Rolling Stone Gets Appy

GET APPY: Rolling Stone magazine will release an iPad app companion this week for its The Beatles: The Ultimate Album-by-Album Guide book, while its parent Wenner Media prepares to launch full digital magazine replica apps on the Apple tablet next year for its flagship title and US Weekly. The Beatles’ book, which came out this summer, represents Wenner’s first foray into apps, though replica versions of the magazine are available on Nook, Fire and Zinio. The Beatles app costs $9.99—the same as the print version—and is not currently available on Android, featuring interviews with Jim James of My Morning Jacket, James Taylor, Stevie Nicks, Liz Phair, Steven Van Zandt, Liam Gallagher, Stephen Malkmus of Pavement, Colin Meloy of the Decemberists, Graham Nash, Bob Weir and others, as well as a guide to the best non-album tracks. (11/29a)