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Audible.com and Opinionated Comedian Steve Marmel Launch Internet Stand-Up Series ``At the Edge of Audible''.


Business & Entertainment Editors/Technology Writers

WAYNE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 2000

Weekly, Exclusive Comedy Series in Digital Audio

Available For Streaming and Download from the Web

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 comedian and writer Steve Marmel Steve Marmel is the writer and producer of various tv-series, among which The Fairly Odd Parents, I am Weasel, Danny Phantom and Yin Yang Yo!.  announced today the premiere of At the Edge of Audible (www.audible.com/stevemarmel), a weekly series of stand-up comedy This article or section may deal primarily with the U.S. and may not present a worldwide view.  vignettes that is exclusively available online from Audible, Inc.

At the Edge of Audible delivers a weekly dose of raucous, stand-up comedy material. The AudibleComedy(TM) series will feature Marmel going after the establishment in his no-holds-barred, take-no-prisoners style. From political mischief with George W. Bush, Al Gore Noun 1. Al Gore - Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948)
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 "Sex and the City" and "Will and Grace," Marmel will have a joke drawn from his own biting wit and strong point of view.

"Audible, and creating performance on the Internet, gives me total freedom of speech that lets me say what I want - in whatever way I want to say it," said Steve Marmel. "It's not for the easily offended, but it's a great gag to play it for them."

With material as fresh as today's newspaper, Steve Marmel has a knack for saying what everyone else is thinking. Marmel's stand-up performances for At the Edge of Audible are recorded live at bars, coffee houses, colleges and comedy clubs around the country. In Marmel's hometown of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , he can be seen regularly at the world-famous Improvisation in Hollywood.

"At the Edge of Audible will present Steve Marmel's original comedy voice and is another great reason why audible.com has become a regular entertainment destination on the Internet for tens of thousands of listeners," added Brian Fielding, senior vice president of content, Audible, Inc. "We are pleased to introduce At the Edge of Audible, that brings Steve's incisive and usually caustic comic perspective to a vast digital audience. Along with other exclusive AudibleComedy series like RobinWilliams @ audible.com and AudibleProops with Greg Proops, Steve brings to life the latest in innovative online audio performance from audible.com."

At the Edge of Audible is available to purchase online as individual episodes ($1.95) or a full year's subscription ($4.95). Steve Marmel will occasionally respond to e-mail sent to him through the audible.com Web site or to e-mail sent directly to marmel@audible.com.

About Steve Marmel:

Steve Marmel, performing his bracing - often-shocking - material, was recently featured in a half-hour political comedy special as part of Comedy Central's Indecision 2000 for Comedy Central Presents Comedy Central Presents (also called CCP) is a television series featured on Comedy Central. Each episode features a 30-minute stand-up comedy set by a different comedian. The show first debuted on December 1 1998. . Marmel's own HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO)
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 special Right Turn, Ten Years Ahead is expected to air later this year. Marmel graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. During and after college, Marmel spent more than four years writing editorial columns for USA Today. Other comedy appearances on TV include, NBC NBC
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, VH1, FX and Showtime, as well as working on several TV animation projects, including the Fox show Family Guy. He is an Emmy nominated comedy writer and producer.

About 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 more than 26,000 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/.
, SONICblue's Rio Audio Group, Microsoft Corporation, 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.

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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