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Audible Inc.

(ADBL) is in the Business Services Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$63.2M
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Audible, Inc., an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ:AMZN), is the leading provider of premium digital spoken audio information and entertainment, on the Internet. Audible specializes in the spoken experience, providing digital audio editions of books, newspapers and magazines, original programming, and TV and radio subscriptions. Content from Audible is downloaded and played back on personal computers, CDs, or AudibleReady computer-based and wireless mobile devices. Audible has over 50,000 audio programs from more than 600 content providers that include leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers, and business information providers. Audible is the preeminent provider of spoken-word audio products for Apple's iTunes Store. Consumers shop, purchase, and download audio content from www.audible.com (United States), www.audiblekids.com (Audible Kids), www.audible.co.uk (United Kingdom), www.audible.de (Germany), or www.audible.fr (France) directly to personal computers for listening in a variety of ways. Most of our customers download audio to their PCs and Macs and then transfer the audio to MP3 players, personal digital assistants (PDAs), or to smart mobile devices (SMDs) for listening on the go. Others transfer, or "burn," the content to audio CDs, while some customers simply listen at their computers or through a digital home entertainment network. ...

Number of Employees 172
Contact Information

1 Washington Park

Newark, New Jersey 07102

www.audible.com

(973) 820-0400

NAICS Code All Other Business Support Services: 561499

Recent Events

  • Jeffery Deaver, Lisa Scottoline and Lee Child Contribute to New

    10/29/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Audible Announces New “Modern Vanguardâ€? Line of Audiobooks

    8/13/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Amazon Opens Wallet, Buys Zappos

    7/23/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

News & Analysis

audible inc. and internet - All News and Analysis

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Donald R. Katz CEO
Glenn Rogers Coo
Guy Story Jr. Chief Scientist & Senior Vice President, Business Dev
Roscoe Orman Chief Storyteller
William H. Mitchell Cfo
Brian M. Fielding Executive Vice President, Content & Legal Affairs
Foy C. Sperring Executive Vice President, Customer Acq
Anthony T. Nash Vice President
Brian Fitzgerald Vice President
David Joseph Vice President, Communications & Strategy
Jonathan Cowit Vice President, Interactive Marketing
Will Lopes Vice President, Customer Experience
Beth Anderson Executive Vice President and Publisher
Edwin J Lau Co-Founder
Greg Hohman Director of Partnership Marketing at Audible, Inc.
Jonathan Korzen Director, Corp Communications
Aileen Gonsalves Narrator
Art Buchwald Narrator
Arthur Smith Narrator
Christopher Timothy Narrator
Claire Bloom Narrator
Colin Salmon Narrator
Dan Cashman Narrator
Danny Wallace Narrator
David Dukes Narrator
David Rintoul Narrator
Daxing Zhang Narrator
Erik Synnesvetd Narrator
Frank Harris
Fred Rogers Narrator
Gordon Griffin Narrator
Helene Godin General Counsel
Howard Hughes
Jeremy Kyle Narrator
Jim Killavey Narrator
Joanna David Narrator
Joe Rodriguez Narrator
John Rubinstein Narrator
Joseph Campanella Narrator
Larry King Narrator
Lorna Raver Narrator
Marc Cashman Narrator
Margaret Maldonado Jackson Narrator
Miles Chapin Narrator
Nigel Davenport Narrator
Paul J. Batura Narrator
Renee Raudman Narrator
Richard Branson Narrator
Richard McGonagle Narrator
Robert Whitfield Narrator
Roger Ackroyd
Ruth Bloomquist Narrator
Saira Ahmed
Sheridan Morley Narrator
Walter Koenig Narrator
Oren Zeev Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
William H. Washecka Chairman
Alan J. Patricof Board of Directors
James P. Bankoff Board of Directors
Johannes Mohn Board of Directors
Richard Sarnoff Board of Directors
Winthrop Knowlton Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
Audible, Inc. CEO Current
Homesmarthome.Com Chairman and CEO Current
Uncommon Schools, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Wenner Media LLC Editor Former
Men's Journal LLC Editor Former
The Outside Editor Former
The London School of Economics Former
University of Chicago Former

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Audible, Inc. Coo Current

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Audible, Inc. Chief Scientist & Senior Vice President, Business Dev Current

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Audible, Inc. Chief Storyteller Current

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Phonemag Chief Financial Current
Audible, Inc. Cfo Current
Anomaly Radio Chief Financial Officer Current
Enliven Marketing Technologies Corporation Board of Directors Current
Telecommunications Ltd Chief Operating Officer Former
Enliven Marketing Technologies Corporation Cfo Former
MaxWorldwide, Inc. Cfo Former
Bigfoot Interactive, Inc. Executive Vice President and Cfo Former
Telecommunications Ltd Senior Vice President Former

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Audible, Inc. Executive Vice President, Content & Legal Affairs Current

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Audible, Inc. Executive Vice President, Customer Acq Current

Anthony T. Nash , age 50, has been our Vice President-Corporate Controller since August 2006 and a director since March 2008. Mr. Nash joined Audible in February 1997 and has held various financial roles within the Company including, Director of Finance and Senior Director of Finance. Mr. Nash has over twenty-five years of finance and accounting experience in various industries.

