Audible.com Signs New Marketing Alliance with Amazon.com.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WAYNE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 2003 Audible, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB:ADBL ADBL Agricultural Development Bank Limited (Nepal) ) announced today that it has signed a new marketing alliance with Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN AMZN Amazon.com (NASDAQ symbol) ). Audible provides digital spoken word products for download or streaming to Amazon.com's millions of customers. Audible is the leading provider of digitally delivered spoken word audio. "We are pleased to continue our content and marketing relationship with our friends at Amazon.com, who share our vision of great customer service and affordable content," said Brian Fielding, executive vice president, Content, Audible, Inc. "Our ongoing relationship with Amazon.com helps continue the reach of Audible's content and services business into Amazon's base of more than 35 million active customer accounts in the past year." "We are always looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to make it easier for customers to find, discover and buy from Amazon.com," said Curtis Kopf, director of Amazon.com Digital. "By making Audible.com products available on our site, we make it easy for customers to find all the Audible titles that are available while also addressing their desire to use the Internet not only for the ease of ordering but for the convenience of online delivery." The non-exclusive alliance announced today follows the expiration of the original January 2000 marketing agreement between the two companies. 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 provides Amazon.com with 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 hand·spring n. A gymnastic feat in which the body is flipped completely forward or backward from an upright position, landing first on the hands and then on the feet. , 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., 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 See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. and VoiceAge Corp. Audible, www.audible.com, and AudibleReady are registered trademarks of Audible, Inc.; AudibleListener and Otis are 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 forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. 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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