Audible in the News: February 25 Edition
Highlights from this week’s global press coverage of Audible.
Audible and Broadway Video Announce Star-studded Slate of Original Audio Comedy Projects
Audible announced a production deal with Broadway Video to produce multiple audio-only comedy originals specifically created for Audible listeners. The multi-tiered collaboration kicks off with Heads Will Roll, created by Saturday Night Live breakout Kate McKinnon (The Spy Who Dumped Me, Ghostbusters, Rough Night) and her creative partner and sister, Emily Lynne (Our Cartoon President), and featuring Meryl Streep, Tim Gunn, Peter Dinklage, Andrea Martin, Carol Kane, Audra McDonald, Aidy Bryant, Alex Moffat, Heidi Gardner, Chris Redd, Steve Higgins, Bob the Drag Queen, Esther Perel and Queer Eye’s Fab Five.
The next release from the Audible-Broadway Video collaboration will be 63rd Man, an original comedy from Bryan Tucker, Senior Writer of Saturday Night Live and Zack Phillips (Above Average, The Kicker) and will star WWE Superstar John Cena (Trainwreck, Sisters, Blockers, Bumblebee).
Variety, TechCrunch, The Wrap, Digital Spy and many other major entertainment outlets featured the news.
Audible Latino Launch Makes Headlines
Audible Latino – the largest collection of Spanish audiobooks available in the United States – launched with the much anticipated audio premiere of Harry Potter y la Piedra Filosofal by J. K. Rowling, produced by Audible and Pottermore Publishing, and performed by internationally acclaimed Puerto Rican actor Carlos Ponce. We also announced the upcoming Audible Original From Negative to Positive, written and performed by Grammy-winning artist Pitbull, as part of the launch.
English- and Spanish-language outlets around the US, including The Hollywood Reporter, The Washington Post, People En Español, Engadget, Bustle, Billboard, NBC News, Paste Magazine, La Opinión, and La Raza, featured the launch.
Talk Show MDR Um 4 Features Audible Original Die Juten Sitten
German actress Jeanette Hain appeared on talk show MDR um 4 to talk about her performance in the new Audible Original audio drama Die Juten Sitten, a novel set in 1920s Berlin. MDR um 4 played an audio clip of the Audible Original on air.
Watch Hain's appearance (beginning at the 7:10 mark).
David Hasselhoff Raves About Working on his Audible Original Up Against The Wall.
Actor David Hasselhoff raved to Digital Spy about the rewarding experience he had working on his Audible Original Up Against the Wall.
"I'm playing David Hasselhoff the spy, I'm playing Greta and I'm playing David Hasselhoff the narrator in one sentence! How do I do this? I figured it out." – David Hasselhoff
Jon Ronson Speaks with Russell Brand About The Last Days Of August and The Butterfly Effect
Jon Ronson, the author and performer of Audible Originals The Butterfly Effect and The Last Days of August, spoke with Russell Brand on his Under the Skin Podcast about the two Audible Original series.
Broadway World Highlights Billy Jensen’s Audible Original Chase Darkness With Me.
Broadway World highlighted Billy Jensen's Audible Original Chase Darkness With Me: How One True Crime Writer Started Solving Murders.
