Audible.com Brings Audio to RoadRunner Broadband Customers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WAYNE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 2003 Audible, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB: ADBL ADBL Agricultural Development Bank Limited (Nepal) ) Audible's Internet Audio See RealAudio. Service and a Free One-Year Subscription to "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 Audio Digest" Promoted to Time Warner Cable's RoadRunner roadrunner or chaparral cock Either of two species of terrestrial cuckoo, especially Geococcyx californianus (family Cuculidae), of Mexican and southwestern U.S. deserts. About 22 in. Broadband Subscribers Audible, Inc. (OTC BB: ADBL) announced today a relationship with RoadRunner, one of the nation's leading broadband service providers, to market and sell Audible.com's(R) Internet audio service to RoadRunner broadband service See broadband and broadband service provider. subscribers. Audible.com is the leading provider of downloadable spoken audio that informs and entertains anywhere and at anytime with audio editions of books, newspapers, magazines, radio programs and original shows. As part of a strategy to showcase the power, value, and convenience of the RoadRunner broadband connection See broadband and wireless broadband. , Audible's Internet audio service will be promoted as a compelling information and entertainment application for the 'always on' service RoadRunner provides. In addition, a free one-year subscription to The New York Times Audio Digest, a daily audio edition of the newspaper, will be offered to all RoadRunner subscribers. "Experience indicates that the benefits of Audible's audio service will be immediately apparent to RoadRunner customers," said Foy Sperring, senior vice president, Strategic Alliances, Audible, Inc. "The RoadRunner broadband portal enhances the Audible listening experience, and the Audible service adds tremendous value for consumers who appreciate the fast and reliable RoadRunner experience." Audible's website, www.audible.com, is the leading source for best selling and classic audiobooks that can be downloaded for listening anywhere on audio CDs burned at the user's personal computer or on any number of AudibleReady(TM) portable digital audio players (www.audible.com/buyaplayer). In addition to a selection of downloadable audiobooks that dwarfs any other online resource, listeners can 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"; a collection of audio editions of newspapers, magazines and public radio programs from standard-bearing media outlets including 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. Wall Street Journal, Forbes and National Public Radio. Audible's system allows customers to enrich times away from the Internet with first-class information and entertainment that can only be viably delivered over the Internet. About Audible, Inc. Audible(R) (www.audible.com(R)) is the Internet's largest, most diverse provider of premium spoken audio services for content download and playback on personal computers, CD or AudibleReady(R) computer-based mobile devices. Audible has more than 34,000 hours of audio programs and 135 content partners that include leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers and business information providers. 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 Apple Corp., Casio Inc., Handspring, Hewlett-Packard Company, 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, , Palm, Inc., Royal Philips Electronics, RealNetworks, Inc., SONICblue Incorporated's Rio Audio Group, Sony Electronics Sony Electronics Inc., headquartered in San Diego, Calif., is the largest component of Sony Corporation of America, the U.S. holding company for Sony's U.S.-based electronics and entertainment businesses. , Texas Instruments and VoiceAge Corp. Audible and www.audible.com are registered trademarks of Audible, Inc.; AudibleReady is a trademark 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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