Audible Expands AudibleListener Membership Service Plans With New DailyListener.Business/Technology Editors WAYNE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2000 Flat -Rate Plan Offers Unlimited Access to Audible's Industry-Leading Collection of Audio Newspapers and Magazines, Time-Shifted Public Radio, RobinWilliams @ audible.com and More 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 Internet-delivered spoken audio (www.audible.com(TM)) for PC-based listening or mobile playback on AudibleReady(R) portable digital audio players, today announced the availability of DailyListener(TM), the Company's newest AudibleListener(TM) flat-rate personal listening plan. "Building on immediate and positive customer response to our other AudibleListener membership plans, DailyListener offers a tremendous value for the `power listener' who wants a daily dose of timely information from Audible's trusted subscription-based sources like The Wall Street Journal and National Public Radio (R) (NPR NPR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Nepal Rupee. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. (R))" said Thomas Baxter, president and chief executive officer of Audible, Inc. "Nowhere else, online or off, can anyone find this variety or quantity of first-rate information and entertainment content. In addition, we now offer it all as a valuable pay-one-price membership package similar to those that are rapidly becoming preferred models for content access and transactions on the Internet." For a $14.95 monthly service fee, DailyListeners obtain complete access to all of audible.com's daily, weekly and monthly subscription titles and also have unlimited access to all archival editions. Audible's subscription offerings consist of the following leading audio programs, organized according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the categories of News & Current Events, Business & Finance, Culture & Entertainment and Science & Technology: News & Current Events: -- All Things Considered(R) from NPR News -- CounterSpin -- Justice Talking -- The Wall Street Journal on audible.com -- Morning Edition(R) with Bob Edwards from NPR News -- The Economist Weekly -- The Audible Los Angeles Times -- The New York Times Audio Digest -- Slate Business & Finance: -- Business Essentials -- Forbes Magazine -- Nightly Business Report Nightly Business Report is a financial news television program that is broadcast live, weekday evenings on most of the public television stations in the United States. Frequently abbreviated to NBR, the show is produced by public television station WPBT-TV in Miami, Florida, and -- Sound Money -- Harvard Management Communication Letter -- The Economist Surveys -- J.P. Morgan on audible.com -- Marketplace -- Harvard Management Update Culture and Entertainment: -- Car Talk(R) -- The Commonwealth Club (lectures) -- Fresh Air(R)with Terry Gross -- 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. -- Says You!(SM) -- The Todd Mundt Todd Mundt (born April 17 1970 in Iowa City, Iowa) is an American 7'0" former professional National Basketball Association player. He played college basketball at Delta State University and University of Memphis. Show -- RobinWilliams @ audible.com -- 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 -- Rewind(SM) -- To the Best of Our Knowledge -- The Audible 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). Science & Technology: -- Adventures in Technology -- Science News -- The 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). on audible.com -- Talk of the Nation Science Friday Science Friday (SciFri) is a weekly call-in talk show that is part of National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation radio program. SciFri is hosted by Ira Flatow with Joe Palca stepping in when Flatow is away. (R) -- The Economist Weekly: Science and Technology -- DemoLetter -- Scientific American Scientific American U.S. monthly magazine interpreting scientific developments to lay readers. It was founded in 1845 as a newspaper describing new inventions. By 1853 its circulation had reached 30,000 and it was reporting on various sciences, such as astronomy and -- The Industry Standard DailyListener joins Audible's existing LightListener(TM), FrequentListener(TM) and SeriousListener(TM) flat-rate service plans, each of which offer unique advantages to suit anyone's personal listening styles. LightListener is designed for the user with limited time, who is interested in hearing best selling and classic audiobooks, lectures, speeches and motivational titles. For $9.95 per month, the LightListener customer can choose any two audio titles. FrequentListener service is for the value-minded Audible customer who has a long commute, travels often or wants to listen while exercising. For $19.95 a month, FrequentListeners can enjoy as many as five audiobooks, lectures, speeches and motivational titles. SeriousListener is for the real enthusiast. For $29.95 a month a customer can select up to five audiobook, lecture, speech and motivational titles, as well as gain unlimited access to the audible.com Subscription Center, which features a wide selection of both new and archived newspapers, magazines and public radio programs. Audible, Inc.: Audible is the Internet's largest, most diverse provider of premium spoken audio services for content download or playback on personal computers or AudibleReady(R) mobile devices. Audible allows customers to take advantage of their commuting, 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 audiobook 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 Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; more than 25,000 hours of audio programs. Audible.com is Amazon.com's (www.amazon.com) exclusive provider of spoken word products for downloading or streaming via the Web. Additionally, the Company is strategically aligned with Random House, Inc., to pioneer the first-ever imprint to produce spoken word content specifically suited for digital distribution, Random House Audible. 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 Incorporated's Rio Audio Group, Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, , Royal Philips Electronics, RealNetworks, Inc., Texas Instruments and VoiceAge Corp. AudibleReady is a registered trademark of Audible, Inc. and www.audible.com is a trademark of Audible, Inc. |
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