Hobnobbing with the likes of Reese Witherspoon, Kate McKinnon and Yara Shahidi isn’t typically the gloss applied to the cerebral audiobook set, but Audible is putting the humble audio story through its own movie-makeover montage, inking high-profile development deals with entertainment names like “The Walking Dead” comics creator Skybound Entertainment, Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine and Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video Enterprises.
“We’re definitely interested in working with more Hollywood talent, knowing that there’s a lot of amazing creative talent there,” says Rachel Ghiazza, Audible’s new senior vice president of content acquisition and development. “We’re really eager to see what they can do in the format. It’s definitely an area we’re investing more in.”
Under the auspices of behemoth parent Amazon, Audible has become the nation’s dominant retailer of audiobooks. Now, amid an ongoing podcast and long-form audio renaissance, it is assertively looking to...
“We’re definitely interested in working with more Hollywood talent, knowing that there’s a lot of amazing creative talent there,” says Rachel Ghiazza, Audible’s new senior vice president of content acquisition and development. “We’re really eager to see what they can do in the format. It’s definitely an area we’re investing more in.”
Under the auspices of behemoth parent Amazon, Audible has become the nation’s dominant retailer of audiobooks. Now, amid an ongoing podcast and long-form audio renaissance, it is assertively looking to...
- 8/21/2019
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
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