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The Network: The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age by Scott Woolley

The Network: The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Network: The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age runs 7.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stephen Hoye (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.5listening hrs
The Americasstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

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Based on 7.5 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
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What our data says

  • At 7.5 hours, it is shorter than 64% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Network: The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age is an audiobook by Scott Woolley: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephen Hoye, released April 26, 2016, on the The Americas and Marketing & Advertising shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.5 hrs
Narrated by
Stephen Hoye
Released
April 26, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
The Americas, Marketing & Advertising, Non-Fiction
ISBN
9780062476173

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Network: The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age as an audiobook?

The Network: The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.

Is The Network: The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Network: The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age?

The Network: The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age is narrated by Stephen Hoye.