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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…
RBdigital Expands Unlimited Video Offering with Health and Wellness Content and Live Programming
Learn It Live now on the RBdigital platform which offers the broadest array of content types available to library patrons and students in a single app Landover, MD, April 15, 2019—Recorded Books, an RBmedia company, today announced the addition of Learn It Live to the RBdigital platform. Learn it Live anchors a new health…
Harvard Business Review Press and RBmedia Announce Exclusive Audiobook Publishing Partnership
Over 120 titles from HBR Press to be published as audiobooks over the next three years Landover, MD—April 9, 2019—Harvard Business Review Press, one of the world’s leading business book publishers, and RBmedia today announced an exclusive agreement to publish at least 120 audiobooks over the next three years. The partnership brings together Harvard…
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…
W. F. Howes Signs Award-Winning Actor Will Poulter to Narrate John Lanchester’s Latest Novel
For the first time in his career, the critically acclaimed British actor will bring an audiobook to life Leicester, UK, 7th January 2019 — W. F. Howes, an RBmedia company, today announced that British actor Will Poulter will be the voice of The Wall, a new novel by the best-selling author of The Debt to…
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…
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…
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…
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