Audible Launches Connected Subscription for Apple Podcasts

[MacRumors]

Audible last month launched a connected subscription that lets members stream nearly 700 premium podcast titles directly within Apple Podcasts, available across 135 countries.

The integration gives Audible members ad-free access to an expansive catalog of Audible Originals spanning true crime, investigative journalism, celebrity-led audio dramas, and personal growth categories.

Titles available at launch include award-winning series like Dr. Death, American Scandal, Business Wars, Dying for Sex, and Hysterical, Reinvent Your Life with Mel Robbins, The Prophecy, and The Big Lie. Marshall Lewy, Head of Audible Content for North America, said:

By bringing Audible's distinctive catalog to Apple Podcasts, we're allowing members to find their favorite Originals where many of them already listen to their podcasts. And by making select shows and episodes available widely, we have the opportunity to introduce new listeners to the extraordinary audio storytelling Audible offers right inside the Apple Podcasts app.

Existing Audible members can access the integration by opening Apple Podcasts, where their subscription should connect automatically, or by searching for any Audible premium show and linking their account at no additional cost.

New subscribers can sign up directly through Apple Podcasts by searching for an Audible show such as Dr. Death and subscribing via the Audible app. Membership also unlocks standard Audible benefits including one audiobook per month and an unlimited listening library.

The full Audible channel on Apple Podcasts is available now in over 135 countries. Audible says the integration is expected to roll out to members in Australia, Japan, and Canada this month.

Article Link: Audible Launches Connected Subscription for Apple Podcasts

 

[Populus]

This is big, and it is going to attract a lot of new users…

I wonder if getting the membership through Apple Podcasts is going to be more expensive. Although I don’t know what’s the difference of the regular membership and the premium one.

 

[svish]

Good to see this. Ability to subscribe directly from Apple Podcasts should help boost subscription numbers.

 

[ryanasimov]

Do I understand the article correctly in that it's saying this is not new content for Audible subscribers, but instead a new location (Apple Podcasts) for them to listen to what's included in their subscription?

 

[burgman]

Hopefully the layout is better than the Audible app.

 

[robertmorris2]

glad to see they kept the ad-free aspect to the channel.