Tim Ditlow’s deep roots within the recording {industry}, coupled with a lifelong ardour for tales, make him an unparalleled authority in kids’s audio and guide publishing. His spectacular profession consists of management roles at Listening Library, Random Home, Brilliance Audio, and Amazon’s Kids’s Publishing, the place he performed pivotal roles in buying, producing, and overseeing a large number of iconic audio titles, together with the internationally acclaimed Harry Potter collection.
His contributions to the {industry} have been acknowledged with a number of Grammy nominations and awards, in addition to commendation from the White Home for his work on the Yr of the Younger Reader. Up to now decade, Tim served as VP of Content material, for Epic, the main digital studying platform for teenagers, the place he constructed a library of over 40,000 titles from 250 prime publishers.
Molly Barton, CEO and Co-Founding father of Realm, expressed her enthusiasm, saying, “Tim is a real legend within the kids’s audiobook publishing world, and his wealth of expertise and {industry} information is an unbelievable asset for Realm. We share a ardour for locating new methods to carry immersive and fascinating audio storytelling to households worldwide, and we’re thrilled to welcome him to our Board of Advisors.”
Ditlow shared his pleasure about becoming a member of Realm, stating, “I’m excited for this chance to advise alongside Molly’s gifted Board members with a purpose to help and develop Realm’s phenomenal roster of expertise and licensing companions.”
Realm’s board consists of media visionary and Time 100 alum Lauren Zalanick, who has beforehand suggested Gimlet and Ira Glass’ Serial Productions; Michalel Smith, NPR’s Chief Advertising Officer; Russell Binder, President of IP accelerator Striker Leisure; and Marci Wiseman, award-winning producer and former Co-President of Blumhouse TV. In his new advisory position at Realm, Ditlow will carry his huge expertise to additional improve Realm’s mission to develop, produce, distribute, and monopolize immersive audio collection in collaboration with top-tier expertise and leisure firms.
Realm expanded into the Youngsters and Household audio sector in 2023 with the acquisition of the Peabody award profitable children audio streaming platform Pinna that includes an in depth library of licensed content material and a slate of 150+ wholly-owned titles. These embody award-winning children and household audio collection like Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest, Opal Watson: Non-public Eye (quickly to be a 2-book collection with HarperCollins), Completely Unauthorized Minecraft Fan Present, Quentin & Alfie (quickly to be a 4 guide collection with FSG/MacMillan) and A-Z Mysteries produced with Penguin Random Home impressed by the bestselling guide collection by Ron Roy.
