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Amazon.com wraps up purchase of audio content seller

Top e-retailer Amazon.com has completed its acquisition of Audible, a web-only retailer of audio books and entertainment. Audible now is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the e-retailing giant.

Posted 03/19/2008Bill BriggsPost a comment

/ E-Retailers

Audible.com resonates with $110 million in annual revenue

Web-only audio content retailer Audible.com reports $110 million in 2007 sales, a 34% increase from 2006. Amazon.com also has completed its initial tender offer for all outstanding shares of Audible stock.

Posted 03/12/2008Mark BrohanPost a comment

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Amazon wirelessly delivers books at the speed of thought – almost

Amazon’s Kindle, a portable, wireless reader, offers book titles that download in 60 seconds. Consumers can download content without plugging the reader into a computer.

Posted 11/21/2007Don DavisPost a comment

Audible appoints its latest board member

Audible Inc. has named former AOL LLC executive James P. Bankoff to its board of directors. He most recently served as executive vice president of AOL programming and products.

Posted 07/23/2007Don DavisPost a comment

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Amazon.com adds audiobooks on demand and buys book-recording company

Amazon.com has acquired audiobook publisher Brilliance Audio and announced its disc-on-demand service will offer recorded books as well as movies and music.

Posted 05/23/2007Don DavisPost a comment

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Audible names a new CFO

Audible.com Inc., online retailer and supplier of digital books and other interactive media, has named William H. Mitchell chief financial officer.

Posted 01/29/2007Kurt PetersPost a comment

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Muze and Audible.com launch audio book online retailing service

Muze, a provider of book reviews, pricing and other information that helps retailers organize sales of digital music and books, is combining its services to online retailers with the audiobooks available from Audible.com.

Posted 10/19/2004Kurt PetersPost a comment

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NETexponent to Manage Audible.com Affiliate Marketing, Media Partnerships and Pay-Per-Click Search Management Programs

NEW YORK, March 7, 2006 – NETexponent, a leading online performance marketing agency, announced today that Audible, Inc., the Internet’s leading provider of spoken audio entertainment, information and educational programming, has selected the company to manage and optimize its affiliate programs, media partnerships and search marketing efforts. NETexponent will look to maximize order volume generated though a custom partnership network marketing...

Posted 03/10/2006