Articles about Audible

Obamas’ media company Higher Ground signs exclusive audio deal with Amazon-owned Audible

Audible, the audiobook and podcast platform owned by Amazon, has reached a multi-year, first-look production deal with Higher Ground, the… Read More

Audible discontinues daily audio digests of NYT, WSJ and Washington Post stories

Audible, the audiobook service owned by Amazon, has discontinued its daily audio digests of stories from The New York Times,… Read More

Tech Moves: Sea.citi adds board members; another Microsoft vet joins Magic Leap; and more

— Sea.citi, an organization that works to connect tech sector employees with civic life, announced three new board members: Zillow… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft’s pricey Duo; Amazon’s clumsy podcast news; REI drops HQ

Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week. We finally got the price and date for Surface… Read More

Amazon removes non-disparagement clause from podcast agreement after backlash

Amazon has removed a clause prohibiting disparaging comments about the company from its podcast content license agreement on Amazon Music… Read More

Amazon reveals ‘confidential’ podcast plan in mass email; shows must agree not to disparage Amazon

Amazon Music and the tech giant’s Audible subsidiary plan to offer podcasts from third-party content providers directly on their platforms,… Read More

Tech Moves: Zillow hires NYC leader; ex-Airbnb president joins Tapas Capital; Big Fish exec returns to EA; Slalom’s first CMO; and more

— Seattle-based Zillow Group announced leadership changes on its marketing team and in its New York office. Matt Daimler is… Read More

Amazon-owned Audible and major publishers settle lawsuit over audiobook translation feature

Amazon-owned Audible and a group of major book publishers settled a copyright lawsuit filed last year over a feature called… Read More

Amazon-owned Audible sued by major book publishers over controversial speech-to-text feature

Some of the top publishing companies are teaming up to sue Audible, the audiobook subsidiary of Amazon, arguing that a… Read More

Audible launches live (aka human!) customer service feature on Amazon Alexa devices

Audible, the audiobook company owned by Amazon, is launching a new option for its customers to talk with a live… Read More

Listen up: Digital audiobooks now the ‘fastest growing format’ as tech and titles improve

If your idea of a good time reading is to do it with your ears, you’re in good company. Digital… Read More

Tech Moves: Big ins and outs at Amazon; Gates Foundation hires CFO; Techstars vet joins Pioneer Square Labs; and more

There’s a lot of movement in Amazon’s vast world of entertainment, gaming and audio programming, with industry veterans coming in… Read More

Memoirs, thrillers and more page turners: Amazon editors select the 20 best books of the year so far

Halfway through 2018, there are plenty of great books which already deserve a spot in your beach bag. Editors with… Read More

Audible unveils romance audiobook service — including a feature to jump to ‘the good parts’

For lovers of romance novels, there’s a lot more to love with the release of Audible Romance, a new package… Read More

‘Frasier’ actor Kelsey Grammer narrates audiobook ‘Rise and Shine’ for Audible

Kelsey Grammer is joining the ranks of celebrities such as Sean Penn, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jesse Eisenberg who have narrated… Read More

Amazon’s Audible launches ‘SINCERELY, X’ audio series with true stories, told anonymously

Over the course of her abusive marriage, a mom from the Midwest developed a life-saving idea that she couldn’t share… Read More

Amazon’s new ‘Audible Channels’ Prime benefit is great — but it’s not available on Amazon tablets (Update: They’re working on it)

[Update, Saturday afternoon: After this story was published, an Amazon spokesperson contacted GeekWire to add to the company’s previous statement: “We… Read More

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