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Audible, Inc. Vice President Current

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Audible, Inc. Vice President Current

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Audible, Inc. Vice President, Communications & Strategy Current

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Audible, Inc. Vice President, Interactive Marketing Current

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Audible, Inc. Vice President, Customer Experience Current

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Audible, Inc. Executive Vice President and Publisher Current

Mr. Lau is a Managing Director of IVPI-US. Dr. Lau joined IVPI-US in 2003, providing vast experience in the technology field, having spent the past 24 years with several U.S. technology companies, including software companies. Prior to joining IVPI-US, Dr. Lau was Vice-Chairman and Co-founder of Newmoon Systems, Inc., which was subsequently sold to Tarantella, Inc. Dr. Lau is a co-founder of Audible, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBL). Dr. Lau holds three patents with two patent applications currently pending. Dr. Lau holds Doctorate and Master of Science in Computer Science degrees from the University of California Berkeley, and an AB in Computer Science and Mathematics from New York University.

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University of California, Berkeley Doctorate and Master of Science In Computer Science Degrees Former
Audible, Inc. Co-Founder Current
New York University Ab In Computer Science and Mathematics Former

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Audible, Inc. Director of Partnership Marketing at Audible, Inc. Current

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Audible, Inc. Director, Corp Communications Current

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Audible, Inc. Narrator Current

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Arthur Smith is best known as a comedian, a broadcaster and an opening bat for Grumpy Old Men. But he has also been a West End playwright (his plays include An Evening with Gary Lineker), an English teacher, a failed rock star, a busker, a road sweeper and a bombsite boy in post-war Bermondsey. Smith was one of the 'alternative comedians' who shook up light entertainment in the eighties and remains a legend at the Edinburgh Festival fringe where he has been feted and arrested.

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Danny Wallace was bored. Just to see what would happen, he placed a whimsical ad in a local London paper. It said, simply, 'Join Me'. Within a month, he was receiving letters and emails from teachers, mechanics, sales reps, vicars, schoolchildren and pensioners - all pledging allegiance to his cause. But no one knew what his cause was.

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Frank Harris, a journalist and editor, delighted in Oscar Wilde's genial wit and self-assurance. Wilde's verbal charms evoked Harris' financial and emotional support when Victorian England disdained the playwright for his paganism and imprisoned him for "homosexual offenses". Harris relates the proceedings of Wilde's trial and the malice that sent him to France after release from prison.

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Audible, Inc. General Counsel Current
Phonemag Corporate Counsel Current
Phonemag Vice President Former
Audible, Inc. Vice President Former
National Broadcasting Company, Inc. Counsel Former
The Singer Company Associate Former
The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. Former

Howard Hughes was a true American original: legendary lover, record-setting aviator, award-winning film producer, talented inventor, ultimate eccentric, and, for much of his lifetime, the richest man in the United States. His desire for privacy was so fierce and his isolation so complete that even now, 25 years after his death, inaccurate stories continue to circulate, and many have been published as fact.

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For years, Margaret Maldonado Jackson was a celebrant of the good life, living with her Prince Charming - Jermaine - at the Jackson family estate in Encino, California. A former teenage runaway who had barely survived life in the fast lane, she had felt fortunate to be welcomed into the Jackson clan. So why, in 1993, was she running for her life with her children? What had happened to this young woman to make her feel so threatened and so alone?

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Audible, Inc. Narrator Current

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In Good Day!: The Paul Harvey Story, author Paul J. Batura follows the remarkable life of one of the founding fathers of the news media. Paul Harvey started his career during the Great Depression and narrated America's story day by day, through wars and peace, the threat of communism and the crumbling of old colonial powers, consumer booms and eventual busts.

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Finicky Hercule Poirot has retired to the countryside. Dr. Sheppard, observing his new neighbor, is sure that he must be a former hairdresser. But the brutal murder of wealthy Roger Ackroyd reveals the truth: the peculiar little man is actually a detective par excellence. Poirot shrewdly sorts out the clues and shocks everyone with the facts about the killer, in this stunning landmark of the mystery genre.

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Audible, Inc. Current

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Brought up in a stiflingly traditional Muslim household in England, where the rules are enforced by violent punishments, Saira is watched 24 hours a day. Cut off from modern life, chaperoned to and from school, she is forbidden to have Western friends. When an innocent friendship with a boy flourishes, one of Saira's brothers finds out and she is put on the first plane to Lahore, punished for dishonouring the family.

