Audible Announces Two Key Management Hires.Business & High Tech Editors WAYNE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2000 Audible Names Sal Giangrasso Senior Director & Managing Editor and David Simpson David Simpson may refer to:
Audible, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADBL ADBL Agricultural Development Bank Limited (Nepal) ), the leading provider of Internet-delivered spoken audio for PC-based listening or mobile playback on AudibleReady(TM) devices, announced today two recent additions to its management team. Sal Giangrasso, recently Managing Editor of the Wall Street Journal Radio Networks, is a respected executive in newspapers, news radio and new media, with a strong background in product development, budget planning and facilities management The management of a user's computer installation by an outside organization. All operations including systems, programming and the datacenter can be performed by the facilities management organization on the user's premises. . As Senior Director and Managing Editor, he will be directly responsible for managing the expansion of day-to-day audio production operations for Audible's newspaper and periodical audio digests. These consist of daily, selected audio content from The Wall Street Journal, and daily audio digests of The New York Times, The New York Times, The Morning daily newspaper, long the U.S. newspaper of record. From its establishment in 1851 it has aimed to avoid sensationalism and to appeal to cultured, intellectual readers. San Jose Mercury News The San Jose Mercury News is the major daily newspaper in San Jose, California and Silicon Valley. The paper is owned by MediaNews Group. Its headquarters and printing plant are located in North San Jose next to the Nimitz Freeway (Interstate 880). and The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). . As part of his duties as Managing Editor of Wall Street Journal Radio Networks, Giangrasso developed format and distribution systems for the Wall Street Journal Hourly Update and the Wall Street Journal Market Update audio reports for the World Wide Web, and established a new set of programs, customizing The Wall Street Journal Report in major US markets. He began his career as an on-air producer and operations director at metropolitan 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 radio stations. David Simpson, Director of Business Development, is an experienced marketing, media and E-commerce executive. In his new role at Audible, Simpson will be responsible for developing content delivery platforms for the automotive and wireless markets. He joins Audible Inc. from Bell Atlantic where most recently he served as Senior Manager - Business E-Commerce strategy. Simpson is the inventor of a patent-pending technology for the wireless delivery of synthesized speech from text. Simpson is also a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University Syracuse University, main campus at Syracuse, N.Y.; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1871. Syracuse is noted for its research programs in government and industry; facilities include the Center for Science and Technology, the Newhouse Communications Center, and and has produced feature stories for National Public Radio's Morning Edition and 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. . He holds a Masters of Science degree in Technology Management from Stevens Institute of Technology Stevens is known for its rigorous engineering, science, and technological management curricula. Among the prominent research centers of Stevens is the Davidson Laboratory, Wireless Network Security Center, Keck Geotechnical Laboratory, Plasma Physics Laboratory, Nicoll Environmental . Simpson is a member of the Board of Directors of the Thomas A. Edison Media Arts consortium. "The welcome additions of Sal and David to Audible's management team increases the Company's ability to enhance our execution in two key areas, our content programming and audio services; and our extension of AudibleReady functionality to next generation delivery systems and digital devices," stated Donald Katz, Founder and Chairman of Audible, Inc. About Audible, Inc. Audible is the Internet's largest, most diverse provider of premium spoken-audio services for content download or playback on personal computers and AudibleReady(TM) mobile digital audio devices. Audible allows customers to take advantage of their commute, travel and desktop computer time by delivering premium entertainment and information audio while their eyes are busy but their minds are free. Audible's content partners include leading audio book publishers, broadcasters, magazine and newspaper publishers, business information providers, and educational and cultural institutions. Visitors to www.audible.com(TM) can browse, sample, purchase and subscribe to more than 20,000 hours of audio programs. Among the company's key business partners are Casio Inc., Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. , S3/Diamond Multimedia Systems Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics, and RealNetworks, Inc. This press release contains information that is not historical fact and may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements. 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. audible.com and AudibleReady are trademarks of Audible, Inc. |
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