Its plot concerns an elderly widower battling an invasive vine on the property of his lakeside cabin.Īudible has not broken out subscriber numbers and Ghiazza declined to offer any insights into patterns of sign-ups or listening, other than noting that the company “looked at a lot of the data” in preparing to launch Audible Plus. Written by David Koepp, whose film credits include Spider-man and Jurassic Park, the horror novella is performed by Kevin Bacon. One example is Yard Work, which debuts August 31. “Projects have been completely built and completed during the pandemic.” “We were able to respond to everything that’s been going on,” Ghiazza said. One signature offering that Ghiazza said points to the possibilities of audio is Jesse Eisenberg’s When You Finish Saving the World, a hybrid, five-hour production that has a film adaptation in the works starring Julianne Moore.
Vincent, Blake Griffin, Tom Morello, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kate Mara, Tayari Jones and Harvey Fierstein. Projects have come from talent like Common, St.
The broadening of the subscriber offering aims to widen access to a growing roster of originals. In an interview with Deadline, Ghiazza said audio is still in what she called a “magical moment” and a “renaissance,” with production able to continue despite the coronavirus.
“Every day now looks like the weekend,” Spotify declared in a July blog about its second-quarter results. Along with a resurgence of listening, the hours are more evenly spread out. While video streaming has skyrocketed during the pandemic, podcast listening dropped in the spring across the board before recovering in the summer. Audible has seen increasing competition from a range of players in the growing audio space, including Spotify, Apple and Luminary, among others. Content for Audible, said the lower-priced tier had been in the works before COVID-19 upended production cycles, listening patterns and subscription trends. The preview period for the two offerings is expected to last for the next several weeks as the company gathers customer feedback and fine-tunes the technology supporting the platforms. Disney Officially Discloses $1.5B In Write-Downs For Yanked Streaming Content, As It Signaled It Would On Its May Earnings CallĮxisting customers can preview Audible Plus as of today, with new customers being able to get an early look starting on Thursday.
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