Audible.com to Be Exclusive Distributor of the New York Times's Timestalks and Arts & Leisure Weekend Events; Audio Downloads Will Be Available by March 15 at www.audible.com/timestalks.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 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 Audible.com(R) will be the exclusive distributor of 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's TimesTalks events and will offer the interviews and panel discussions for download or streaming over the Internet, either individually or as themed packages. This distribution deal will begin with TimesTalks events at The New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend 2003, March 7-9. The New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend is an annual celebration of the arts. Throughout the weekend, 26 TimesTalks events will showcase such notables as American artist Matthew Barney, playwrights John Guare John Guare (pronounced gwâr, born 5 February 1938) is an American playwright. He is best known as the author of The House of Blue Leaves and Six Degrees of Separation. and Lanford Wilson Lanford Wilson (born on April 13, 1937 in Lebanon, Missouri) is an American playwright. As an openly gay man, his work has featured many gay themes and characters.[1] , talk-show host Conan O'Brien Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963)[1] is an Emmy-winning American comedian, writer and television personality best known as host of NBC's late-night talk/variety show Late Night with Conan O'Brien. , soprano Renee Fleming, composer Philip Glass Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is a three-times Academy Award-nominated American composer. He is considered one of the most influential composers of the late-20th century[1][2][3][4][5] , and writers Arthur Miller Noun 1. Arthur Miller - United States playwright (1915-2005) Miller and Tom Wolfe. "We are delighted that Audible.com has signed on as the distributor of our TimesTalks events," said Alyse Myers, vice president marketing services, The New York Times. "Now Times readers, in New York, throughout the country and internationally, will have access to our Times critics, reporters and editors in conversation with a wide array of arts luminaries." "We are thrilled to be partnering with The Times," added Brian Fielding, executive vice president, content, Audible, Inc. "The Audible advantage is our digital format, which allows us to efficiently harness the conveniences of Internet distribution, break down geographic barriers and deliver great and inexpensive audio directly into the home." The audio version of the Arts & Leisure Weekend events will be available by Saturday March 15, and will be priced at $8.95 each. 5 TimesTalks events and package from the 2002 event are currently available. Themed packages, such as Times Talks on Stage and Screen, TimesTalks on Television or TimesTalks with Writers will range in price from $22.95 to $34.95, depending on the number of talks within each package. Each talk is approximately 90 minutes long. To download a TimesTalk or for further information, please log on to www.audible.com/timestalks. About Audible.com Audible.com, recently named the best entertainment software in 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 Times -- available on a subscription basis in time for the morning drive to work each day--as well as Forbes, Harvard Business Review Harvard Business Review is a general management magazine published since 1922 by Harvard Business School Publishing, owned by the Harvard Business School. A monthly research-based magazine written for business practitioners, it claims a high ranking business readership and , 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, Stephen King, John Grisham, Mary Higgins Clark Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins Clark Conheeney, best known as Mary Higgins Clark, (b December 24, 1927 in the Bronx, New York) is an American author of suspense novels. , James Patterson, the Dalai Lama, David McCullough, Stephen Hawking, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson and Jane Austen. There are also speeches, lectures, and on-demand radio programs including Marketplace, All Things Considered All Things Considered (ATC) is a news radio program in the United States, broadcast on the National Public Radio network. It was the first news program on the network, and is broadcast live worldwide through several outlets. , Car Talk, Fresh Air and This American Life This American Life (TAL) is a weekly hour-long radio program produced by Chicago Public Radio. It is distributed by Public Radio International and is also available as a free weekly podcast. , and original shows such as RobinWilliams@audible.com. All of the programs at audible.com are available for computer-based playback, burning to audio CD, and on-the-go listening using numerous AudibleReady(TM) portable digital audio players offered by leading consumer electronics and computer manufacturers. 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, Palm, Inc., Royal Philips Electronics, RealNetworks, Inc., SONICblue Incorporated's Rio Audio Group, Sony Electronics, Texas Instruments and VoiceAge Corp. 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