‘Beat Bugs’ & ‘Motown Magic’ creator on his passionate pursuit of music rights

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‘Beat Bugs’ & ‘Motown Magic’ creator on his passionate pursuit of music rights

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Published on Nov 30, 2018, 12:00:00 AM
Total time: 00:28:32

Episode Description

For his Netflix kids show ‘Beat Bugs’, Josh Wakely worked a miracle: he got the rights to use Beatles music in the series. Never afraid of going big, Wakely now has a new animated show on Netflix called ‘Motown Magic,’ which features another set of iconic songs and Smokey Robinson as the music supervisor. Wakely tells us about his years-long pursuit of the rights to some of the world’s most famous music.

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