Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka joined Don and Audible employees at Fresh Coast, a popular restaurant with employees, to mark the 30,000th visit by Audible’s weekly lunch program aimed at supporting neighborhood businesses. [1 min.]

The Ralph Ellison Foundation presented Don with the 2020 Shadow and Act Award for “outstanding service in the spirit of Ellison’s legacy” at its annual gala in Oklahoma City. [4 min.]

Newark Venture Partners, the venture capital firm Don founded, presented its latest class of startups at Audible’s recently opened Innovation Cathedral. [1 min.]

Media and tech executive Bob Carrigan joined Audible on Jan. 2, 2020 as CEO reporting to Don, who is now executive chairman of Audible. [1 min.]

NJBIZ’s named Don No. 7 on its Power 100 list, citing his role as founder of Newark Venture Partners, the venture capital firm and accelerator that has attracted dozens of startups to Newark’s growing tech ecosystem. [1 min.]

In an interview with Entrepreneur Magazine‘s podcast “The Playbook with David Meltzer,” Don discusses his journey from journalist to leading Audible at scale, the lessons learned along the way, and Audible’s commitment to Newark.

Don paid tribute to the Ironbound Community Corporation’s longtime executive director at the community organization’s 50th anniversary gala on Oct. 24 as Don was honored for Audible’s commitment to Newark. [1 min.]

“CBS This Morning” interviewed Don for a segment on Audible’s recently opened Innovation Cathedral, spotlighting the company’s 12-year focus on Newark’s turnaround. [8 min.]

Tom Morello, one of the elite guitar virtuosos, will share an electrifying musical narrative at the Minetta Lane Theatre in September, with T Bone Burnett serving as executive producer. [1 min.]

Audible in 2019 opened the doors to its Innovation Cathedral, a historic church that is now home to 400 tech employees and features the original stained-glass windows and pipe organ alongside work cafes and lounges. [4 min.]

Don spoke to CNBC’s “Closing Bell” about Audible’s “profound levels of storytelling that addict huge numbers of people around the world” as audio becomes a “large, diversifying segment.” [3 min.]

The recently released Audible edition of Don’s 1987 book on Sears, The Big Store, features a new introduction, written and performed by Don, reflecting on the lessons learned from his six years studying Sears falling from grace that have inspired and cautioned him at Audible along the way. [1 min.]

Don was joined at the launch event for Audible’s India service at the Royal Opera House in Mumbai by Bollywood stars Radhika Apte, Rajkummar Rao and Kalki Koechlin, who perform “Mafia Queens of Mumbai,” and romance author Durjoy Dutta, who wrote the Audible Original “The Last Boy to Fall in Love.” [1 min.]

Vogue ran a glowing review of Audible’s production of Billy Crystal’s Have a Nice Day, starring Annette Bening, Dick Cavett, Auli’i Cravalho, Rachel Dratch, Darrell Hammond, Kevin Kline, Robin Thede and others. [2 min.]

Don joined the New Jersey governor and the Berlin mayor at Berlin city hall as the governments pledged deeper cooperation between the startup ecosystems in Berlin and New Jersey, boosting Audible’s and Newark Venture Partners’ efforts to catalyze urban renaissance through early-stage tech. [3 min.]

For three evenings beginning on Sept. 22, 2018, Patti Smith delivered a special spoken-word and music performance at the Minetta Lane Theatre for Audible Theater. [3 min.]

The Los Angeles Times on July 9 wrote about Audible Theater, focusing on John Lithgow’s one-man performance of Stories by Heart, an Audible Original.

In celebration of Pride Month, Audible hosted a storytelling event at the Minetta Lane Theatre on June 25 inspired by the Audible production The Path to Pride with Lance Bass and Nikki Levy. [1 min.]

The New York Times ran a front-page story on the expanding range of writers—novelists, journalists, playwrights, screen writers, comedians—writing to the Audible listening aesthetic and conveying their powerfully performed words to Audible’s millions of listeners. [4 min.]

Don and Gov. Phil Murphy delivered keynote addresses at a policy forum centered on how New Jersey can drive economic growth in its cities by attracting high-growth tech companies and tech talent. [4 min.]