Audible Adds Four New Radio Programs from American Public Media.WAYNE, N.J. -- SOUND MONEY, SPEAKING OF FAITH, THE SPLENDID TABLE, and AMERICAN RADIOWORKS American RadioWorks is a dedicated documentary production unit operated by American Public Media, the program distribution arm formerly known by the name of its parent organization, Minnesota Public Radio, which may be best known for A Prairie Home Companion. Now at Audible's Audio Subscription Center, www.audible.com/subscriptions Audible, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ADBL ADBL Agricultural Development Bank Limited (Nepal) ), the leading provider of digitally delivered spoken word audio, today announced the availability of four public radio shows from American Public Media, a division of long-time Audible partner Minnesota Public Radio Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) is a regional public radio network based in the U.S. state of Minnesota that has been broadcasting since 1967. The network includes more than 50 FM transmitters ranging from low-power translators in small and hard-to-reach areas up to full-power . SOUND MONEY(R), SPEAKING OF FAITH(R), and THE SPLENDID TABLE(R) will all be available for both subscription and individual show purchase. Audible(R) is also adding 35 radio documentaries from the award-winning AMERICAN RADIOWORKS(R), the national documentary unit of American Public Media. Audible has been distributing programs from American Public Media/Minnesota Public Radio since 2000 - Garrison Keillor's monologues, THE NEWS FROM LAKE WOBEGON Lake Wobegon is a fictional town in the U.S. state of Minnesota, said to have been the boyhood home of Garrison Keillor. Keillor reports the News from Lake Wobegon on the radio show A Prairie Home Companion (R) from A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION(R), and MARKETPLACE(R). "Audible is proud of our deep and mutually-beneficial relationship with Minnesota Public Radio, and now their new national production and distribution division, American Public Media," said Donald R. Katz, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Audible, Inc. "Minnesota Public Radio has been a visionary public radio producer, allowing Audible to bring their wonderful programming to listeners worldwide." "Audible is part of the changing ways people are listening to public radio," said Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. Jon McTaggart. "We are pleased that their technology offers us a way to make our programs accessible to a broader audience." SOUND MONEY is a weekly hour-long program about personal finance. Hosted by Kai Ryssdal Kai Ryssdal is the host of Marketplace, a business program that airs weekdays on U.S. public radio stations affiliated with American Public Media. He took over in August 2005, replacing David Brown. , SOUND MONEY looks at the way the week's major national and international stories will hit your wallet. Ryssdal and Senior Economics Editor Chris Farrell bring to weekly listeners the style, accessible delivery, and expertise in business and economic coverage of American Public Media's popular daily business program MARKETPLACE. SPEAKING OF FAITH, hosted by journalist and theologian Krista Tippett Krista Tippett is the host of Speaking of Faith, a weekly radio show carried on many public radio stations around the United States. Speaking of Faith is a radio show covering topics related to human faith in the broadest sense. , is a weekly series of programs dedicated to exploring topics and perspectives of faith. SPEAKING OF FAITH does not always have "religion" itself as a subject. Week after week, it grapples with themes of American life - asking how perspectives of faith might distinctively inform and illuminate our public reflection, from how nations wage war to how families raise their children. THE SPLENDID TABLE is a weekly hour-long program about food, cooking, and culture. More than a cooking program, THE SPLENDID TABLE is about meals as a gathering place, classic dishes and new discoveries, travel and other cultures, feeding a family on the run, and lots more. Host Lynne Rossetto Kasper Lynne Rossetto Kasper is a James Beard Award-winning food writer and host of the American Public Media radio show The Splendid Table. Kasper's popular and long-lived radio show, targeted toward those "who love to eat," features a series of interviews with chefs, restaurateurs, and is a widely recognized leader in the food community, and her list of contributors to THE SPLENDID TABLE is a veritable who's who Who’s Who biographical dictionary of notable living people. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 922] See : Fame of well-known food authorities. Regular guests include Jane and Michael Stern Michael Stern may be:
AMERICAN RADIOWORKS (ARW ARW Air Refueling Wing ARW Advanced Research Workshop ARW Associated Resume Writers ARW Army Ranger Wing (Irish Special Forces) ARW American Revolutionary War ARW Angle Random Walk ARW Aeroelastic Research Wing ) is American Public Media's award-winning national documentary unit. Audible will make available 35 ARW documentaries on a range of national and international political and social issues including the Korean War's legacy, secret White House tape recordings, genocide in Rwanda and the Kosovo conflict. Twelve-month subscriptions to each of the weekly programs are available for $44.95, one-month subscriptions cost $9.95, and individual episodes can be had for $3.95. Subscriptions to each program can also be had as part of one of Audible's flat-rate monthly membership clubs, BasicListener(R); for $14.95 per month the listener can select a one-month subscription and any one audiobook from the 6,000 available at audible.com. AMERICAN RADIOWORKS documentaries can be purchased for $7.95 each and can also be included as part of an AudibleListener(R) membership. About Audible.com: Audible.com, recently named the best consumer Web service by CNet.com, and one of the "Best of Today's Web" by PC World features daily audio editions of The Wall Street Journal and The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times -- available on a subscription basis in time for the morning drive to work each day -- as well as Forbes, Harvard Business Review Harvard Business Review is a general management magazine published since 1922 by Harvard Business School Publishing, owned by the Harvard Business School. A monthly research-based magazine written for business practitioners, it claims a high ranking business readership and , Scientific American, and Fast Company. The site offers a powerful collection of audiobook best sellers and classics by authors such as Tom Clancy, Stephen King, John Grisham, Janet Evanovich, James Patterson, the Dalai Lama, David McCullough, Stephen Hawking, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, and Jane Austen. There are also speeches, lectures, and on-demand radio programs including Marketplace, All Things Considered All Things Considered (ATC) is a news radio program in the United States, broadcast on the National Public Radio network. It was the first news program on the network, and is broadcast live worldwide through several outlets. , Car Talk, Fresh Air, and This American Life This American Life (TAL) is a weekly hour-long radio program produced by Chicago Public Radio. It is distributed by Public Radio International and is also available as a free weekly podcast. , and original shows such as RobinWilliams@audible.com. All of the programs at audible.com are available for computer-based playback, burning to audio CD, and on-the-go listening using numerous AudibleReady(R) portable digital audio players offered by leading consumer electronics and computer manufacturers. About Audible, Inc.: Audible(R) (www.audible.com(R)) is the Internet's leading premium spoken audio source. Content from Audible is downloaded and played back on personal computers, CDs, or AudibleReady(R) computer-based mobile devices. Audible has 48,000 hours of audio programs from more than 165 content partners that include leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers, and business information providers. Audible.com is Amazon.com's and the Apple iTunes Music Store's pre-eminent provider of spoken word products for downloading or streaming via the Web. Additionally, the Company is strategically aligned with Random House, Inc. in the first-ever imprint to produce spoken word content specifically suited for digital distribution, Random House Audible. Among the Company's key business relationships are Apple Corp., Creative Labs, Gateway, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, Microsoft Corporation, palmOne, Inc., PhatNoise Inc., RealNetworks, Inc., Rio Audio, Roxio, Inc., Sony Electronics, Texas Instruments Inc., and VoiceAge Corporation. Audible, www.audible.com, AudibleListener, BasicListener and AudibleReady are registered trademarks of Audible, Inc. and all are part of the family of Audible, Inc. trademarks. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. This press release contains information about Audible, Inc. that is not historical fact and may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements about the company. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, Audible's limited operating history, history of losses, uncertain market for its services, and its inability to license or produce compelling audio content and other risks and uncertainties detailed in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. |
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