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landmarks
This chronology is indicative only. This site includes
a broader communications and media timeline.
1876 birth of Edwin Thomas Meredith (1877-1928)
1894 general manager of uncle's Populist Party Farmers
Tribune weekly in Des Moines
1896 buys Farmers Weekly
1902 launches Successful Farming magazine
1904 sells Farmers Tribune
1912 appointed as Director of Chicago Federal Reserve
1914 fails to gain Democratic senatorial nomination for
Iowa
1916 unsuccessful Democrat candidate for Governor of Iowa
1920-21 serves as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of Agriculture
1920 Meredith is unsuccessful candidate for Democratic
presidential nominee (James Cox
gains nomination but not presidency)
1921 buys The Dairy Farmer
1922 launches Fruit, Garden & Home magazine
1924
changes Fruit, Garden and Home to Better Homes
& Gardens
1928 Meredith is unsuccessful candidate for Democratic
presidential nominee
1930 publishes first edition of Better Homes &
Gardens Cook Book
1934 opens New York office
1935 opens offices in Dallas and Los Angeles
1937
launches Better Homes & Gardens Special Interest Publications
1946
goes public
1948
buys WHEN-TV in Syracuse, New York
1952
buys KPHO-TV, Phoenix
1953
buys KCTV-TV, Kansas City
1957
launches commercial printing business
1959 buys Replogle Globes
1960 buys Appleton Century Croft publishing group
1965
listed on New York Stock Exchange
1969
forms Meredith/Burda printing partnership with Burda
family of West Germany
1969 buys WNEM-TV, Saginaw
1973 sells Replogle to William C Nickel
1974 sells most Appleton Century operations to Charles
Walther
and Prentice Hall
1978
launches the Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate Service
1978 launches Australian edition of Better Homes &
Gardens with Packer
1979 buys Suburban Newspaper group
1983
buys WOFL-TV, Orlando
1983 buys KSEE-TV, Fresno
1984
launches Country Home magazine as subscription
publication
1984 launches WOOD magazine
1985
buys KVVU-TV, Las Vegas
1986 sells Suburban Newspaper group (subsequently acquired
by Tribune)
1986
buys Ladies' Home Journal title from Curtis
1987
launches Midwest Living magazine
1988
launches Weekend Woodworking Projects magazine
1988
buys Craftways Corporation, publisher of Cross Stitch
& Country Crafts magazine
1989
launches Country America magazine
1989
launches Traditional Home magazine
1989
buys Golf for Women magazine
1990
sells stake in printing business to R.R. Donnelley
1991
buys American Park Network
1991 launches Decorative Woodcrafts magazine
1991
sells fulfillment business to Neodata Services
1991 launches Meredith Cable
1992
launches Country Home Country Gardens magazine
1993
launches American Patchwork & Quilting magazine
1993
sells KSEE-TV and WTVH-TV (formerly WHEN) to Granite Broadcasting
1994
launches Crayola Kids and Floral & Nature
Crafts magazines
1995
buys WSMV-TV (Nashville)
1995 sells book clubs to Time-Warner's
Book-of-the-Month Club
1996
buys WOGX-TV (Ocala)
1996 sells Minneapolis/St Paul Cable
1997
buys KPDX-TV (Portland), KFXO-TV (Bend), WHNS-TV (Greenville)
and WCPX-TV (Orlando)
1997
swaps WCPX-TV for WFSB-TV (Hartford/New Haven)
1997
launches Better Homes and Gardens Television
1997
launches Family Money Magazine
1998
launches More magazine
1998 sells Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate Service
to GMAC Home Services
1999
buys WGNX-TV (Atlanta) from Tribune
1999 launches Hometown Cooking magazine
1999
launches Antiques Extra magazine
2002 swaps WOFL-TV in Orlando, Florida and WOGX-TV in
Ocala, Florida for Fox's KPTV(TV)
in Portland, Oregon
2002 buys American Baby group from Primedia
for US$115m
2005 buys Gruner + Jahr USA
consumer titles (inc Family Circle, Parents,
Child and Fitness) for US$350m
2006 buys interactive marketing services firm O'Grady
Meyers
2007 buys 'online intelligence' service New Media Strategies
(et 1999)
2007 buys interactive marketing services firm Genex
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