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Meredith Corporation operates as a media and marketing company in the United States. It engages in magazine and book publishing, television broadcasting, integrated marketing, and interactive media businesses. The company operates in two segments, Publishing and Broadcasting. The Publishing segment publishes and markets magazines to the home and family market. It publishes 25 subscription magazines, including Better Homes and Gardens, Ladies' Home Journal, Family Circle, Parents, American Baby, Fitness, and More. This segment also publishes books with approximately 400 books in print; offers integrated promotional, database management, relationship, and direct marketing capabilities for corporate customers; publishes approximately 200 special interest publications under approximately 80 titles; offers magazines through the Internet; and provides content and applications in areas of decorating, food, gardening, home improvement, and remodeling through its bhg.com Web site. In addition, it engages in integrated marketing, brand licensing relationships, and other related operations. The Broadcasting segment operates 14 network-affiliated television stations and 1 AM radio station. The television stations consist of six CBS affiliates, four FOX affiliates, two WB affiliates, one NBC affiliate, and one UPN affiliate. It also operates 14 Web sites. In addition, this segment involves in video production and its video library includes a series of 30 minute shows based on magazine content; additional video segments carrying the American Baby and Better Homes brands; custom DVDs; and news vignettes. Meredith Corporation was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa.

Meredith Corporation NYSE: MDP is based in Des Moines, Iowa. The company has two divisions, publishing and broadcasting.

Edwin Thomas Meredith founded the company in 1902 when he began publishing Successful Farming magazine. In 1922, Meredith began publishing Fruit, Garden and Home magazine, a home and family service publication. Two years later, this magazine was retitled Better Homes and Gardens with the first issue costing a dime on the newsstand. In 1930 they published the first edition of the Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book.
Since this time, Meredith has introduced numerous other magazines. In 1986, the company purchased Ladies' Home Journal magazine and in 2005, the company purchased the women's magazine portfolio of Gruner + Jahr. To date Meredith publishes 26 subscription magazines, approximately 200 special interest publications and 400 books, along with 32 websites.

Broadcast Holdings

The broadcasting division owns 14 television stations and 1 radio station. The sole radio station is WNEM (AM) in Saginaw, Michigan, a sister station of WNEM-TV based in the same city; Meredith did have a sizeable (for the time) radio group in the 1960s and 1970s. Meredith's broadcasting division also produces Better.TV, a daily program based on BH&G which features lifestyle, parenting, crafting and gardening tips. The program currently airs on Meredith stations and those of the Journal

Business Deals

Healia search engine and a number of other web companies were acquired in 2007. Also license deals of lead publications for overseas markets commenced as well for India, Indonesia and various other markets in Asia.

In 2007, Meredith Corporation also acquired social media marketing firm New Media Strategies, Genex and O'Grady Meyers, signaling a new strategic direction.

TV stations currently owned by Meredith