LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 12: Apple Corp CEO Jeff Jones and musician Ringo Starr attend GRAMMY-Nominatied Artist Klaus Voorman With Debut Of Original Beatles “Revolver” Cover Artwork Display at Millennium Biltmore Hotel on February 12, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paul Redmond/FilmMagic)
Jeff Jones is a music industry executive best known as the CEO of Apple Corps, the company founded by The Beatles. Jones was formerly an Executive Vice President at Sony/BMG, where he managed Sony’s recorded catalogs, including repackaging classic albums.
At Apple Corps he has overseen Beatles projects such as the launch of TheBeatles.com, the release of the band’s remastered catalog on CD, iTunes, and vinyl, the DVD and Blu-Ray releases of Help!, Yellow Submarine and Magical Mystery Tour, The Beatles: Rock Band, and the Cirque du Soleil collaboration, including the Grammy-winning Love album.
He also produced the compilations The Beatles in Mono and The Beatles Stereo Box Set, for which he won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Historical Album.
Apple Corps (2007-present)
Jones became the chief executive of Apple Corps, the company founded by The Beatles, in April 2007. He replaced long-time incumbent Neil Aspinall.[1][2] Jones, and his family moved from the US to London, and he said his new job was “a dream come true”.[3]
At Apple Corps he has overseen Beatles projects such as the launch of TheBeatles.com,[4] the release of the band’s remastered catalog on CD, iTunes,[5] and vinyl,[6] the DVD and Blu-Ray releases of Help!, Yellow Submarine and Magical Mystery Tour, The Beatles: Rock Band, and the Cirque du Soleil collaboration, including the Grammy-winning Love album.
In 2010, under his direction, The Beatles’ catalogue was made available on iTunes through EMI, marking the first time Beatles music had ever been sold as digital downloads.[5]
Jones took part in talks for the use of “Tomorrow Never Knows” in AMC series Mad Men, which was the first time a Beatles song had been used in an American television series. He also oversaw the release of Beatles box sets with remastered tracks, both stereo and The Beatles in Mono. As the compilation producer for The Beatles Stereo Box Set, Jones won a Grammy Award for Best Historical Album in 2011.
