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Meredith Corporation
NYSE: MDP
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 NEWS FROM THE WIRES
Meredith posts lower Q4 EPS, sees weakness ahead
Aug 02 2001 05:34 AM PDT

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 NEWS FROM THE STANDARD
Lesson No. 1: A Negotiation Is Not a Deal
May 29 2000 12:00 AM PDT

CMGI, Liberty Media Pinch Stakes in Primedia
Mar 30 2000 05:49 PM PST

TV Groups Hope Their Broadband Play is iBlast
Mar 08 2000 06:55 PM PST

Just in: Streaming Video at 11
Feb 28 2000 12:00 AM PST

 PROFILE
A home and family media mogul, Meredith publishes more than 20 magazines ("Better Homes and Gardens, Ladies' Home Journal"), more than 100 special interest publications, and some 300 books. The company is also active in television with 12 stations across the US, including CBS affiliates WGCL (Atlanta) and KPHO (Phoenix). In addition, Meredith is active online (it operates about 25 Internet sites and distributes content through AOL Time Warner's America Online) and offers integrated marketing services (using its database of some 60 million names) to Kraft Foods, Home Depot, and other clients. Executive committee chairman E. T. Meredith III -- grandson of the company's founder -- controls half of Meredith.

 COMPETITION
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 DEALS
Deal: FasTV Newsroom Partners With Meredith Broadcasting Group
Date Announced: 04.10.00
Value of transaction (US $Mil): 0
Description: Web provider of video-on-demand services aligns with TV broadcast network to power their affiliate Web sites.

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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: June
2000 Sales (mil.): 1,097.20
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 5.9%
Employees: 2,703
Revenue per employee: $405,919.35

 KEY PEOPLE
• William T. Kerr
    CEO
• Suku V. Radia
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
1716 Locust St.
Des Moines, IA 50309
US
Phone: 515-284-3000
Fax: 515-284-2700
Online: Web Site

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