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Meredith Corp. (MDP)At 11:15AM ET: 28.05  Up 0.30 (1.08%)  
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Meredith Corp.
1716 Locust Street
Des Moines, IA 50309-3023
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Phone: 515-284-3000
Fax: 515-284-2700
Web Site: http://www.meredith.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:S&P 500
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Services
Industry:Publishing - Periodicals
Full Time Employees:3,160

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Meredith Corporation, a media and marketing company, engages in magazine and book publishing, television broadcasting, integrated marketing, and interactive media business in the United States. It operates in two segments, Publishing and Broadcasting. The Publishing segment publishes magazines for women focusing on the home and family market. It publishes 25 subscription magazines, including Better Homes and Gardens, Family Circle, Ladies' Home Journal, Parents, American Baby, Fitness, and More, as well as approximately 135 special interest publications primarily under the Better Homes and Gardens brands. This segment also includes book publishing, which has approximately 200 books in print; integrated marketing, which offers customer relationship marketing services, including direct, database, custom publishing, digital, and word-of-mouth marketing to corporate customers; and an Internet presence that consists of approximately 30 Web sites. The Broadcasting segment includes 12 network-affiliated television stations comprising 6 CBS affiliates, 3 FOX affiliates, 2 MyNetworkTV affiliates, and 1 NBC affiliate, as well as 1 AM radio station. This segment also comprises 20 Web sites, including 8 mobile Web sites, 8 iPhone applications, and video related operations. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Meredith Corp.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 6-Nov-09 is better than 3.9% of S&P 500 companies and 52.3% of Media companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. Stephen M. Lacy , 55
    Chief Exec. Officer, Pres and Exec. Director
    $ 1.78M $ 0
    Mr. Joseph H. Ceryanec , 47
    Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and VP
    $ 585.00K $ 0
    Mr. John H. Griffin Jr., 49
    Pres of National Media Group
    $ 1.17M $ 0
    Mr. Paul A. Karpowicz , 55
    Pres of Broadcasting Group
    $ 922.00K $ 0
    Mr. John S. Zieser Esquire, 50
    Chief Devel. Officer, Sec. and Gen. Counsel
    $ 1.02M $ 0
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-09 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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