Audible.com is an Internet provider of spoken audio entertainment, information, and educational programming. Audible sells digital audiobooks, radio and TV programs, and audio versions of magazines and newspapers. On January 31, 2008 Amazon.com announced it would buy Audible. Audible's content includes over 100,000 titles by more than 1200 different providers, amounting to over 1,000,000 hours of audio programming. The content includes books of all genres, as well as radio shows (classic and current), speeches, interviews, stand-up comedy, and audio versions of periodicals. Customers can download to their PC or Mac and then transfer the audio to a compatible MP3 player, personal digital assistants (PDAs) or to a smart mobile device (SMDs) for listening on the go. Content can also be burned to audio CDs or customers simply listen at their computers or through a digital home entertainment network. In addition to the regular price charged for audiobooks, Audible offers subscriptions with the following benefits: Credits: For a monthly subscription fee, a customer receives one or two audio credits. Most titles can be purchased with one of these credits. Some titles (usually larger books or collections of more than one book) may cost two credits, while others (usually very short works) cost only a third of a credit. (Users may also purchase a year's subscription at a time, for a discount, receiving all credits at once, but only in some countries.) Platinum subscribers also receive a complimentary subscription to the digital audio version of well known newspapers. Subscriber Discount: A subscriber may choose to purchase books without credits for a 30% discount.