.audible

Status:	Proposed
Manager:	Amazon
Registry Provider:	Neustar
Registry:	Amazon
Registry Backend:	Nominet
Type:	Brand TLD
Category:	Media
Priority #:	401 - Amazon
More information:

.audible is a proposed Brand TLD in ICANN's New gTLD Program. The applicant is Amazon, which has a subsidiary Audible Inc.

Application Background

"Audible, Inc., which is an Amazon subsidiary, is the leading provider of premium digital spoken audio information and entertainment on the Internet, offering customers a new way to enhance and enrich their lives every day. Audible’s mission is to establish literate listening as a core tool for anyone seeking to be more productive, better informed, or more thoughtfully entertained. Audible content, which includes more than 100,000 audio programs from more than 1,800 content providers that include leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers, and business information providers, is digitally downloaded and played back on over 500 popular devices.

Audible operates websites, including www.audible.com, www.audible.co.uk, www.audible.de and www.audible.fr.

The mission of the .AUDIBLE registry is:

To provide a unique and dedicated platform for Audible while simultaneously protecting the integrity of its brand and reputation."