Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) and Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) have sent out so many press releases about their respective upcoming tablets this week that I have begun to imagine both devices snapping back and forth at each other like squabbling children. In the latest round of this, Amazon is launching…

Meredith (NYSE: MDP) Corp.‘s acquisition of EatingWell Media Group and its launch of tips and coupons food site Recipe.com  this morning is part of a larger move to expand the company from a publisher of women’s lifestyle magazines to fuller marketing and content company.

Meredith (NYSE: MDP) Corp.‘s Tony Platt isn’t replacing the outgoing Jack Griffin, who will decamp to Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) as CEO next month, but he is being given a larger role within the publisher’s integrated marketing unit. Platt is being promoted from executive creative director to chief creative officer…

While the magazine industry finally experienced a boost in Q2 in terms of largely positive ad pages, the comeback remains fairly weak, forcing publishers to try to figure out ways of using their brands to expand their marketing muscle. Meredith (NYSE: MDP) has been preparing for these changes for several…

Meredith (NYSE: MDP) has acquired the outstanding shares in mobile agency The Hyperfactory. Terms were not disclosed.

Maybe there is something to the notion that media companies are experiencing a comeback, as online ad rev at Meredith (NYSE: MDP) Interactive rose more than 20 percent in Q1 amid a decent 5 percent rise in total revs. Meanwhile, ad sales at its mags, including Better Homes and Gardens,…

After working together for years through a trade association, a dozen broadcasters are now forming a financially-backed joint venture to develop a national mobile service, including live and on-demand video, local and national news and entertainment from both TV and print companies. The joint venture is upping the financial stakes…

Meredith (NYSE: MDP) is reorganizing its National Media Group to streamline its digital content creation and sales and marketing efforts and the publisher will cut an unspecified number of jobs by the time the task is completed, according to a memo obtained by paidContent statement issued by the company.  It…

Print advertising declines may have eased a bit, but magazines are still struggling. Women’s magazine publisher Meredith Corp. (NYSE: MDP) has attempted to get ahead of the industry’s upheaval by aggressively diversifying its operations with integrated marketing offerings during the last five years. A WSJ piece provides a good overview…

News video-sharing and clipping service Redlasso has relaunched, giving bloggers access to video and audio clips from over 100 TV stations. The company secured licensing deals with *Meredith* Broadcasting, Journal Broadcasting Local Television, Gray Television and Barrington Broadcasting; RedLasso brokered its first new licensing deal with Fox, for content from…

Women’s magazine publisher Meredith (NYSE: MDP) Corp had a rough quarter as profits tanked 64.5 percent year-over-year to $12.5 million ($0.28 per share), with revenues falling 7.6 percent to $366 million. The Des Moines, Iowa, publisher reiterated that Q4 earnings were impacted by a $16 million charge it took on…

About two months after taking a minority stake in Real Girls Media Network, Meredith (NYSE: MDP) is using the site as one of the main legs of its Women’s Online Network. Aside from the San Francisco-based women’s content and social net aggregator, the network will include mini-networks tied to its…

Women’s magazine publisher Meredith (NYSE: MDP) is cutting 250 jobs which will result in a $16 million charge—about $9 million after-tax or $0.20 per share—in Q1. It will also shutter Country Home magazine after it publishes its March issue and relocate its ReadyMade brand and Parents.com properties to Des Moines,…

At a time when many media companies are retrenching, women’s magazine publisher Meredith (NYSE: MDP) Corp has pulled out its checkbook and taken a minority stake in Real Girls Media Network. The publisher of Better Homes and Gardens and Fitness wants to use the San Francisco-based women’s content and social…

The downward trend continues for women-centric media and marketing giant Meredith (NYSE: MDP), with slumping profits and revenues for Q3 in both its publishing and broadcast divisions. The company has a stable of 25 magazines (including Better Homes and Gardens and Fitness), 31 Websites and 13 television stations. For the…

Women oriented magazine publisher and broadcast group Meredith (NYSE: MDP) reported across the board declines for its quarter ending June, 30… Revenue fell 10 percent to $385.2 million, while net income fell to $35.1 million ($.76 per share) from $51.5 million ($1.05 per share). The company cited an economic slowdown…

Magazine publisher Meredith (NYSE: MDP) has acquired health care marketer Big Communications. Like a number of other traditional media companies, Meredith want to ramp up its health care offerings. Ferndale, Mich.-based BC has relationships with companies involved in pharma, biotech and insurance and has handled print, digital and mobile initiatives…

Magazine publisher and broadcast owner Meredith Corp. posted flat Q1 revenues of $401 million while earnings from continuing operations were up a slight 1.5 percent to $73.2 million from $72.1 million the year before. Interactive revenues were not broken out for its publishing unit, unlike past quarters. Either way, publishing…

Couple of short video interviews for a more relaxed Friday (RSS readers will have to click through): 1) From Folio: an interview with Meredith (NYSE: MDP) president Jack Griffin, on the company’s fight to stay relevant: 2) From ATD: an interview with former Ask.com CEO Jim Lanzone on the future…