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Economist in your ears
1st February 2008
Too busy to read the Economist but face a long commute to school? Why not download the audio edition of the Economist?
According to the website:
The audio edition contains word-for-word recordings of all articles published in The Economist, read by professional broadcasters and actors. It is ideal for anyone who wants to listen to articles while travelling, exercising or just relaxing. You can download the full edition or individual sections. Alternatively, you can listen to selected articles directly from your computer.
Each full edition of The Economist is about 130 megabytes. Individual sections are about 10 megabytes each. Subscribers with a broadband connection can expect to download a section in three minutes, and to download a full edition in 15 minutes. Downloaded files are in MP3 format.
Go to: http://www.economist.com/audioedition/