Amazon Adds Audible Channels, Another Perk for Prime Customers

Amazon Prime members now have access included for Audible Channels, a short-form digital audio service launched earlier this year from Audible. Prime members also will be able to choose from a rotating selection of 50 audiobooks from the Audible catalog, said an Amazon announcement. Audible Channels comprises a regularly refreshed selection of original programs, comedy, lectures, and audio editions of articles and news from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Foreign Affairs, Charlie Rose: The Week, McSweeney’s, The Onion and other periodicals, Amazon said. The service also showcases 20 Audible Playlists that include stories of the day, meditation and comedy content and compilations about science, history and technology, said Amazon. Audible Channels is available to non-Prime members for $4.95 per month or $59.40 per year.