game is a new spin on an existing idea, but the spin sounds promising so far. However, some gamers (and video game investors) have wished EA would get a bit more creative instead of relying on rehashes. |
BusinessWeek
October 29, 2007
Christopher Palmeri |
Guitar Hero: More Than a Video Game The music industry, and artists, see rock 'n' roll sensation Guitar Hero as a powerful promotional tool. |
BusinessWeek
July 1, 2010
Hugo Lindgren |
Could Anything Have Saved the Beatles? Maybe -- if management had kept out of their wallets and got inside their minds, the Beatles could have been saved, according to the new book You Never Give Me Your Money: The Beatles After the Breakup, by Peter Doggett. |
Popular Mechanics
September 16, 2008
Seth Porges |
Rock Band 2 May Be the Best Party Game Ever: Hands-on Review Rock Band 2 does not repeat Rock Band's quantum leap in game-play design and technical innovation, but it does expand on and improve the original game enough to supplant it as the most fun party game of the year. |
Home Theater
October 31, 2008 |
Gamers Meet the Beatles MTV-Harmonix, maker of the game platform Rock Band, will develop a new game based around the Beatles. Is this a prelude to Beatles' downloads coming to iTunes? |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2008
Anders Bylund |
"Rock Band" Leads Us Into a Brave New World Only available for a scant eight weeks, and then only in North America -- video game Rock Band has already racked up 2.5 million paid downloads of additional songs/game levels. |
The Motley Fool
July 31, 2007
Steven Mallas |
Will Rock Band Shut Off Guitar Hero's Mic? Can EA successfully compete against Activision's rockin' franchise? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 15, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Can Viacom Do What Activision Couldn't? Musicians have a new venue to get their music out to existing fans -- and bring in new ones. |
The Motley Fool
December 10, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Music Industry 2.0 How to invest in what looks like a deeply troubled music sector. Hint: Think outside the CD case. |
Reason
June 2001
Charles Paul Freund |
Still Fab Why we keep listening to the Beatles... |
Salon.com
December 1, 2001
Gary Kamiya |
He was in the band George Harrison didn't do anything except bring to every Beatles song exactly what it needed... |
AskMen.com
Robert Scalia |
Top 10: Rock Concerts Of All Time There are certain rock shows that, for one reason or another, transcend their particular tour date and venue and truly capture the essence of that artist or band, transforming one simple night into legend. |
Salon.com
December 3, 2001
Ira Robbins |
And life flows on Rather than exploit his fame, George Harrison held fast to his convictions -- and complained about the taxes... |
The Motley Fool
September 1, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
3 Dates to Circle in September The market's been rallying ever since its springtime leap. The "sell in May and go away" cynics have missed out on a deluge of opportunities. Here are a few days to approach with eyes wide open this month. |
Wired
September 14, 2007
Chris Kohler |
A Glimpse Into Harmonix's Punk-Rock Design Process The popularity of Guitar Hero sent this company packing in the middle of high-pressure deadlines for Rock Band. |
The Motley Fool
August 8, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Kicking Axe and Taking Names The music label turned heads when CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. lashed out at Activision's Guitar Hero and Viacom's Rock Band over licensing. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Can Guitar Gaming Rise Again? The guitar game genre is on life support, but Viacom is reaching for the defibrillator. |
Salon.com
November 1, 2000
Frank Houston |
The Beatles Anthology An entrancing collection of anecdotes, confessions and memories, straight from the mouths of John, Paul, George and Ringo... |
InternetNews
March 24, 2008 |
Gibson Sues Over Guitar Hero And Rock Band Gibson Guitar filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Viacom's MTV Networks, Harmonix and Electronic Arts relating to the wildly popular Rock Band video game and Harmonix's previously developed game, Guitar Hero. |
The Motley Fool
November 23, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
For Those About to Rock It's a battle of the brands when it comes to band simulation games. Harmonix developed both Viacom's new Rock Band game and Activision's Guitar Hero franchise. |
