Audible is experiencing a massive audio boom with major investments in original content

Mother’s Day weekend 2019 marked a turning point in Madhuri Shekar’s young life. It all started two years ago with a phone call from a woman named Kate Navin, then head of theater at Audible. Navin said she had recently received funding to develop original works by emerging playwrights, and she called to offer Shekar, … Read more

Key takeaways from Variety’s Entertainment Summit at CES 2024

The future of media, technology and advertising – both their promise and their peril – was the topic of the day at the Variety Entertainment Summit at CES 2024, held during the tech industry’s big annual confab in Las Vegas. Speakers at the daylong event included Roku Media president Charlie Collier, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, … Read more