Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/RBMedia

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. (non-admin closure) CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 05:23, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

RBMedia[edit]

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Delete References fail the criteria for establishing notability, fails GNG and WP:NCORP. -- HighKing⁺⁺ 18:46, 22 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The references establish notability and pass WP:GNG. Also world's largest audiobook publishing company. -- GreenC 19:29, 22 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

RBMedia is an umbrella company that formed in 2017 through the acquisition of other independent companies. Some of those companies were notable and others not. The companies are now imprints or brands of RBMedia, it's all one company. So there has to be an umbrella article about the company that owns brands like Recorded Books and Tantor Media - but also an article to discuss brands that are not (yet) notable like Audiobooks.com and HighBridge. Thus an article on RBMedia serves this purpose. It's theoretically possible to merge Recorded Books and Tantor Media into RBMedia but I wouldn't recommend it at this time. These companies are of historical interest as discussed in the history section of audiobooks they were pioneering companies in the audiobook industry. -- GreenC 19:58, 22 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 14:44, 23 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:40, 29 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Seems to have sufficient significance and coverage. --Michig (talk) 08:06, 29 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, TonyBallioni (talk) 16:37, 5 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep claims like "It claims to be the largest audiobook publisher in the world." are almost certainly puffery. However, if multiple of its imprints/acquired companies/merged companies are notable, this entity probably is as well. The references are largely of corporate acquisitions and not of any actual business. If a merge with Recorded Books is possible, that would be preferred. power~enwiki (π, ν) 03:27, 11 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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