Blish.com Joins Forces With MediaBay to Offer Extensive Collection of Audiobooks.Blish.com Expands Digital Offerings to Include Over 5,000 Audiobooks and Other Spoken World Titles ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. -- www.Blish.com, a next generation digital download marketplace, today announced a partnership with MediaBay, Inc., a digital media and publishing company specializing in the marketing of spoken audio entertainment. MediaBay will retail over 5,000 audiobooks from their collection, adding to the breadth of online digital goods Blish offers, including, e-books, stock photography, royalty free music Royalty-free music commonly refers to stock or 'library music' licensed for a single fee, without the need to pay any subsequent royalties. How it works There are many applications for which music must be licensed, such as for use in video and multimedia production, but , legal documents, software, online courses, stock video and motion graphics. "MediaBay is excited to partner with Blish as an additional top-tier channel for our extensive collection of downloadable audiobooks," said Jeffrey Dittus, chief executive officer, MediaBay, Inc. "More and more audiobook buyers are beginning to use the Internet to search and purchase content online, and Blish is a natural outlet for our digital content due to their large user base of educational consumers who love to read." Blish is the premier online marketplace for all consumers and retailers looking to purchase or sell the highest quality digital content. The company has seen explosive growth, having now integrated 400 small and large content providers including, Element K, 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 , Princeton University Press, Random House, RiverDeep Software, and US Legal Forms to name a few. The expansion into the audiobook market opens yet another channel to the ever growing digital market. "We're ecstatic to have MediaBay join our already extensive list of large and small content providers," said Nick Fluge, chief visionary officer A chief visionary officer (CVO) is a function within a company normally established beside the other executive functions like CEO or COO. The title is sometimes used to define a higher ranking position than that held by the CEO, and sometimes used to formalize a high-level , Blish. "Our goal is to build the largest library of high quality digital content for our customers. MediaBay is helping us achieve this goal by providing access to a broad range of audiobooks, such as the most recent New York Times bestsellers, as well as new and backlist titles from best-selling authors." About MediaBay, Inc. MediaBay Inc. is a digital media and publishing company specializing in spoken word and premium audio entertainment. The company maintains a library consisting of over 75,000 hours of content, including audio books from best-selling authors and the history of American Radio. Some of MediaBay's digital content partners include BBC, Blackstone, CBS Radio, Harper Collins, Hay House, Oasis, Penguin Audio, Random House, Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. , Sound Room, and Zondervan. In addition to its popular Audio Book Club, MediaBay distributes its content through proprietary web sites including audiobookclub.com, radiospirits.com and Soundsgood.com as well as through partner channels including Blish.com, MusicNet, Real, MSN Music, Sirius Satellite Radio
About Blish.com Blish.com, founded February 1, 2006, is part of JDV Online, the New Initiatives Group of Career Education Corp (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 :CECO). Blish has over 1,000 strategic partners and affiliates encompassing sales channels such as music, e-books, e-books by-the-chapter, stock photography, technical manuals and analysis, legal forms, software, video games, 3D modeling, motivational seminars, academic lectures, sound loops, music tracks; as well as ring tones, screen savers, mobile games and video clips. The site strives to offer ease of use, affordability and accessibility to a vast array of content. For more information, go to www.blish.com/pressroom. About Career Education Corporation Career Education is an industry leader whose gold-standard brands are recognized globally. Those brands include, among others, the Le Cordon Bleu For the Schnitzel variant, see . Le Cordon Bleu (French for "blue ribbon") is an international group of hospitality management and cooking schools teaching French cuisine. Schools North America; the Harrington College of Design Harrington College of Design is located in the Loop area of Chicago, Illinois. It offers students programs leading to either a bachelor's or associate's degree upon completion of the Interior Design Program, Digital Photography Program, or Communication Design Program. ; the Brooks Institute of Photography The Brooks Institute of Photography is a for-profit college based in Santa Barbara, California and Ventura, California. Brooks offers four majors. The Still photography program is based in Santa Barbara, and the Visual communications (Graphic Design), Motion Picture/Video and ; the Katharine Gibbs Schools; American InterContinental University American InterContinental University, commonly called AIU, is an international for-profit university owned by Career Education Corporation (stock symbol CECO). It was founded in 1977 as the American College of Applied Arts. ; Colorado Technical University Colorado Technical University (CTU) is a system of proprietary for-profit colleges in the United States providing career training, accredited programs, and college degrees in a variety of areas. CTU grants bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. and Sanford-Brown Institutes and Colleges. The mission of CEC, through its schools, its educators, and its employees is education--their primary goal, to enable students to graduate successfully and pursue rewarding careers. For more information see www.careered.com. |
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