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EXCLUSIVE: Audible is teaming up with singer, song-writer and actor Leigh-Anne Pinnock on an adaptation of The Little Mermaid. Based on the classic story by Hans Christian Andersen, the Audible version has been adapted by lyricist Dina Gregory with Pinnock providing narration. Gregory wove some…

EXCLUSIVE: 3Pas Studios, the entertainment company co-founded by Eugenio Derbez and his business partner, Ben Odell, signed a multi-year production deal with Audible. Through their overall exclusive audio deal, 3Pas Studios will produce scripted and unscripted audio content for Audible in both English…

BREAKTHROUGH Co-Creator/Executive Producer: Will Malnati Co-Creator/Executive Producer: Ethan Russell Panelists: Sara Bareilles (judge); Daveed Diggs (host) Logline: In a genre-redefining first, Breakthrough bursts onto the singing competition scene with an electrifying, audio-only…

EXCLUSIVE: BAFTA-winning comedian and presenter Mo Gilligan has signed on to host and executive produce a new stand-up comedy podcast series for Audible titled Mo Gilligan's Spotlight. The pod will run six episodes and feature performances from live stand-up shows that will take place throughout…

EXCLUSIVE: Carol Howe, a high-society debutante who joined the neo-Nazi movement responsible for the Oklahoma City bombings in 1995 and then became a government informant, is the subject of a new podcast from Jon Ronson. Ronson, a journalist and filmmaker who wrote The Men Who Stare At Goats, which…

EXCLUSIVE: Gunpowder & Sky, the company founded by former MTV chief Van Toffler and former Endemol exec Floris Bauer, is formalizing its relationship with Audible. The studio has struck a first-look deal with the Amazon-owned audio platform, expanding on its work that includes episodes of…

EXCLUSIVE: Audible has struck a deal with Indian production outfit The Foundry, bringing podcast adaptations of the likes of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Pride and Prejudice to the platform in India. Around 60 hours’ worth of content has been licensed to Amazon’s podcasting arm, consisting…

EXCLUSIVE: Brian Cox (Succession), Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton), Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) and Emilio Villa-Muhammad (The Man Who Fell to Earth) are heading up the all-star cast of Audible Original title Oliver Twist, produced by Oscar winner Sam Mendes (1917).  Released today on Audible…

EXCLUSIVE: Audible has today launched Jack Whitehall's Safe Space, a new 10-part original comedy series hosted by the comedian featuring a host of A-list guests, including Judd Apatow and Jameela Jamil. Throughout the series, Whitehall (Bad Education, Jungle Cruise, Travels with My Father) sits down…

Gwyneth Paltrow’s goop has inked a multi-project worldwide development deal with Amazon subsidiary Audible. Four titles have been greenlit under a newly created The Goop Pursuit banner, all of which will will join a series of best-in-class Audible Originals. The Goop Pursuit collection will “explore…

The Gotham Film & Media Institute has set The Woman King filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood and Audible, Inc.’s Founder and Executive Chairman Don Katz as the latest pair of honorees to be feted at the 32nd annual Gotham Awards, taking place live and in person at NYC’s Cipriani Wall Street on November…

EXCLUSIVE: The creators of Welcome to Night Vale have set their next scripted podcast. Audible is launching Unlicensed, a detective story starring Molly C. Quinn (Castle), Lusia Strus (Claws) from Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, creators of the long-running podcast Welcome to Night Vale, which is one…