Universal Music acquired the Beatles' catalog with its 2013 purchase of EMI, along with the rights to the EMI and Capitol trademarks, and established Calderstone (initially named "Beatles Holdco Ltd.") to administer the Beatles' catalog worldwide. As part of the deal, however, Universal was required by regulators to divest several EMI properties, most notably Parlophone, which it sold to
Warner Music Group in 2013. Consequently, Calderstone currently releases Beatles recordings on the Apple label worldwide, and on Apple/Capitol in the United States, though reissues of Beatles albums originally released on the Parlophone label retain the Parlophone trademark (under license from Warner) as part of the original albums' artwork. Calderstone also administers solo recordings by
John Lennon and
Ringo Starr originally released on the Apple label.
Paul McCartney's solo Apple recordings, however, are owned by his company
MPL Communications, and since 2016 are distributed by Universal Music's Capitol Records unit. Since 2023,
George Harrison's solo recordings have been owned by
Dark Horse Records and distributed by
BMG. ==References==