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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.
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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.
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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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Éditions Thélème to Publish French-Language Audiobook for Rebecca Yarros’ Fourth Wing
Éditions Thélème, an RBmedia international brand, has secured the French-language audio rights for Fourth Wing, the first title in American author Rebecca Yarros’ bestselling Empyrean series.
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RBmedia Acquires Berrett-Koehler Audiobook Publishing Business
RBmedia today announced the acquisition of Berrett-Koehler’s audiobook publishing business, which includes its catalog of previously published titles, as well as a multi-year agreement to become the exclusive audio publisher for Berrett-Koehler’s new titles beginning in 2024.
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RBmedia Closes a Record-Breaking 2023
RBmedia, the largest audiobook publisher in the world, today announced continued momentum and another year of record-breaking growth. The company entered new strategic partnerships, published more titles than ever before, and produced audiobooks for numerous New York Times bestsellers and literary award winners.
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Read With Jenna says her January 2024 pick is ‘magical’ and ‘mystical’
In addition to being the first pick of 2024, “The Waters” represents another first for the club, as Jenna pointed out: “It’s set in the magical mystical lands of rural Michigan. We’ve never chosen a book set there.” “It is about a matriarch and healer and what happens when one of her three daughters brings home a baby.
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RBmedia to Publish Audio for Rebecca Yarros’ Empyrean Series Across Multiple Languages and Formats
RBmedia today announced that it will exclusively create, distribute, and market the complete five-book Empyrean series by New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros. In addition to publishing the English-language audiobooks under its flagship audio brand Recorded Books, RBmedia will also publish the Spanish-language, French-language, and full-cast, dramatized audio versions…
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Spotify Premium Will Include Instant Access to 150,000+ Audiobooks
Last year Spotify announced that users would be able to purchase and listen to hundreds of thousands of audiobooks on Spotify, advancing their vision for making Spotify the seamless one-stop destination for all things audio. Today Spotify is starting an entirely new chapter for their audiobooks offering by making more than 150,000 audiobooks available as part of Spotify Premium subscriptions.
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RBmedia is the largest audiobook producer in the world. With nearly 60,000 exclusive titles, our audiobooks continually dominate key literary awards and bestseller lists. 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. Our titles are available on leading audio platforms, including Audible, iTunes, Google Play, Audiobooks.com, OverDrive, Hoopla, and many more.
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