Audible and Los Angeles Times to Create Exclusive Internet Audio Edition of the Times; National and Entertainment News, Local Southern California Content to be Featured.WAYNE, N.J. & LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 1999 -- Audible, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADBL ADBL Agricultural Development Bank Limited (Nepal) ) 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). , the nation's largest metropolitan daily newspaper, have agreed to develop a daily audio digest featuring The Times regional, state, national and international news. The digest will be available exclusively through Audible's Web site, www.audible.com, beginning December 20, 1999. The Audible Los Angeles Times will be available at the site, where audio files can be downloaded directly to a listener's personal computer for desktop listening or to an AudibleReady(tm) digital audio device -- such as the Diamond Rio This article is about the american country band. For the MP3 player brand, see Rio (digital audio players). Diamond Rio is an American country music band formed in 1984 in Nashville, Tennessee. 500 -- for mobile playback. Content will also be provided in RealAudio streaming format from RealNetworks and Windows Media Microsoft's audio and video framework for Windows, which embraces playback, encoding and streaming. Windows Media Player is the digital jukebox and media player that comes with every version of Windows. streaming format from Microsoft. Three different editions of the Audible Los Angeles Times will be offered: entertainment industry; national and international; and Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . Content for the Southern California edition, which is a new regional content venture for Audible, will be gathered from the daily and Sunday Times. This edition will be tailored for Los Angeles-area commuters and available in early 2000. The Audible Los Angeles Times will be offered on a subscription and individual story basis. Some of the newspaper's news and entertainment stories will also be bundled with other audio programs that could include content from other major newspapers. Audible and The Times will co-market the new service in a variety of formats which may involve Web portal See portal. partners, OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and packaging, Web banner A web banner or banner ad is a form of advertising on the World Wide Web. This form of online advertising entails embedding an advertisement into a web page. It is intended to attract traffic to a website by linking them to the web site of the advertiser. advertisements, and print, radio and television advertising. "The Audible Los Angeles Times offers our listeners one of the country's premier newspapers and a remarkable source of information for people on the go," said Donald Katz, chairman and founder of Audible, Inc. "The Los Angeles Times' Company Town feature ranks among the most well-respected Hollywood news sources and complements the paper's legendary state, national and international news coverage. In addition, we look forward to developing a new relationship with Southern California residents who can now listen to The Times while traveling in that well-known symbol of regional growth and culture, the automobile." "The premium Internet news service we are developing with Audible will be another convenient way for Southern Californians and busy commuters to access the best of the Los Angeles Times when and where they want it," said Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Wolinsky, Los Angeles Times managing editor for news. "When the Audible Los Angeles Times is fully developed, our four daily regional editions covering the Southland's five counties and 15 local Our Times community news sections will comprise the premier audio source of news for and about Southern California." About the Los Angeles Times The Los Angeles Times, winner of 23 Pulitzer Prizes, is the largest metropolitan daily newspaper in the country. It publishes four daily regional editions -- covering the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , and Orange and Ventura counties -- as well as a National Edition. The Times is published by Times Mirror (TMC TMC Technology Marketing Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) TMC Texas Medical Center (Houston, TX) TMC Traffic Message Channel TMC The Movie Channel TMC Traffic Management Center : 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 and Pacific stock exchanges). About Audible, Inc. Audible is one of the Internet's largest and most diverse providers of premium spoken-audio content for playback on personal computers and AudibleReady(tm) mobile devices. Audible allows customers to take better advantage of their commute, travel and desktop computer time by delivering premium information and entertainment when 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, subscribe to, schedule and download more than 18,000 hours of audio content. The company's technology partners include AT&T Corp., 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/. , Creative Labs Inc., Diamond Multimedia Systems Inc., Everex Systems Inc., The Intel Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, Philips Electronics N.V., and RealNetworks, Inc. www.audible.com and AudibleReady are trademarks of Audible, 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. |
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