Company
#1 audiobook publisher and distributor in the world
Who We Are
RBmedia is the largest audiobook publisher in the world.
Our catalog of over 70,000 titles represents the world’s largest collection of audiobooks in the industry. We publish and distribute over 8,000 new titles every year—more than other top audiobook publishers combined.
The company’s powerful digital retail and library distribution network reaches millions of listeners around the globe—at home, in the car, and everywhere their mobile devices go.
Awards & Bestsellers
With over 70,000 titles, RBmedia audiobooks continually top key literary awards and bestseller lists, including:
• 58 New York Times bestsellers in 2023
• 3 Pulitzer Prize finalists in 2023
• 1 Oprah's Book Club Pick in 2023
• 1 TODAY Show Read With Jenna Book Club Pick in 2024
• 2 APA Choice honorees in 2024
• 75+ Newbery Medal winners/Honor Books
• 25+ National Book Award winners
• 40+ Booker Prize winners/Shortlisted titles
• 20+ Hugo Award winners
• 10+ Michael L. Printz Award winners/Honor Books
• 1 Academy Award winner
Our Audio Brands
Our Market
The annual global audiobook market opportunity for publishers will ramp from ~$4 billion in 2022 to ~$10 billion in 2027
Global Audiobook Publisher Market
Source: Commissioned study from a leading consulting firm
8,000+ new titles published annually – more than the Big 5 traditional book publishers combined
Our Management Team
Michael Paull
Chief Executive Officer
Ed Longo
Co-President, Chief Operating Officer
Troy Juliar
Co-President, Chief Content Officer
John Shea
Chief Product & Marketing Officer
Mike Pyland
Chief Technology Officer
Michael Bauer
Chief Financial Officer
Miles Stevens-Hoare
Managing Director – RBmedia International & W.F. Howes
Careers
We’re looking for the best and brightest to join our team in these strategic positions:
Production Assistant. This position is part of the Recorded Books art department and will coordinate and support various initiatives.
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Sr. Data Engineer. Recorded Books Inc. seeks a Senior Data Engineer in Hyattsville, MD to build ML/ AI models to cater to business needs and perform feature engineering to cater to data needs of applications. Applicants may apply at jobpostingtoday.com
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Investors
RBmedia is owned by H.I.G. Capital and Francisco Partners.
News
RBmedia Names Digital Media Veteran as New CEO
RBmedia today announced Michael Paull as its new Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors. Paull brings decades of digital media and technology industry expertise to RBmedia. He was most recently the President of Disney’s Direct to Consumer businesses, preceded by senior leadership roles at Amazon Digital Video and Digital Music, Sony Music Entertainment, and Sony Pictures Entertainment. Paull will succeed former CEO Tom MacIsaac.
RBmedia Titles Shine on Key Award and Bestseller Lists
RBmedia today announced that it is the audiobook home for book-to-screen adaptations nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Picture, as well as titles that garnered two Audie Awards, a TODAY show book club pick, a Carnegie medal, two Youth Media Awards, more than a dozen New York Times bestseller rankings, and multiple other literary awards just since the beginning of this year.
V.E. Schwab signs seven-audiobook deal with Éditions Thélème
Les Éditions Thélème, RBmedia’s French-language publishing brand, has acquired the French audio rights to seven titles from New York Times bestselling American author V.E. Schwab.
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