Meredith’s Vision for the Future Includes Growth in Print Advertising, Newsstand Revenue

Just two months after the company's fiscal 2019 earnings report saw its share price tumble 23% in a single day, Meredith Corp. revealed a somewhat optimistic forecast for the company's print magazine business in its Q1 2020 report, covering the period from July 1 to September 30. On an earnings call Thursday morning, executives said that while the company plans to center much of its investment around video and e-commerce going forward, it's also predicting rebounds in both newsstand revenue and print advertising for a magazine portfolio that's been streamlined through a series of divestments, frequency changes, repositionings and new launches over the past two years. Overall, Meredith maintained the more conservative outlook that it originally communicated in September at the end of its 2019 fiscal year, saying it still expects earnings from continuing operations to range from $197 to $212 million over fiscal 2020, or $2.58 to $2.88 on a per-share basis. In the national media group, which houses all of the company's magazines and related digital brands, Meredith reported an operating profit of $28 million for the quarter, up from $18.1 million a year ago, even as overall Q1 revenue slipped from $560.6 million last year to $532.9 million this year. The company says it reduced the group's expenses by a further 7% over the last three months, after spending much of the past two years selling off non-core assets and trimming staff in less profitable areas of the... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

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