is based in
Des Moines ,
Iowa . The company has two divisions,
Publishing and
Broadcasting .
Edwin Thomas Meredith founded the company in
1902 when he began publishing ''Successful Farming''
Magazine . In 1922, Meredith began publishing ''Fruit, Garden and Home'' magazine, a home and family service publication. Two years later, this magazine was retitled ''
Better Homes And Gardens '' with the first issue costing a dime on the newsstand. In 1930 they published the first edition of the Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book.
Since this time, Meredith has introduced numerous other magazines. In 1986, the company purchased ''
Ladies' Home Journal '' magazine and in 2005, the company purchased the women's magazine portfolio of
Gruner + Jahr . To date Meredith publishes 26 subscription magazines, approximately 200 special interest publications and 400 books, along with 32 websites.
The broadcasting division owns 14
Television Station s and 1
Radio Station . The sole radio station is
WNEM (AM) in
Saginaw, Michigan , a sister station of WNEM-TV based in the same city; Meredith did have a sizeable (for the time) radio group in the 1960s and 1970s.
- WHEN-TV/WTVH was the only television station built and signed-on by Meredith Corporation.