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William H. Washecka , age 59, has been a director since June 2004. Since August 2002, Mr. Washecka has been an independent consultant. From December 2004 to December 2006, Mr. Washecka was the Chief Financial Officer of Prestwick Pharmaceuticals Inc. From June 2001 to August 2002, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of USinternetworking, Inc. While serving in this capacity, Mr. Washecka led USinternetworking through a restructuring under a Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding. Prior to that time, from 1972, Mr. Washecka was employed by Ernst & Young LLP where he was promoted to partner in 1986. Mr. Washecka is a certified public accountant. Mr. Washecka is also a director of Online Resources Corporation, a Nasdaq-listed outsourcer of online banking and payment services, and Avalon Pharmaceuticals, a Nasdaq-listed biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of potential first-in-class cancer therapeutics .

Organization Position Status
Audible, Inc. Chairman Current
Online Resources Corporation Board of Directors Current
Eletronicsbuzz.Com Director Current
Prestwick Pharmaceuticals, Inc Chief Financial Officer Former
Usinternetworking, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
Usinternetworking, Inc. Executive Vice President Former
Prestwick Pharmaceuticals, Inc Executive Vice President Former
Usinternetworking, Inc. Senior Vice President Former
Ernst & Young partner Former
Avalon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Board of Directors Former
Baruch College BS In Accounting Former

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Technoserve, Inc. Managing Director, Greycroft, LLC Current
Apax Partners Ltd. Co-Founder Current
Village Ventures, Inc. Founder, Greycroft Partners and Apax Partners Current
The World Bank Advisor Current
Columbia Business School trustee Current
Boston Properties, Inc. Chair Current
Gpx Realty Partners, L.P. Board of Directors Current
Apax Partners Ltd. Vice Chairman Current
Audible, Inc. Board of Directors Current
The Johnny Rockets Group, Inc. Director Current
The Newsmarket, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Voodoovox Director Current
Handmark, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Technoserve, Inc. Board Member Current
Village Ventures, Inc. Advisory Board Member Current
Throughproxy.Com Board of Directors Current
Gpx Enterprises, L.P. Board of Directors Current
National Foundation Board Member Current
Boston Properties, Inc. Board of Directors Current
The Newsmarket, Inc. co-investor Current
Handmark, Inc. co-investor Current
Office Depot, Inc. financing, and subsequent strategic guidance Former
AOL LLC financing, and subsequent strategic guidance Former
FORE Systems, Inc. financing, and subsequent strategic guidance Former
Apple Inc. financing, and subsequent strategic guidance Former
Zinio Systems, Inc. Director Former
Columbia University MBA Former
Columbia Business School MBA Former
The Ohio State University BS in finance Former

Organization Position Status
Providence Equity Partners Inc. Senior Adviser Current
Audible, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Johannes Mohn , age 57, has been a director since April 2001. Since June 2001, Mr. Mohn has been serving as Executive Vice President of Corporate Media Technology at Bertelsmann AG. From December 1998 to May 2001, Mr. Mohn served as Vice President of Media Technology at Direct Group, Bertelsmann AG. From May 1995 to November 1998, Mr. Mohn served as Managing Director of Bertelsmann Kalender GmbH, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann AG and also served as Managing Director of Mohndruck Kalender und Promotion Verlag GmbH, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann AG, and Dohse & Broelemann GmbH. Unless marked otherwise, proxies received will be voted for the election of the nominee named above.

Organization Position Status
Bertelsmann AG Executive Vice President of Corporate Media Technology Current
Principius Director Current
Audible, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Direct Group Vice President of Media Technology Former
Bertelsmann AG Head, Media Technology Former

Oren Zeev , age 42, has been a director since August 2003. Mr. Zeev is currently an independent investor. Mr. Zeev was employed at Apax Partners, L.P. from 1995 to 2007, and served as a partner since 1999. In his most recent position at Apax Partners, Mr. Zeev headed the Tech & Telecom Group in the U.S. Mr. Zeev has extensive experience investing in areas such as digital media and consumer driven electronics. Prior to joining Apax Partners in 1995, Mr. Zeev was a research staff member at the IBM Israel Science and Technology Center. Mr. Zeev also serves on the Board of Directors of Mobixell Networks, Transera Communications, Inc., Pictage Inc, and Smartshopper Inc.

Organization Position Status
Mobixell Networks Inc. Board of Directors Current
Transera Communications Inc Board of Directors Current
Audible, Inc. Director Current
Technology Center, Inc. Board of Directors Former
INSEAD MBA Former
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology BS Former

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The Random House Group, Ltd. President, Corporate Development, Random House Ventures & Executive Vice President Current
Audible, Inc. Board of Directors Current
The Princeton Review, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Activision Blizzard, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Xlibris Corporation Board of Directors Current
Principius Director Current
Ebrary, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Vocel, Inc. Board of Directors Current
American Reading Company Board of Directors Current
Princeton University Press Former
Bertelsmann AG Board of Directors Former
Harvard Business School M.B.A. degree Former
Harvard University MBA Former
Princeton University B.A. Degree Former

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Audible, Inc. Board of Directors Current

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