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A BBC news article reports that 

The legacy of The Beatles adds nearly £82m to the Liverpool economy each year, new research has suggested.

The band’s impact also supports 2,335 jobs in the city, claims the report commissioned by Liverpool City Council…

…The report said the Beatles-related economy was growing by up to 15% a year and that the band’s songs were becoming increasingly popular in Brazil and China alongside the more established fan bases in Europe and the US.

The research, produced by Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Liverpool, is the first study of the contemporary value of the quartet that achieved worldwide fame in the 1960s.

It also recommended the launch of a “Beatles Legacy” group to develop the sector.

Anyone else remember how in the 1970’s some Liverpool Councillors wanted to distance themselves from the band?

£82m a year is just a ridiculous amount for a group to bring to their home city/town.

And their music is gaining popularity 47 years after they split!!

[x-posted in ‘Visiting Liverpool: Beatles Places‘]

Skype’s new emoji were created by Paul McCartney

Some people want to fill the world with silly emoji

Exactly 52 years after The Beatles made their historical debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, Sir Paul McCartney is bringing his musical talents to the world of emoji.

Microsoft-owned Skype has enlisted the help of McCartney to create a new group of 10 moving emoticons, which Skype calls Mojis, for the mobile and desktop versions of its app. The new “Love” Mojis include characters such as Sumo Cupid, Excited Octopus, and Flirting Banana.

These animated characters wiggle and gyrate to short chords of non-lyrical music or the occasional “doo dee doo deeeeee” from Sir Paul himself. They are timed to Valentine’s Day, because who wouldn’t want to receive a flirtatious banana emoji that peels off its own fibrous skin on Valentine’s Day, am I right?

Skype even gave a small group of journalists, myself included, a look at a behind-the-scenes video in which Sir Paul taps on keyboard keys, strums his guitar, and murmurs sounds, all a part of the Moji creation process.

Apart from a label that states this group of Mojis was created by McCartney, they don’t include any distinguishing characteristics of McCartney (or The Beatles). Skype says it went through many iterations of these emoticons and decided that it wanted to create new expressive content that paired with McCartney’s original music, but did not want to overburden the message.

[snip]

The new Love Mojis become available on Skype today, and are free, because obviously you can’t buy me love. (Sorry.)

“I’m Gonna Do It To You, Gonna Do It,
Sweet Banana, You’ve Never Been Done.”

Video of the multi-talented Paul McCartney making the sounds for the Skype mojis.

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/ar…..moji-skype

meanmistermustard said

A cool Drowned In Sound article on Paul’s Skype moji’s. 

Good writing. But the last sentence is not necessary!