Wizzard Media Launches Thirteen New Classic Audio Book Podcast Apps
Wizzard Media Releases Thirteen New Apps on the App Store
Wizzard Media (NYSE Amex: WZE), the world’s largest podcasting network, announced the launch today of thirteen new classic audio book podcast Apps, bringing the total to twenty-nine, targeting students heading back to school facing a list of required reading.
Now, students can listen to the full audio version of classic books such as The Three Musketeers, Gulliver’s Travels, Treasure Island, Phantom of the Opera, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Edgar Allan Poe Collection and the Prince and the Pauper, on their iPhone™ or iPod® Touch as streaming podcasts through customized Apps.
Wizzard continues to create a variety of high-quality podcast Apps to be marketed through targeted podcasts and enjoyed on the iPhone™ and iPod® touch. These classic books are not only convenient and affordable but, are professionally read and recorded.
“With a huge number of educational podcasts on the Wizzard Network, we believe we can reach the high school students who use technology to their benefit and would prefer to listen to a full version of these classic books while on the bus, working out, or more likely, while doing other homework,” says Laurie Sims, Wizzard Media President. “Our entire strategy is based on matching content, Apps, and brand products with targeted audiences on our network. Expanding from Games and Entertainment to include Educational Apps provides real value across the Wizzard Media Network.”
About Wizzard Media (a division of Wizzard Software):
Wizzard Media provides publishing and distribution services to podcasters and monetization services for podcasters. Wizzard Media is the industry’s leading podcasting network with an unprecedented 1.2 billion download requests in 2008. Podcasts are a means for independent and professional content creators to publish audio and video shows for the world to enjoy over the Internet or on mp3 players, such as the Apple iPod®, iPhone® and the Microsoft Zune®. Podcasting is a relatively new phenomenon, but Wizzard Media collectively broadcasts millions of podcast downloads per day through media aggregators like Apple’s iTunes and Microsoft’s Zune Marketplace. For more information, please visit www.wizzardsoftware.com/media_v2.php. Wizzard Media is a division of Wizzard Software, a leader in speech technology distribution and development.
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