Popular Mechanics
July 17, 2008
Erin Scottberg |
Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero World Tour & Rock Revolution: Hands-on @ E3 2008 (with Video!) Three new full-band gaming titles have been unveiled: the much anticipated Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour, plus newcomer Rock Revolution. |
Reason
June 2001
Nick Gillespie |
The Long and Whining Road The Beatles, the boomers, and boredom... |
Salon.com
December 8, 2000
Gary Kamiya |
The hero who never looked down The exemplar of everything good and bad about his time, John Lennon will forever loom over the unsettled legacy of an ambiguous age... |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The DJ Is in the House at Activision Viacom, the video gaming giant behind the Guitar Hero franchise, is working on a disc jockey mashup game called DJ Hero. |
PC Magazine
July 1, 2009 |
Let the Games Begin At this year's E3 video-game conference in Los Angeles, everyone from stormtroopers to Ringo Starr was on hand. Here are some of the highlights from the show. |
AskMen.com
Ryan Pierce |
Top 10: Music Rivalries Behind the hits of the '70s, '80s and '90s are stories of ambition, betrayal and conquest. Settle in as we chronicle the winners and losers in the roll call of rock 'n' roll rivalry. Ring the bell! |
InternetNews
February 5, 2007
Ed Sutherland |
Apple Inc. Settles with Apple Corps Ltd. Apple Inc. can continue using the "Apple" name and logo with its iTunes store. |
The Motley Fool
February 8, 2008
Anders Bylund |
There's a Backstage Party at Activision Riding a heavy metal wave of Guitar Hero III success, Activision turns in a show-stopping quarter. |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Activision Goes "Crazy" Over Aerosmith Video game designer Activision announces another installment of its ultra-popular Guitar Hero franchise, built around the material and career of rock legends Aerosmith. |
The Motley Fool
November 27, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
What I Like About You, Activision The video game company boosts its expectations for the current quarter and fiscal 2008; its Guitar Hero franchise continues to be a megahit. |
Wired
Jeff Howe |
Why the Music Industry Hates Guitar Hero Even though the popular video game has breathed life into old bans and helped popularize new ones, the record labels are still whining about licensing fees. |
Fast Company
November 2008
Robert Levine |
MTV's Digital Makeover MTV famously missed its chance to buy MySpace. Now the network's president, Van Toffler, is investing in dozens of digital media projects -- and one might soon be a billion-dollar business. |
Salon.com
July 9, 2002
Greg Milner |
The undeniable truth about Burma Mission of Burma recorded 21 songs, helped invent post-punk, and left a legacy that resonated from R.E.M. to Moby. More than 20 years later, no one will let the band die. |
Salon.com
December 7, 2000
Michael Sragow |
Another "Hard Day's Night" Producer Walter Shenson tells how he gave director Richard Lester a ticket to ride. (The band just acted naturally.).. |
Home Theater
April 9, 2009 |
Beatles CD Reissues Announced The Beatles catalogue will be reissued on CD on September 9, the same day the band will make its videogame debut in Rock Band. Unfortunately, the announcement said nothing about when the Fab Four's masterworks will be legally issued for the first time as downloads. |
The Motley Fool
December 23, 2008
Anders Bylund |
The Tale of an Extinct Business Model A business model that never existed before this decade kills off the music industry at large. |
Reason
August 2002
Nick Gillespie |
My Sweet Bore Explaining a former Beatle's artistic slide |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2008
Anders Bylund |
It's On! It's On! It's On! Activision Blizzard and Viacom are staring each other down across the music-game playground. |
Salon.com
August 30, 2001
Charles R. Cross |
Never mind the hair bands, here's a Flock of Seagulls! The author of a new biography of Kurt Cobain looks back at the best and worst of musical decades, the 1980s... |
The Motley Fool
May 22, 2008
Anders Bylund |
"Guitar Hero" Becomes a Music Store And the kids are encouraged to play along in many different ways. |
AskMen.com
Robert Scalia |
Top 10: Rock Duos Singer/guitarist duos have become legendary in the world of rock, the driving force behind some of the most popular bands of the last four decades. Here is a look at the top 10 rock duos of all time. |
