Harrisongs as a Private Company

Harrisongs Ltd. is a music publishing company, founded by George Harrison in 1965. At this time, the company was owned 80% by Harrison, and 20% by Brian Epstein, the manager of The Beatles until his death in 1967. From 1970, the company was owned outright by Harrison. That takes care of the factual history of the company, but does not explain the reasons why I or anyone else should be interested in this company. The music of the Beatles is very well known to most, and it is true financial issues behind the scenes probably had little to do with how well the four songwriters produced their music. All four members of the Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Harrison were assigned to Northern Songs Ltd who took responsibility for publishing their music. This would seem like a comfortable set up, the musicians able to get on and do what they do best, and once done, allowing someone else to deal with the beuracracy (i know). However both Harrison and Starr decided to break away from this comfort zone and form there own companies, Starr's entitled Startling Music. As a fan of George Harrison's music, my original interest lay with the vehicle behind his songs, but reading into the situation, i find the reasons to why it came about much more interesting, with respect to the so-called postions within the band, and how they were percieved by the adoring public. it seems to come down, as everythings seems to do, to a question of fame and money.