You can listen to Beatles songs on streaming sites

Streaming services have suffered a few high-profile setbacks in the last year. Not long after Taylor Swift pulled her music from Spotify, Adele announced that "music should be an event." Her steamroller of a new album, "25," isn't on Google Play or Apple Music. "It's a bit disposal, streaming," she said during an interview with Time.

But here's some good news for streaming companies and their listeners: As of 12:01 a.m. on Christmas Eve, the Beatles' discography was available on nine streaming services: Spotify, Google Play, Apple Music, Tidal, Amazon Prime, Deezer, Microsoft Groove, Rhapsody and Slacker.

The news was announced on the Beatles website with a short video and a sampling of tracks to whet appetites, including "Help!" to "Taxman" to "Let it Be."

The move seems pretty progressive, given how long it took Apple Corps to embrace the Internet. A fan couldn't buy/download a Beatles track from iTunes until 2010.

It's hard to know what prompted the move. Maybe remaining band members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr want to reach a younger audience. Or maybe it's about preserving a legacy in a world where people are increasingly getting rid of their physical stuff.

Or maybe they realized that someone started a revolution and rather than saying, "well, you know, we all want to change the world," it was time to join in.

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