Audible.com Named No. 1 in CNET.com Editor's Top 5 Picks for Entertainment Applications

Business Wire,  May 31, 2002  

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WAYNE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2002

Editors Also Rate Audible's Subscription Audio Service a

9 Out of 10 and an 'Editor's Choice'

The editors of CNET.com named Audible, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: ADBL) audible.com(R) No. 1 in their Top 5 Entertainment Applications category.

Audible is the leading provider of downloadable spoken audio that informs and entertains anywhere and at anytime with audio editions of books, newspapers, magazines, radio programs and original shows. Other recent positive reviews from The New York Times, USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, Computer Shopper Magazine, ABCnews.com, ZDnet.com, Parade Magazine and elsewhere all ratify Audible's value and ease of use. http://www.cnet.com/software/0-8886585-7-8886710.html?tag=txt

"We are pleased to accept CNET's ranking and the recent media coverage, all of which reflects a service standard that our customers experience every day," said Jonathan Korzen, director of Public Relations.

CNET, www.cnet.com, is the trusted source of information for millions of technology consumers around the world. Winner of countless awards, CNET harnesses the power and promise of technology to enrich our professional and personal lives. CNET provides expert and unbiased advice on technology products and services to inform users and expedite purchasing. Integrating an extensive directory of more than 200,000 computer, technology, and consumer electronics products with editorial content, downloads, trends, reviews and price comparisons, CNET gives users the most up-to-date and efficient shopping resources on the Web.

About Audible.com

Audible.com features daily audio editions of the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times -- available on a subscription basis in time for the morning drive to work each day--as well as Forbes, Harvard Management Update, Scientific American and Fast Company. The site also offers a powerful collection of audiobook best sellers and classics by authors such as Tom Clancy, Stephen King, John Grisham, Mary Higgins Clark, James Patterson, The Dalai Lama, David McCullough, Stephen Hawking, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson and Jane Austen. There are also speeches, lectures, and on-demand radio programs including Marketplace, All Things Considered, Car Talk, Fresh Air and This American Life, and original shows such as RobinWilliams@audible.com. All of the programs at audible.com are available for PC-based playback and on-the-go listening using numerous AudibleReady(TM) portable digital audio players offered by leading consumer electronics and computer manufacturers.

About Audible, Inc.

Audible(R) (www.audible.com(R)) is the Internet's largest, most diverse provider of premium spoken audio services for content download or playback on personal computers or AudibleReady(TM) PC-based mobile devices. Audible has more than 32,000 hours of audio programs and 150 content partners that include leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers and business information providers. Audible.com is Amazon.com's (www.amazon.com) exclusive provider of spoken word products for downloading or streaming via the Web. Additionally, the Company is strategically aligned with Random House, Inc., to pioneer the first-ever imprint to produce spoken word content specifically suited for digital distribution, Random House Audible. Among the Company's key business partners are Card Access Inc., Casio Inc., Compaq Computer Corporation, Handspring, Hewlett-Packard Company, Microsoft Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics, RealNetworks, Inc., SONICblue Incorporated's Rio Audio Group, Sony Electronics, Texas Instruments and VoiceAge Corp.

Audible and www.audible.com are registered trademarks of Audible, Inc.; AudibleReady is a trademark of Audible, Inc. and all are part of the family of Audible, Inc. trademarks.

Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.

This press release contains information about Audible, Inc. that is not historical fact and may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements about the company. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, Audible's limited operating history, history of losses, uncertain market for its services, and its inability to license or produce compelling audio content and other risks and uncertainties detailed in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

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