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Playaway Products New Spanish-language Audiobooks Will Help Libraries and Schools Serve Multilingual Communities

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月曜日, 12月 4, 2023
Technology, Children, Audio, Video, Continuing, Preschool, Consumer, Primary, Secondary, Education, Consumer Electronics, RBMedia, Literacy, Catalog, Organization, Collection, Sea, Multimedia, Digital divide, Penguin Random House, Library, Wonderbook, School, Young adult, Book, Publishing

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    Despite Spanish being the most spoken non-English language in U.S. homes,1 many libraries have a limited selection of Spanish content.
  • “Playaway Products is committed to helping schools and libraries evolve alongside their communities, which is why we’re expanding our multilingual content offering,” explained Gene LaMarca, Playaway Products CEO.
  • The new collection of Playaway Audiobooks will help schools and libraries adapt to their communities and meet the needs of native Spanish speakers, heritage speakers, and Spanish students alike.
  • Playaway Products also plans to build relationships with organizations that promote literacy and Spanish-language content and is currently exploring partnerships with additional Spanish publishers to access more titles.

Penguin Random House Audio Acquires Playaway Products

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水曜日, 2月 1, 2023
Primary, Secondary, Education, Technology, Publishing, Online, Mobile Entertainment, Entertainment, Communications, Books, Preschool, Apps, Applications, Odyssey, Lock, Digital divide, Penguin Random House, Bertelsmann, Library, Wonderbook, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Playaway, Ebook, Random House, Acosta Sales & Marketing, OH, Catalog, Literacy, Acquisition, Gene, Spotify, Lamarca, School, Reading, Government, Books on Tape, Marketing, Partnership, Multimedia, Book, Nobel Prize

LaMarca will continue to lead Playaway Products as a stand-alone company based in Solon, OH, with Penguin Random House Audio acting as a strategic advisor to the Playaway Products team as they continue to grow their business.

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  • LaMarca will continue to lead Playaway Products as a stand-alone company based in Solon, OH, with Penguin Random House Audio acting as a strategic advisor to the Playaway Products team as they continue to grow their business.
  • Amanda D’Acierno, President & Publisher, Penguin Random House Audio, said: “Penguin Random House Audio shares Playaway Products’ goal to make the best content available to the widest audience of readers and listeners.
  • I’m looking forward to working with Gene, Torin, and their team even more closely to fuel Playaway Products’ future growth.”
    Gene LaMarca, CEO, Playaway Products, said: “Penguin Random House is the right strategic partner for Playaway Products.
  • Random House Audio, Penguin Audio, Listening Library, and Books on Tape are imprints of the Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.

Emergent Games Launches Prologue Game for Resurgence and 'Invite Only' Drop of Gen 0 Cryotag NFT

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火曜日, 6月 21, 2022
Zero, MMO, Digital, The End, Blood, Peaky Blinders, PlayStation, Wonderbook, Gran Turismo, Politics, Technology, CEO, End, AAA, FIFA, Emergent, Ecosystem, ARG, Partnership, MMORPG, Social media, House, Codemasters, Horizon Zero Dawn, NFT, Amusement arcade, Video game console, Video game, Sales, Resurgence, Knightmare

As the genesis event of Resurgence, the prologue leverages digital channels, including websites and social media platforms, to create a powerful narrative.

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  • As the genesis event of Resurgence, the prologue leverages digital channels, including websites and social media platforms, to create a powerful narrative.
  • The End immerses players from the beginning of the Resurgence lore, allowing them to become part of the story.
  • Emergent Games will also be launching a range of 1000 limited edition Resurgence Cryotag NFTs, offered exclusively via an invite-only free mint.
  • The End will be followed by key Resurgence world-building game drops, including a mobile app and a single-player game, before the MMO phase of Resurgence in 2024.