Storytel Iceland launches Media Center from Clipsource
Audiobook publisher Storytel launched a new Media Center for the Icelandic market today, provided by Clipsource. The new service gives journalists and partners significantly better access to news, samples, previews, images, and videos about Storytel's releases. “It will be an integral part of our media strategy,” says Storytel’s PR manager in Sweden.
Stockholm-based Clipsource is a supplier of digital Media Centers to the media and entertainment industry, with customers such as Warner Bros. Discovery, TV4, Viaplay, et al. The need to publish rich media has increased in recent years, since the more audio, video, images, and metadata offered for each title, the easier it is for consumers to find and understand the content. With regard to journalists and partners, easy access to pre-premier samples and screeners streamlines the reviewing process.
Clipsource specializes in automating the collection and distribution of media and data. By implementing a Media Center from Clipsource, communications and marketing departments can reduce time wasted on logistics and focus on activities that create value.
Therese Lindström, Storytel’s PR manager in Sweden says:
“Audiobooks make stories accessible to a fast-growing and passionate audience–anywhere and anytime. The Media Center that Clipsource provides for Storytel in Iceland will serve journalists with everything they need to cover the streamed storytelling revolution. The Media Center will be an integral part of our media strategy in Iceland”
Dan Willstrand, CEO of Clipsource, says:
“The audiobook industry is similar to the visual streaming industry in many respects. They launch new stories at a high frequency, rely heavily on subscription models, and need to share lots of content with journalists and partners. We look forward to helping Storytel on their continued journey”
The new Media Center can be found here: https://press.storytel.is
Photo: Therese Lindström, Storytel
For more information contact:
- Dan Willstrand, CEO, Clipsource
dan.willstrand@clipsource.com - Therese Lindström, Head of PR Noridcs, Storytel
therese.lindstrom@storytel.com
About Clipsource
Clipsource is a platform that dramatically simplifies communication and data distribution for media companies—always with the goal of increasing awareness and consumption of the customers’ content. The services include digital media centers, distribution of schedules, screening of programs, films and audiobooks, content sharing with partners, and much more. The company was founded in 2010 and has customers such as Warner Bros. Discovery, Sony, TV4, Viaplay, Storytel, SF and Nordisk Film.
About Storytel
Storytel is one of the world’s largest audiobook and e-book streaming services and offers more than one million titles on a global scale. Our vision is to make the world a more empathetic and creative place, with great stories to be shared and enjoyed by anyone, anywhere and anytime. The streaming business within the Storytel Group is conducted under the brands Storytel, Mofibo and Audiobooks.com. The publishing business is managed by Storytel Books, and by the audiobook publisher Storyside. The Storytel Group operates in over 25 markets, with a focus on ten core markets: the five Nordic countries, the Netherlands, Turkey, Poland, Bulgaria, and the USA through Audiobooks.com. The headquarters are located in Stockholm, Sweden.
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