Meredith CORP: management transactions · United States · SEC (Form 4)

About Meredith CORP

MEREDITH CORP (ticker: MDP) is a historic U.S. media company that was listed on the NYSE in the United States. For investors, the key point is that Meredith Corporation was acquired and reorganized in 2021; as a result, MDP should be viewed as a historical listed issuer and a source of SEC Form 4 insider-transaction filings, rather than as an ongoing standalone media operating company in its former form. The company was based in Des Moines, Iowa, and was founded in 1902 by Edwin T. Meredith around the launch of Successful Farming magazine, giving it a long legacy in consumer publishing and service journalism in the United States. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/65011/000006501118000107/fy18q4form10kproject.pdf?utm_source=openai)) Before its breakup, Meredith had evolved into a diversified media group spanning magazine publishing, digital brands, and local television broadcasting. Its portfolio included well-known consumer-facing brands in home, food, lifestyle, health, and family-oriented content. The business model combined editorial scale, advertising monetization, and audience reach across print, digital, and broadcast channels. Meredith’s strength was its ability to aggregate large, loyal audiences around trusted lifestyle brands, particularly in categories that appeal to women and households across the U.S. market. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/65011/000119312521146844/d361418dex991.htm?utm_source=openai)) From a competitive standpoint, Meredith occupied a distinctive niche in U.S. media: not a global entertainment conglomerate, but a brand-led publisher with strong household-name franchises and meaningful audience monetization capabilities. Its competitive edge came from the combination of trusted content, broad digital reach, and local broadcast assets. Geographically, the company remained heavily U.S.-focused, with headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, and its core operations centered on the domestic American market. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/65011/000006501118000107/fy18q4form10kproject.pdf?utm_source=openai)) The most important recent corporate developments were the sale of Meredith’s Local Media Group to Gray Television and the separation of the national media businesses, followed by Dotdash/IAC’s acquisition of the Meredith national media business on December 1, 2021. Those transactions fundamentally changed the company’s footprint and explain why the current investment case is largely a legacy/corporate-action story rather than a conventional operating-company growth story. For equity analysts, the critical lens is therefore regulatory disclosure, capital structure history, and insider activity reported on SEC Form 4, all in the context of Meredith’s transformation from an independent media platform into acquired assets. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/65011/000119312521345548/d234670d8k.htm?utm_source=openai))