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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 signe un contrat de sept livres audios avec les Éditions Thélème

Read News in English Les Éditions Thélème, la marque d’édition francophone de RBmedia, a acquis les droits audios français de sept titres de V.E. Schwab, l’autrice américaine à succès acclamée par le New York Times. Le contrat inclus les best-sellers internationaux La Vie Invisible d’Addie LaRue, Gallant, la trilogie Shades of Magic et son tout…

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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.