Spotify Audiobooks Draw Younger Listeners, Get Bump from TV Adaptations

According to data released by Spotify, users aged 18-34 make up 57% of the platform's audiobook listeners, while television adaptations such as 'Shōgun' and 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' have prompted a surge in demand for specific titles. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook announces listening feature

Facebook is to release a new feature on its mobile app that will listen to and identify your music and TV shows before publishing them in a status update. Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2014-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV Guide Magazine Gets a New CEO

David Fishman is taking over as CEO of TV Guide Magazine after current chief exec Jack Kliger resigned Wednesday. The "planned transition" comes just six months after Fishman and Kliger were named COO and CEO, respectively, by the magazine's ownership group, OpenGate Capital. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Spanfeller Media Group Launches TV Series

With second-screen viewing on the rise and the lines between platforms continuing to merge, Spanfeller Media Group is looking to capitalize on its digital presence and enter the world of television. The publisher's largest site, The Daily Meal, is launching a television series at the end of this... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV deal for A K Benedict

Company Pictures, the production company behind adaptations of The White Queen and Wolf Hall, has... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Knewton, Sanoma Partner to Offer Adaptive Learning in Europe

Knewton, a company that produces adaptive learning software, has an agreement with European educational publisher Sonoma Learning to use the Knewton API in digital content produced by Malmberg, its Dutch publishing division. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audible’s DIY Audiobook Platform Turns Three

When Audible founder Don Katz launched the Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX) platform in May 2011, he said one of the main goals was to help increase the number of audiobooks released into the market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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T. Davis Bunn: Listening to God

His new novel, "The Turning," may bring exactly that for T. Davis Bunn: a turning to a new platform and new audiences for his Christian suspense fiction. It will also provide him with a new medium--he'll be teaching lessons drawn from the book on Moody Radio, a unique opportunity for a novelist. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Humble Bundle Releasing Doctorow Audiobook

Humble Bundle, the online venture that distributes bundles of digital content for a price decided by the consumer, is releasing its third bundle of ebooks, including a self-produced DRM-free audiobook of Cory Doctorow's novel "Homeland." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Netflix and Spotify help drive UK home entertainment revenues to £5.3bn

New figures show that three-fifths of Britain's video, video games and music sales are now derived from the internetGrowing demand for streaming services such as Netflix and Spotify helped the UK home entertainment sector increase its revenues in 2013 for the first time in five years to £5.3bn,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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War hero depicted in hit TV miniseries Band of Brothers dies at 90

William 'Wild Bill' Guarnere fought in some of Europe's toughest battlesWilliam "Wild Bill" Guarnere, one of the second world veterans whose exploits were dramatised in the TV miniseries Band of Brothers, has died. He was 90.His son, William Guarnere Jr, confirmed on Sunday that his father died... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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3M Adds Audiobooks to Cloud Library System

The collection will debut with 40,000 titles, powered by Findaway World, including offerings from every major publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oscars 2014: '12 Years a Slave,' other literary adaptations take home prizes

The Oscars 2014 ceremony saw the movie '12 Years a Slave,' based on the memoir of the same name by Solomon Northup, score big by winning the Best Picture prize. The Oscars 2014 awards were held on March 2. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vice's Shane Smith: 'Young people are angry and leaving TV in droves'

The multimedia empire's chief executive on video journalism, North Korea – and why he won't be taken over by a big rivalShane Smith stayed up late getting drunk with one of his presenters, and now he is exhausted, hungover and behind schedule. Bottles of spirits stand, taunting him, from a table... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audible Lowers Royalty on Self-Published Audiobooks

Amazon-owned audiobook retailer Audible is lowering the royalty rates it pays authors who self-publish, and exclusively sell, their audiobooks through the website. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bio Channel's Website to Outlive the TV Network

A&E Networks is killing off the Bio Channel this summer to install the new FYI Network, but it's not killing off the Bio website.Instead, the cable network is shifting control of the site to digital publisher Say Media, which will run editorial, ad sales, technology and marketing for the... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tina Fey will reportedly star in a film adaptation of 'Taliban Shuffle'

The movie will be based on the memoir by journalist Kim Barker, a darkly comic look at reporting in the Middle East. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Heron Books signs TV scientist

Heron Books, an imprint of Quercus Books, has bought a new title about evolution by Professor... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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2014 TV Upfront and Digital NewFront Calendar

TV networks are gearing up for their flashy presentations, which represnt the kick-off to negotiations with advertisers over fall prime-time programming.As has been the case over the past several years, plenty of other digital media companies and publishers are also vyying for marketers' TV... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canadian Publishers Adapting to Lower Loon

Publishers and consumers in Canada who had become accustomed to a Canadian dollar at par with the American dollar are adjusting to what appears to be the new reality: a Canadian dollar hovering around the 90¢ mark. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith: Expect Splashier Storytelling on Bloomberg TV

Justin Smith, CEO of Bloomberg Media Group, is slated to wrap up a 100-day review of the company in the coming weeks, when he is expected to offer recommendations on the future of the global media conglomerate's TV division and digital and print operations, including Bloomberg Businessweek.His... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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