04.01.2006 11:00:00
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Audible and Sonos Announce Alliance in Home Networking Entertainment
As of today, the popular Sonos(TM) Digital Music System isAudibleReady(R), further extending Audible's reach into the home,while expanding the Sonos entertainment experience beyond music. TheSonos platform now has the ability to wirelessly deliver Audible'smore than 26,000 digital audiobooks, audio editions of popularmagazines and newspapers, and digital radio and TV programming toevery room in the home, or up to 32 different rooms. The Sonos DigitalMusic System frees AudibleListeners in their homes from being tetheredto computers or portable devices and allows them to instantly accesstheir entire Audible Library from anywhere in the home, controlling itall from the wireless Sonos(TM) Controller.
"Integrating the Audible service with home networking is a naturalstep for our company," said Foy Sperring, Senior Vice President,Audible Platforms at Audible, Inc. "We believe Sonos already has anincredibly innovative product. But making their platform AudibleReady,now exposes Sonos costumers to a world of on-demand audio informationand entertainment in their very own home, making the product even morevaluable than before."
"Sonos is focused on providing an unmatched listening experiencefor the digital home," said John MacFarlane, chief executive officer,Sonos. "The partnership with Audible provides Sonos customers with avast selection of content that furthers the value of their Sonosexperience."
More information is available at www.audible.com or www.sonos.com.
About Audible, Inc.
Audible (www.audible.com) is the Internet's leading provider ofspoken audio entertainment, information, and educational programming.Content from Audible is downloaded and played back on personalcomputers, CDs, or AudibleReady(R) computer-based mobile devices.Audible has 80,000 hours of audio programs from 270 content partnersthat include leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, entertainers,magazine and newspaper publishers, and business information providers.Audible.com is the Apple iTunes Music Store's preeminent provider ofspoken-word products for downloading or streaming via the Web.Additionally, the Company is strategically aligned with Random House,Inc. in the first-ever imprint to produce spoken-word contentspecifically suited for digital distribution, Random House Audible.Among the Company's key business relationships are Amazon.com, AppleCorp., Hewlett-Packard Company, Microsoft Corporation, palmOne, Inc.,XM Satellite Radio, PhatNoise Inc., Rio Audio, Creative Labs, TexasInstruments Inc., and VoiceAge Corporation.
About Sonos, Inc.
Sonos is the developer of wireless multi-room music systems forthe digital home. The award-winning Sonos(TM) Digital Music System isavailable direct from Sonos or at more than 500 retailers and customintegrators in North America. Sonos is a privately-held company,headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA with offices in Cambridge, MA andHilversum, Netherlands. To find out more about the company or theSonos Digital Music System, please visit: www.sonos.com.
Audible, audible.com, AudibleListener, and AudibleReady areregistered trademarks of Audible, Inc. and all are part of the familyof Audible, Inc. trademarks.
Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarksof their respective owners.
This press release contains information about Audible, Inc. thatis not historical fact and may be deemed to contain forward-lookingstatements about the company. Actual results may differ materiallyfrom those anticipated in any forward-looking statements as a resultof certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation,Audible's limited operating history, history of losses, uncertainmarket for its services, and its inability to license or producecompelling audio content and other risks and uncertainties detailed inthe company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
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