Audible.com and Cox Communications to Test Spoken Audio with Cox High-Speed Internet Customers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WAYNE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 2002 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) ) announced today that Cox Communications Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television and telecommunications services in the United States. It is the third-largest[2] cable television provider in the United States, serving more than 6. will test Audible's audio service with Cox's high-speed Internet See broadband. customers. Audible 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. Audible's monthly flat-fee audio service, AudibleListener(TM), will be offered to Cox High Speed Internet customers via emails, mailings and ongoing promotions. Within the Cox test markets, High-Speed Internet customers will receive a free trial subscription to Audible's BasicListener membership plan, which allows any audiobook from Audible.com's vast collection of 6,000 audiobooks and any 1-month subscription to audio editions of newspapers, periodicals, or public radio programs to be downloaded each month. "Downloading content from Audible is a way we can showcase the speed and convenience of our broadband network," said David Pugliese, vice president, Product and Marketing Management. "Audible's collection of downloadable spoken word programming is a compelling application that works best with a high-speed connection, and we believe it will help us attract and retain broadband customers." "We believe the synergy between Cox High Speed Internet and Audible's audio service will be immediately apparent to Cox broadband customers," added Foy Sperring, senior vice president for Strategic Alliances at Audible, Inc. "Nothing underscores the value of broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. more powerfully than having your favorite audiobook or audio newspaper appear at your desktop for CD burning or transfer to a mobile device in a matter of seconds. Reaching more than one million Cox High Speed Internet customers is part of Audible's strategy to increase awareness and distribution of our award-winning audio service." About Audible.com(R) Audible.com, recently named the best entertainment software on the Internet by CNet.com (June 2002), and one of the "Best of Today's Web" by PC World (August 2002) features daily audio editions of The Wall Street Journal and 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 -- available on a subscription basis in time for the morning drive to work each day--as well as Forbes, Harvard Management Update, 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 and Fast Company. The site offers a powerful collection of audiobook best sellers and classics by authors such as Tom Clancy For the member of the Irish folk band The Clancy Brothers, see Tom Clancy (singer) and for the American Celticist, see Thomas Owen Clancy. Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (born April 12 1947), better known as Tom Clancy , Stephen King <noinclude></noinclude>
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