Audible is owned by Amazon (the United States, NASDAQ: AMZN), which acquired the brand on 1 March 2008 for $300 million.[1][2] Audible was founded in 1995 in Newark, New Jersey and was independent until 2008.
Audible sold the first portable digital audio player in 1997, four years before the iPod, and now dominates audiobooks. Amazon acquired it in 2008 for about $300 million, pairing it with the Kindle business it had launched the previous year.
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Amazon acquired Audible for about $300 million, pairing spoken-word audio with the Kindle it had launched a few months earlier. Audible had sold the first portable digital audio player in 1997, four years before the iPod.
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The parent company of Audible is Amazon, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Yes. Audible originated in the United States in 1995 and its owner, Amazon, is also headquartered in the United States.
Amazon completed its acquisition of Audible on 1 March 2008, after announcing the deal on 31 January 2008. The deal was valued at $300 million.
Audible was an independent company from its founding in 1995 in Newark, New Jersey until Amazon acquired it in 2008.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Audible is still owned by Amazon. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
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