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Alberta Municipal Affairs Launches RBdigital Audiobooks in Libraries Province-Wide

Residents of Alberta, Canada now have unlimited access to many thousands of audiobook titles on the RBdigital app   Landover, MD—April 24, 2019—The Alberta Municipal Affairs Public Library Services Branch has added the RBdigital Audiobooks collection to its province-wide offering. In addition to popular magazines from RBdigital, Alberta residents now have unlimited access to many…

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RBmedia Achieves Record-Breaking Growth in 2018

All facets of the business, from publishing to digital media platforms, achieved new heights   Landover, MD, February 28, 2019—RBmedia, a leading spoken audio and digital media platform company, today announced a strong finish to 2018 with double digit revenue growth and a record number of new titles released across its publishing brands.  Customer adoption…

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Wiley and RBmedia Announce Audiobook Publishing Partnership

For Immediate Release HOBOKEN, NJ and LANDOVER, MD  — November 19, 2018 — John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb) and RBmedia today announced an agreement to publish more than 650 audiobooks over the next three years.  In this agreement, RBmedia will serve as the audio publisher, bringing together Wiley’s world-class content and learning experiences…

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Recorded Books Acquires Exclusive Audio Rights to A.G. Riddle’s Winter World and Four Other Novels

Bestselling independent author has proven track record in both print and audio Landover, MD, October 9, 2018—Recorded Books, an RBmedia company, today announced an exclusive, seven-figure deal with worldwide bestselling author A.G. Riddle to publish his next five books, including Winter World, his highly anticipated new work releasing early next year. A.G. Riddle is one…

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Recorded Books Adds Hundreds of Marvel Comic Collections and Graphic Novels to RBdigital

Library patrons can now access 350 Marvel comic collections and graphic novels via the RBdigital app Landover, MD, August 20, 2018—Recorded Books, an RBmedia company, today announced the addition of hundreds of Marvel titles to the RBdigital™ app—which provides library patrons access to the broadest array of content services (10+) available in the industry all…

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KKR to Acquire RBmedia

LANDOVER, Md. & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–KKR, a leading global investment firm, and RBmedia, a leading digital audiobook and related spoken content producer, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which KKR will acquire RBmedia from Shamrock Capital. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. READ MORE