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ORLANDO, FL (January 10, 2006) -- Ivanhoe Broadcast News, the nation's leading independent producer of medical news, and Audible.com, the leading premium spoken audio source on the Internet, announce the launch of a podcast subscription service in late January.

The first podcasts include a series of reports covering the latest breakthroughs in back pain treatment reported by Ivanhoe Broadcast News. In addition to offering the free 3-minute audio versions of these reports, the full-length doctor interviews will be available on a subscription basis. The interviews with leading back pain experts in the country provide in-depth information on new procedures and treatments for back pain, which affects millions of people each year.

"Health is important to our listeners and we are very pleased to have Ivanhoe as a charter podcast publisher," says John Federico of Audible.com.

"We're excited about being selected by Audible.com for our extensive health library and providing consumers compelling health news in a podcast environment," says Marjorie Bekaert Thomas, Ivanhoe CEO. "This partnership will help online medical news continue its dynamic growth."

Every month, Ivanhoe will update its podcast offering with free and paid health news on high-interest topics including diabetes, cancer, heart disease, fibromyalgia and neurological disorders. To listen to a Medical Breakthrough report by Ivanhoe, go to http://www.ivanhoe.com/podcast.

About Ivanhoe Broadcast News

Headquartered in Orlando, Fla., Ivanhoe Broadcast News is the country's largest television news-gathering organization covering medical breakthroughs, family health and consumer news for women. From its beginning in 1982, Ivanhoe has earned its reputation for providing TV stations with creative, top-quality and thought-provoking news stories that offer viewers solutions: latest breakthroughs in science and medicine, tips on staying healthy, and advice from women for women. Ivanhoe has a client base of more than 200 television network affiliates in the United States reaching 82 million television households. Ivanhoe's Web site publishes a free weekly e-zine on medical breakthroughs called, First To Know, to 65,000 subscribers worldwide. To subscribe, go to http://www.ivanhoe.com/firsttoknow.

About Audible.com

Audible.com, recently named the best consumer Web service by CNet.com, and one of the "Best of Today's Web" by PC World, features daily audio editions of The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times-available on a subscription basis in time for the morning drive to work each day-as well as audio magazine subscriptions such as The New Yorker, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Scientific American, Fast Company and others. There are also speeches, lectures, and on-demand radio and TV programs including Charlie Rose, The Bob Edwards Show, Marketplace, Car Talk, Fresh Air, This American Life, and Opie & Anthony. Audible.com also offers a powerful collection of audiobook best sellers and classics by authors such as Tom Clancy, Stephen King, John Grisham, Janet Evanovich, James Patterson, the Dalai Lama, David McCullough, Stephen Hawking, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, and Jane Austen.

All of the programs at audible.com are available for computer-based playback, burning to audio CD, and on-the-go listening using more than 160 different AudibleReady digital audio players offered by more than 30 leading consumer electronics and computer manufacturers including iPods and MP3 players.