Meredith Corporation

Meredith Corporation

Type	Public
Traded as	: MDP S&P 400 Component
Industry	Media
Founded	1902
Headquarters	Des Moines, Iowa
Key people	Steve Lacy, Chairman and CEO Joseph H. Ceryanec, CFO John S. Zieser, CDO
Products	Newspapers Magazines Television Educational Services Websites
Revenue	US$1.47 billion (2013)
Number of employees	3,900 (2015)
Website	www.meredith.com

The Meredith Corporation is an American media conglomerate based in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. The company has two divisions, National Media and Local Media.

As of 2015, the company employs 3,900 people. In 2013, the company had US$1.47 billion in revenues.

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, and the first issue cost a dime on the newsstand. In 1930, they published the first edition of The Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book. By 1928, the company had combined circulations of 2.5 million.

The company went public in 1946 and was first listed on the in 1965. Following its initial public offering, Meredith began acquiring television stations, a strategy it has continued over the decades.

Recently, Meredith has introduced numerous other female-oriented consumer brands and has expanded its reach, through acquisitions and strategic partnerships, to become the leading media and marketing company serving the adult female audience in the United States. The company has extended its media and marketing platform around the globe, through acquisitions and strategic licensing relationships. In recent years, Meredith has acquired allrecipes.com from Reader's Digest Association, mywedding.com., Selectable Media, and Shape, Natural Health and Fit Pregnancy from American Media Inc.

In February 2013, Meredith and Time Warner held discussions on a possible purchase of Time Inc. to Meredith.